Furniture Ceramics Sanitaryware +3
World's largest furniture production base. Includes Lecong (furniture), Longjiang (fabric), Nanhai (aluminium), Shunde (premium residential furniture + white goods), Chancheng (ceramics). 40% of China's ceramics and 25% of furniture exports originate here.
Electronics Precision parts Furniture +2
Premier OEM hub for consumer electronics, precision components, Nike/Adidas shoes, and premium furniture. Songshan Lake tech park rivals Shenzhen's Nanshan.
All categories Canton Fair host Leather +2
China's largest trade exhibition, Canton Fair held twice yearly across 3 phases. Leather (Baiyun), jewellery (Panyu), auto parts (Huadu). Every category sourced in Guangdong transits here.
Consumer electronics Smart devices Drones +2
Global electronics capital, Huaqiangbei market, Bao'an manufacturing, Longhua tech park. DJI, Huawei, Tencent, BYD home city. Prototype-to-production in 72h.
Lighting Lamps Home appliances
Lighting capital, Guzhen town alone produces 70% of China's lighting fixtures. Smart lighting, decorative, commercial.
Toys Lingerie Printing +1
Toy capital of China, Chenghai district produces 40% of global toys. Lingerie and printing co-cluster.
Electronics Printing Yachts +1
Quality precision manufacturing at the HK/Macau border. Gree Electric HQ. Premium consumer electronics.
Small commodities Gifts Stationery +3
World's largest wholesale market, 75,000 booths across 5 districts, 2M+ SKUs. Any consumer commodity under $10 unit price is sourced here.
Hardware Tools Stationery +2
Major port-city manufacturing base. Hardware, power tools, stationery (Deli, M&G), outdoor textiles.
Silk Tea Tech +2
Alibaba home city, silk and Longjing tea heritage. Rising beauty & cosmetics cluster (Yiwu adjacent).
Footwear Leather Eyewear +3
Shoes, eyewear, low-voltage electrics, lighters, leather garments. Private entrepreneurship capital.
Hardware Tools Security doors +1
Hardware capital of China, 70% of China's hardware exports. Security doors (40M units/year), power tools, kitchen hardware.
Keqiao (Shaoxing)
Zhejiang
Textiles Fabrics Printing-dyeing
World's largest textile market, China Textile City with 25,000 shops. Fabric sourcing destination.
Children's furniture Bamboo Wood products
Anji bamboo capital + Huzhou children's furniture cluster. 60% of China's kids' chairs/desks.
Fashion Finance High-end mfg. +2
China's commercial capital, hub for premium manufacturing, fashion trade, CIIE expo. Eastern HQ of most brands.
Silk Electronics Biotech +2
Industrial park + historic silk city. Suzhou Industrial Park hosts 100+ Fortune 500 plants. OLED, electronics.
Solar Machinery Textiles +1
Solar energy hub (Suntech origin) + precision machinery + semiconductor packaging.
Home textiles Bedding Curtains +1
Home textile capital, 60% of China's home textile exports. Bedding, curtains, towels.
Machinery Solar LED +1
Industrial machinery + LED lighting + locomotive manufacturing.
Stone Marble Engineered quartz +2
Granite, marble and engineered stone export hub. China's #1 stone exporting port.
Quanzhou · Jinjiang · Putian
Fujian
Sportswear Footwear Hardware +1
Sportswear capital, Anta, 361, Xtep, Peak. Jinjiang alone makes 40% of China's sneakers. Putian = global footwear OEM for Nike, Adidas.
Stone Lacquerware Electronics +1
Provincial capital. Granite export, electronics, fishing gear cluster.
Appliances Marine equipment Textiles +2
Haier, Hisense origin city. Appliance, marine, tyre manufacturing.
Machinery Wine Gold +1
Mining equipment, wine (Changyu), gold refining.
Commodities wholesale Wood flooring Plywood
China's inland wholesale giant, small commodities distribution and plywood export hub.
Kites Heavy machinery Chemicals +1
Kite capital + heavy machinery base (Weichai Power).
Machinery Motors Transportation +1
Heavy machinery, motor manufacturing, medical devices (Inspur HQ).
Chemicals Steel Electronics +2
Major North China port, chemicals, Airbus A320 final assembly line, Toyota plants.
Technology R&D Services +2
Capital, R&D and high-tech HQs (Baidu, JD, Xiaomi, ByteDance). Not for volume sourcing; for strategic partnerships.
Pharmaceuticals Textiles Building materials
Pharma and textile cluster. Generics and APIs.
Ceramics Steel Rail equipment
North China ceramic hub (alternative to Foshan), heavy steel, rail rolling stock.
Logistics Grain processing Machinery +1
Central China logistics nexus. Foxconn iPhone mega-plant. Grain, machinery.
Auto parts Optical fibre Steel +2
Central China industrial capital. 'Optics Valley', largest optical fibre & laser cluster.
Heavy machinery Tobacco Media +1
Zoomlion, Sany Heavy Industry HQ. Construction machinery capital.
Automobiles Motorcycles Electronics +1
Automotive and motorcycle manufacturing capital. Laptop assembly hub, 30% of global laptops.
Electronics Furniture Food processing +1
Western China furniture cluster. Intel, Foxconn chip packaging. Food & software.
Aerospace Defence Pharma +1
Aerospace (Xi'an Aircraft), defence electronics, Samsung memory chip plant.
Flowers Tea (Pu'er) Tobacco +1
Asia's largest flower auction market (Dounan). Pu'er tea origin. Traditional Chinese medicine herbs.
ASEAN trade Agri-products Aluminium
China-ASEAN trade gateway. Aluminium, fruit, tropical agri.
Tropical agri Tourism Duty-free
Hainan Free Trade Port, 0% tariff on many goods by 2025. Duty-free retail hub.
Heavy industry Automobiles Aircraft +1
Industrial base of the northeast. BMW Brilliance plant, Shenyang Aircraft.
Shipbuilding Petrochemicals Seafood +1
Northeast port city, shipbuilding (Dalian Shipbuilding), petrochemicals, seafood processing.
Heavy machinery Pharma Food +1
Russia-facing trade city. Power generation equipment, pharma.
Central Asia trade Textiles Agriculture +1
Central Asia gateway via land ports. Cotton and textiles.
Halal products Coal chemicals Goji berries
Halal industrial base for Muslim markets. Largest halal-certified production cluster in China.