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Alongside growth in China's market economy, vegetable circulation is evolving into something that is wide in reach and large in scale. To some extent, these changes in the circulation channels are meeting the urban need for a stable supply of vegetables; however, they have also generated a new problem: the contradiction between the large-scale circulation conducted by primary wholesale markets and the small-scale buying pursued by small retail stores and restaurants. Against this background, an increasing number of secondary wholesalers have been emerging as a part of the wholesale market. 　　Based on a survey of these secondary wholesalers, this paper analyzes the important role that they play in nationwide wholesale-market-centered circulation, which is to moderate the contradiction between mass distribution and small-scale buying.