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Where we source

The Chinese industrial clusters behind the categories we work in — mapped, and honest about what we have not yet visited.

China is not one manufacturing country. It is a set of clusters, and the cluster decides what a product can be, how fast it can be developed and what it should cost. A storage box from one region and an identical-looking storage box from another are not the same product, and the price difference is usually real rather than a bargain.

What this page is for: knowing which cluster makes your product is the first useful step in sourcing it. It also tells you which questions to ask — the common failure in each cluster is different.

Interactive map

Which part of China makes what.

Filter by the category you are buying, or click into a province to see its cities and counties. The map shows industrial clusters, not suppliers.

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Prefer a list to a map? All 31 provinces with their company counts →

Industrial belt data: “Cross-border e-commerce + industrial belt” high-quality development report, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFCOM), April 2024 — 87 industrial belts. Provincial assignments corrected against official administrative divisions.

Clusters we work in

Three regions, and what each one makes.

Zhejiang

Yiwu for small consumer goods, seasonal decoration and accessories; Yongkang for hardware and metal goods; Pinghu and Haining for textile and bag production; the Hangzhou-Ningbo corridor for general household goods.

Closest to us. In-person visits are practical.

Jiangsu

Textile and home textile production, plastic household goods and injection-moulded items, with a deep mould and tooling supply chain that shortens development time for a new design.

Strong for storage and household plastics.

Fujian & Guangdong

Fujian for structured bags, footwear and sportswear. Guangdong for electronics, lighting and toys — toys only where the item can be tested to your market’s toy safety rules.

Furthest from us. Site visits take planning.

What we publish, and what we do not

Clusters, not suppliers.

This distinction is deliberate and worth explaining, because it is unusual for a sourcing site.

We publish which region makes what, because that is knowledge you can use with or without us. We do not publish a directory of factories, and we do not name the supplier behind your order. Your quotation, invoice and shipping documents are issued by us.

The practical effect is that there is one counterparty accountable to you, in a jurisdiction you can reach, instead of a factory in another country that you have never met and cannot easily pursue.

Why we describe our own limitations.

On our supplier records: we are a newly established sourcing company and we are still building our verified supplier list. Where a supplier has been visited in person or has completed a trial order with us, that is recorded internally. Where it has not, we treat the relationship as unverified and we do not imply otherwise on this site.

A cluster exists whether or not we have worked in it. Claiming familiarity we have not earned would be the easiest lie on this page, and the easiest one for a buyer to catch.

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Tell us the product, and we will tell you the cluster.

Send the item and we will come back with where it is made, what the common failure in that cluster is, and what it should cost.

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Browse by region

Every region, in detail.

Each region has its own page — the categories it is known for, its city clusters, and the same map opened on that province.