Bao Yaxiong was promoted to the senior team of Hebei China Fortune (later renamed as Hebei) within the 2019 Chinese Super League season and would make his debut in a league game on 4 May 2019 against Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.
[1] Despite the defeat, he would gradually go on to establish himself as a regular within the team.
Unfortunately at the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League campaign he was part of the team that was relegated at the end of the campaign.
[2] On 7 April 2023, Hebei announced that operations were going to cease immediately due to financial difficulties.
[3] On 11 April 2023, Bao joined top tier club Shanghai Shenhua for the start of the 2023 Chinese Super League campaign.