The rapid economic development in many Chinese cities cannot be separated from support of local industries.
Today, I will take you on a tour of 17 famous manufacturing cities in China.
Whether you want to outsource production to China Maritime or plan to start your own business, this article will give you some ideas.
Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong Province. With a prosperous economy and large population, Guangzhou has many industries.
The most famous is undoubtedly the garment industry.
It is mainly characterized by fast-fashion clothing, and several large clothing wholesale markets are located here.
In Guangzhou, you will see many foreigners engaged in wholesale clothing, attracted by new stock and inventory.
(Foreign clients is wholesale clothing in Guangzhou Liu Hua market)
Garment factories in Guangzhou are mainly concentrated in the following districts: Shahe District, Shisanhang District, West District and Eighth children’s clothing.
The city also features a large fabric market – Guangzhou International Textile City.
It is near Zhongshan University. Chinese always call it the “Zhongda” fabric market, and many factories will arrange to have their buyers come here every day to choose fabric.
(Guangzhou Zhongda Fabic Market)
If you want pick fabric yourself, you can spend one to two days here.
If you need high-end ladies clothing, NanYou wholesale clothing market in the adjacent city of Shenzhen is based on high-end women’s clothing.
If you want to know more about the clothing industry in China, please read the following article: “How to import clothing from China-the ultimate guide”
Xintang town, Zengcheng City is a famous jeans wear town in Guangzhou Province. More than five thousand denim clothing factories and related enterprises can be found here.
This small town produces 2.5 million pieces of denim clothing every day, accounting for 60% of the total output of China.
(Worker in the Zengcheng denim factory)
Also here is XinTang International Jeans City, which is a professional large-scale wholesale market, with products exported to the United States, Russia, the European Union, and dozens of other countries.
For safety and security, you need to be cautious in this environment. Although it is better than in previous years, it may still not be good to go to the suburbs.
We suggest that foreign investors should not carry large amounts of cash or precious jewelry when visiting this area.
Huaqiang Bei of Shenzhen is the largest gathering place of electronic products in the world.
As of 2017, more than 10,322 high-tech enterprises were located here, where a large variety of mobile phone accessories and electronic components are sold.
Almost all electronic products that you could want can be found here.
(A Guide of Huaqiangbei Electronic market)
Many foreign geeks have also invented their own electronic products and then have them produced through the Shenzhen factory.
More resources:
What $50 Buys You at Huaqiangbei, the World’s Most Fascinating Electronic Market.
Speaking of toys, Chinese businessmen talk first about Chenghai toys. Chenghai is located in Shantou, Guangdong Province, 444 kilometers from Guangzhou.
Chenghai started from the production of family workshops in the 1980s and 1990s. Now more than four thousand enterprises are engaged in toy production and gifts.
(Chenghai Toys Manufacturer- Helicopter Assembly Line)
Chenghai toys include common and innovative Christmas crafts and remote control toys. All kinds of creative toys can be found in Chenghai.
The annual Chenghai International Toys and Crafts Fair also attracts a large number of foreign businessmen.
Located in neighboring Hong Kong and Guangzhou, all within an hour’s drive, Dalang is the largest source of sweaters in China.
For foreign buyers, such traffic is quite convenient.
China’s largest wool wholesale market is located in Dalang.
(Workers in Dalang knitwear factory)
Many customers place their sweater orders in Dalang for production because many factories here maintain good control and are more experienced.
More sweaters can be found in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, which is also a major source of knitwear.
Guzhen Town, Zhongshan City, is the well-known lighting capital of China.
It has the largest lighting professional production base and wholesale market in China, with output reaching 70% of the total national lighting output.
(An introduction of Guzhen)
Products are exported to Hong Kong, the United States, the European Union, and more than 130 other countries.
A Lighting Fair is held in Guzhen each year, from March 18 through March 21 in 2018.
Foshan is located in Guangdong Province, only thirty kilometers from Guangzhou.
Shunde District, Foshan city is the main area you can import furniture.
Foshan is a manufacturing city, it has the highest number of brands in all provinces and cities in China. Altogether, there are 150,000 valid trademarks, owns 1012 brand.
Except for furniture, any pillar industries are located in Foshan, including ceramics, furniture, children’s wear, building materials, and appliances.
Regarding stainless steel knives and scissors, the first place that comes to mind in China is Yangjiang City.
Yangjiang is 225 kilometers from Guangzhou City. More than 1,500 hardware knife and scissors manufacturers are located here, which accounts for 80% of the country’s total exports of knives.
Products are exported to more than 100 countries, including countries in Europe, the United States, and Japan, where you can find low- to high-end knives and scissors.
Ningbo is located in economically developed Zhejiang Province, where it is also a port city, with the inherent advantages of importing and exporting.
One-third of China’s small appliances come from Cixi District, Ningbo. There are more than ten subsectors of small household appliances to maintain long-term national first, is the country’s four major home appliances production area for the remaining three:
At the same time, Ningbo’s injection molding machines, stationery, men’s wear, and the auto parts industry also have a strong competitive advantage.
Yiwu is a national commodity distribution center and can even be said to be the world’s largest procurement base for general merchandise, with more than eighty thousand stores and thirty thousand kinds of small commodities.
I’ve written another very detailed guide for the Yiwu market: Yiwu international trade city-the ultimate guide.
If you want a variety of different things, Yiwu is undoubtedly the best choice for you.
Shangyu, 60 kilometers from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, has 1,180 umbrella-related enterprises with a complete industrial chain.
It is the center of umbrella manufacturing in China. A large number of wholesale umbrella facilities are located in neighboring cities.
Almost all types of umbrellas can be found or produced here.
Zhili District, Huzhou City is located in Zhejiang Province, 110 kilometers from Hangzhou. It is China’s largest children’s clothing base.
You can find all types of children’s clothing here, and a large 5a-level children’s Wear Market is one of the key projects of Zhejiang Province.
Zhili children’s clothing is focused in general on middle- to low-income people, but high-end children’s clothing can also be found.
Other children’s clothing cities include Fengli District, Shishi City, Fujian Province, and Foshan City, Guangdong Province. You can easily purchase according to the region where it’s easier to go. In general, these three locations are the primary source of children’s clothing in China.
Many people have heard about Wenzhou because it’s very common for Wenzhou businessman go abroad to do business.
This city used to be very poor, but being poor makes people want to change, to work hard, and be bold, so the city’s economy has developed rapidly.
Wenzhou has many industries, but the primary one is footwear.
Shoemaking enterprises total more than 4,500, including more than 900 for children’s shoes.
Technology, quality, and other aspects can meet the needs of exports.
Several of China’s major shoe brands come from Wenzhou.
(A famous Chinese brand Kangnai, the worker is glue for the shoes)
Wenzhou also has many other different industries, such as new appliances, and the Chinese famous electrical company Chint Electric is headquartered here.
Another important industry in Wenzhou is auto parts and valves.
Because the business climate is strong, the product packaging industry has also seen rapid development and has a price advantage. It is mainly concentrated in the Cangnan district.
Keqiao District, Shaoxing City is a 20-minute drive from Xiaoshan Hangzhou International Airport, an hour’s drive to Ningbo in the east, and a two-hour drive to Shanghai in the north.
Located here is the world’s largest fabric procurement market, with more than ten thousand suppliers, more than thirty thousand kinds of fabrics, and daily traffic volume of one hundred thousand people.
(The Keqiao Fabric Market in 2015, now the market is larger)
Representatives from apparel factories throughout the country will come here every day to choose fabrics, but many foreign businessmen also purchase fabric here.
A lot of the fabric in Asia Textile City in Guangzhou also comes from here.
Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, is a well-known shoe industry center.
At present, the city has more than three thousand footwear production and management enterprises, an annual output of seven hundred million pairs, with an annual output value of more than 200 billion yuan. Products are exported to more than eighty countries and regions throughout the world.
Chendai district, Jinjiang City is the country’s largest shoe production (currently 8.5% of the world) processing and trading base.
Complete products, high-class production equipment, and a complete enterprise chain. With a large number of brand-name enterprise clusters, this market is mature.
Jinjiang also has many shoe factories that copy brands, such as Nike and Adidas, and the quality is almost the same or even better than the original. Factories still exist but so does underground production.
East China Sea, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province is the world’s leading natural crystal raw materials distribution center, known as “China’s crystal city.”
East China Sea (Chinese name Donghai) crystal is world renowned, with a large number of reserves of pure texture.
Here is an important production area of China’s crystal, with an annual output of more than five hundred tons of natural crystal, accounting for half the country’s total output. More than three hundred crystal processing enterprises are located in this area.
Development and utilization of East China Sea crystal can be traced back to the nineteenth century, but it has become well known to people over the past few decades.
Especially in recent years, with the success of the current government Crystal Festival, many people through the crystal to understand the East China Sea.
Many enterprises and institutions know about East China Sea crystal enterprises through the demand for crystal.
The huge volume of trade has led the East China Sea to become the world’s crystal distribution center.
Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province and Huqiu are famous for their wedding dresses.
Huqiu has a famous wedding street, and many Chinese brides before marriage will come here to choose a wedding dress. In general, it’s cheaper to buy here than online, and people can see the quality.
Huqiu wedding dresses are also exported overseas through domestic aliexpress and dhgate e-commerce platform. Ninety percent of the wedding dresses are from here.
In addition to a wedding street, a new Huqiu Wedding Dress Market has just been built, where most of the wedding dresses are of good quality and design.
Conclusion
These seventeen manufacturing cities are just a few examples of important Chinese industries. If you would like to know more about where you can find a factory in your industry, please contact us.
