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Industry and markets
Distinguish industrial belts, specialised markets, factories, traders, brands and online sourcing channels.
Industrial belt
Geographic concentration of similar producers with supporting supply chains.
Specialised physical market
A trading place with many booths and buyers; a booth may be a factory, trader or agent.
Factory
The actual producer; capacity, credentials and MOQ must be verified.
Trader
Organises supply, quotations and export documents, but may not own a factory.
Brand
Owns brand, design and channels; production may be outsourced.
Online sourcing channel
Enquiry, ordering and fulfilment through a platform or standalone site.
Trade fair
A scheduled venue for concentrated display and negotiation.
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Guangdong · Guangzhou
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Founded in 1957 and held twice a year in Guangzhou, the Canton Fair is China's oldest and largest comprehensive trade fair. It is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial Government.
All categoriesComprehensive fair
- Type
- Trade fair
- Main categories
- All categories: electronics and home appliances, consumer goods, textiles and apparel, pharmaceuticals and health products, building materials and home furnishings, etc.
- Scale
- 138th session (Autumn 2025): exhibition area 1.55 million m², 74,600 booths, more than 32,000 exhibiting companies
Zhejiang · Yiwu
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A professional wholesale market founded in 1982. Its trading volume has led China's professional markets for 35 consecutive years.
Small commoditiesGeneral merchandiseAccessories
- Type
- Specialised physical market
- Main categories
- 26 major categories and 2.1 million SKUs: accessories, toys, household goods, hardware, bags and cases, etc.
- Scale
- Operating area about 8 million m², more than 80,000 booths (Yiwu Municipal Government 2025 figures)
Guangdong · Shenzhen
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One of the world's densest electronics trading districts, covering components, devices and smart hardware.
Consumer electronicsElectronic componentsSmart hardware
- Type
- Specialised physical market
- Main categories
- Electronic components, digital products, drones, robots, smart hardware
- Scale
- The commercial area covers about 1.45 km² and is known as "China's No. 1 Electronics Street"
Jiangsu · Nantong
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China's largest home-textile market cluster, with more than half of the domestic market share.
Home textilesBeddingFabrics
- Type
- Specialised physical market
- Main categories
- Home textile bedding, fabrics, curtains, towels, etc.
- Scale
- Total market area over 1.5 million m², more than 15,000 shops, 2024 transaction volume exceeded RMB 150 billion
Guangdong · Foshan
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A ten-kilometre furniture wholesale belt in Shunde, Foshan, serving domestic and overseas buyers.
FurnitureHome furnishing
- Type
- Specialised physical market
- Main categories
- Residential furniture, office furniture, hotel furniture, soft furnishings
- Scale
- Shunde district government figures: shop area over 3 million m² and more than 3,400 dealers; operator figures: 4 million m² and more than 10,000 dealers (the two differ)
Guangdong · Shantou
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One of the world's most complete plastic-toy production clusters, with about one third of global capacity.
ToysBaby products
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Plastic toys, building blocks, remote-control toys, baby and child products
- Scale
- About 50% of China's plastic toy production capacity; annual output value over RMB 50 billion; products sold to more than 140 countries and regions
Jiangsu · Changzhou
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One of China’s largest PV manufacturing clusters, covering wafers, cells, modules, inverters and storage, with Trina Solar headquartered here.
Solar PVEnergy storage
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- PV modules, solar cells, inverters, energy storage systems
- Scale
- The PV industry accounts for about one-tenth of the national total and covers all manufacturing stages except polysilicon feedstock; above-designated-size PV output value RMB 112.12 billion
Guangdong · Foshan
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The world’s most complete ceramics supply chain, from tiles and sanitary ware to machinery and glazes.
CeramicsSanitary wareBuilding materials
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Architectural ceramics, sanitary ceramics, art ceramics, ceramic machinery, glazes and colorants
- Scale
- 2024 above-designated-size ceramics output value in Chancheng RMB 15.616 billion; Foshan accounts for 80% of China's ceramic machinery and nearly 50% of its glazes and colorants
Zhejiang · Yongkang
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China’s hardware capital, supplying power tools, doors, vacuum flasks and cookware to global buyers.
HardwareTools
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Power tools, hand tools, doors, drinkware, cookware
- Scale
- 2024 above-designated-size industrial output value RMB 104.8 billion; a "world-class hardware industry cluster"
Zhejiang · Shaoxing
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Home to the China Textile City, one of the world’s largest fabric wholesale markets.
TextilesFabrics
- Type
- Specialised physical market
- Main categories
- Apparel fabrics, chemical fibers, printing and dyeing, home textile fabrics, trims
- Scale
- 2024 China Textile City transaction volume RMB 400.987 billion; more than 8,000 textile enterprises and over 38,000 business operators; ranked first among comparable markets nationwide for 33 consecutive years
Fujian · Jinjiang
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One of the world’s largest sportswear and footwear bases, producing about one fifth of global sports shoes.
Footwear & apparelSports shoes
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Sports shoes, casual shoes, shoe materials, textiles and apparel
- Scale
- 2024 footwear and apparel output value exceeded RMB 250 billion; annual output of more than 1.2 billion pairs of sports shoes, about 20% of the global total; more than 7,000 shoe manufacturers and supporting enterprises
Guangdong · Zhongshan
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China’s lighting capital, with a cluster spanning three cities and eleven towns.
LightingDecorative lighting
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- LED lighting, decorative lighting, light sources, smart lighting
- Scale
- Annual output value of the lighting cluster exceeds RMB 100 billion, covering 11 towns and sub-districts in three surrounding cities; China's largest specialized lighting production base
Guangdong · Foshan
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China’s largest home-appliance manufacturing base, covering white goods and small appliances.
Home appliances
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, small household appliances
- Scale
- More than 3,000 home appliance and supporting enterprises in Shunde; Foshan's home appliance output value accounts for about 15% of the national total, and it produces 25% of the world's rice cookers and 48% of its microwave ovens
Hebei · Baoding
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China’s luggage capital, exporting about one billion bags a year to over 200 markets.
Bags & luggage
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Luggage and bags, trolley cases, backpacks, leather goods
- Scale
- 2024 operating revenue RMB 47.1 billion; more than 7,000 enterprises, annual output of 1 billion bags and cases, sold to 201 countries and regions
Henan · Xuchang
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The world’s largest hair-product hub, making about six of every ten wigs sold globally.
Wigs & hair
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Craft hair, women's wigs, men's hairpieces, hair accessories
- Scale
- More than 4,000 enterprises and over 3,000 product types, accounting for more than 60% of the global market; 2024 hair product exports RMB 16.4 billion, sold to more than 120 countries
Guangdong · Dongguan
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One of China’s best-known women’s and children’s wear clusters, with design, production and wholesale in one town.
Apparel
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Women's wear, children's wear, casual wear, fabrics and trims
- Scale
- 2024 gross industrial output value of the apparel and accessories sector about RMB 43.8 billion; nearly 3,000 enterprises and more than 200,000 employees
Zhejiang · Wenzhou
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A full-range auto and motorcycle parts base, covering 12 categories and thousands of product series.
Auto & motorcycle parts
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Auto parts, motorcycle parts, chassis, braking, automotive electronics
- Scale
- 2024 auto and motorcycle parts industry output value RMB 80.926 billion; more than 6,000 auto parts enterprises; products sold to more than 150 countries and regions
Zhejiang · Taizhou
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China’s largest pump production base, especially strong in small and submersible pumps for agriculture.
PumpsMotors
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Small water pumps, submersible pumps, motors, pressure washers
- Scale
- 2024 pump and motor industry output value over RMB 70 billion; more than 3,700 enterprises; small water pump output accounts for 70% of China's total and 20% of the world's
Shandong · Linyi
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China’s leading wood-based panel production and trading cluster, known as the “capital of panels”.
PanelsWood productsHome furnishing
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Engineered wood panels, plywood, MDF, wooden doors, custom home furnishings
- Scale
- 2024: 1,539 above-designated-size wood enterprises with output value RMB 135.15 billion; total output value of the high-end panel and green smart home furnishing industry exceeded RMB 300 billion (Linyi Municipal Government)
Guangdong · Chaozhou
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A major ceramics export base in south China, covering household, sanitary and art ceramics.
CeramicsSanitary ware
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Household ceramics, sanitary ceramics, art ceramics
- Scale
- 2024 ceramic exports RMB 11.261 billion, up 21.0% year on year (Chaozhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics)
Zhejiang · Taizhou
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A concentrated base for injection moulds and plastic products, supporting appliances, auto parts and daily goods.
PlasticsMoulds
- Type
- Industrial belt
- Main categories
- Plastic household goods, injection molds, plastic parts for automobiles and motorcycles, appliance housings
- Scale
- 2024 above-designated-size industrial output value RMB 62.426 billion, of which molds RMB 10.12 billion and plastic products RMB 15.256 billion; injection molds account for more than 30% of the domestic market
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