Beijing Hualian Group, founded in 1993 and today part of the 15 largest Chinese retail enterprises, operates among other formats the SKP department stores, which currently has 2 branches, in Beijing and X’ian, in addition to an experiential concept-store in Beijing, SKP-S, which opened early 2020. SKP Beijing was the most productive department store in China in 2019 and the world’s second-most productive department store after Harrods in 2018.