Zheng’an正安 · 吉他之乡

the guitar county · ~1 in 7 made worldwide

Songxia崧厦 · 中国伞城

the umbrella town · ~1/3 of the world’s

Foshan佛山 · 制造名城

the city of 41 one-industry towns

Dafen大芬 · 油画村

the painting village · ~⅔ of the world’s oils

Huaqiangbei华强北 · 电子第一街

the market that makes everything · the Chaozhou floor

Kunshan昆山 · 小台北

the borrowed boat · ⅓ of the world’s laptops

Datang大唐 · 世界袜都

the sock capital · ~1/3 of the world’s pairs

Yiwu义乌 · 小商品之都

the world’s market · ~60% of its Christmas

Hainan海南 · 自由贸易港

a forward look · China’s whole-island free trade port

Guzhen古镇 · 中国灯饰之都

the lighting capital · ~70% of China’s, half the world’s

Shaodong邵东 · 打火机之都

the lighter capital · ~70% of the world’s lighters, ~¥1 each

Qiaotou桥头 · 纽扣之都

the button capital · ~60% of the world’s buttons, ~80% of its zippers

Shengzhou嵊州 · 领带之乡

the necktie capital · ~60% of the world’s ties, once Italy’s silk supplier

Danyang丹阳 · 眼镜之都

the lens capital · ~half the world’s spectacle lenses

Liuyang浏阳 · 花炮之乡

the fireworks capital · ~1 in 3 of the world’s fireworks, invented here

Yongkang永康 · 五金之都

the hardware capital · most of China’s cups, doors, scooters & tools

Yixing宜兴 · 紫砂之都

the purple-clay town · the world’s most coveted teapots, from one rare clay

Jingdezhen景德镇 · 瓷都

the porcelain capital · a thousand years of imperial porcelain — and the name “china”

Zhangqiu章丘 · 铁锅

the iron-wok town · 36,000 hammer blows, made famous overnight by TV

Zhengzhou郑州 · iPhone City

iPhone City · one Foxconn megacampus assembles half the world’s iPhones

Huizhou惠州 · 电子

the quiet electronics giant · TCL, and the batteries inside your phone

Shunde顺德 · 家电

the appliance capital · half the world’s microwaves & rice cookers