22. Ma Fengqi, director of the Organizing Committee of Hebei Hotel Catering and Baking Industry Accessories Expo and Three-year Great Change Achievement Exhibition and director of the Provincial Cooking Association, said that as of March/February 2123, there were 221,111 hotels and catering enterprises in the province, and the number of employees increased to 3 million. Its business volume is increasing year by year, reaching 76.74 billion yuan in 2119, a year-on-year increase of 22.2%, showing the best situation in history.