It is learnedrecently from the toy dealers in Yiwu International Trade City that the business before the Spring Festival is surprisingly good，of which foreign orders account for over 80% . The shortage of toy products in the global market，especially in countries of Europe and America ，andthe big sale before Christmas in 2006 made the foreign toy dealers hurry to purchase in China after Christmas，said some relevant workers in Yiwu Toy Industry Association .
“The business was always not so goodin the periodbetween Christmas andthe Spring Festival in previous years，andmost of the foreign order forms usually came after the Spring Festival . Judging from the present situation，the peak of foreign orders has already come this year .” Tong Yuanzhi，vice chairmanof Yiwu Toy Industry Association，toldthe reporter in an interview，“the foreign dealers’inadequate stock is just one of the reasons; another reason is that Yiwu local toy manufacturers andd ealers lost confidence in export，due to the improvement of toy criterion in Europe andAmerica ”.Besides the toy markets in Europe an and American countries，those in other countries also suffer the problem of product shortage，Tong Yuanzhi added .
Tony，a purchaser from the U. S . checking the samples in the International Trade City，has already placedan order for several types of intelligent moppets . He acceptedthe reporter’s interview .
The demand of the U . S . for Chinese toy products was really huge at the end of last year and many American parents couldnot findsatisfactory toys for their children during the Christmas holidays，Tony said.
At present，however，Chinese toy manufacturers are confronted with serious problems，such as the rising labor cost，the shortage of labor force，the rising cost of raw materials，the present low export price，andthe higher freight cost . All of these further reduce the profits of toy manufacturers and make them tend to decrease their output . This also leads to the shortage of toy products in foreign toy markets .
2007年2月25日星期日
2007年2月23日星期五
Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College Brief
Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College(called YWICC for short), grown out of Yiwu Branch of Hangzhou University (founded in 1993), is the earliest higher vocational college run by the government at county level. With the approval of Zhejiang provincial government, the preparation for its construction began in July, 1997, and in May, 2002, its establishment was officially declared by the government after acceptance.The president of the college is Prof. Jiang Jingping, tutor of graduate students in Zhejiang University.
The college, situated in Yiwu city—known as China Commodity City, covers an area of 615 acres and boasts the building floorage of more than 92,000 square meters. Owing to its beautiful scenery, it won the title of “ picturesque campus”.
YWICC provides a wide range of education covering business management, computer science, civil engineering, modern secretarial literature, economics, tourism, art design and foreign languages with the number of specialties reaching 14. The college also attacks great importance to the continued education for adults. Developing both full-time and part-time education, the continued education for adults (mainly Yiwu Trade Professional Institute and Yiwu Teaching Station of Long-distance Learning School of Zhejiang University) fully takes advantage of abundant teaching resources and good teaching facilities of YWICC and has been developing rapidly in recent years.
The college has 3228 full-time students and more than 700 part-time students, and is well equipped with advanced electronic labs, multi-media rooms and project measuring labs. It has founded nearly 30 off-campus practice bases l, such as the cooperation with the Exhibition Center of Yiwu Commdity City, Yiwu Industrial Designing Company and Yiwu Daily Press. At present the school library has a book collection of 122,000 volumes, of which 600 are periodicals. It also has an electronic reading room. Students’ dormitories are well installed with direct-dialing telephones, cable TV and broad band terminals.
The college develops its teaching forces by means of indraught, invitation and training combined. In the past three years, more than 100 teachers have been introduced into the college.
Aiming to serve of the development of market economy, the college always places special emphasis on development comprehensive qualities of the students, especially their creativity, and good teaching effects have been well achieved.
The Municipal Government has recently made a decision that the educational investment in Yiwu will focus on the construction of YWICC in the next two or three years. By the year of 2006, the infrastructure worth 200 million will have been completed. In three years, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College will take on a new looking in the beautiful international commodity city!
The college, situated in Yiwu city—known as China Commodity City, covers an area of 615 acres and boasts the building floorage of more than 92,000 square meters. Owing to its beautiful scenery, it won the title of “ picturesque campus”.
YWICC provides a wide range of education covering business management, computer science, civil engineering, modern secretarial literature, economics, tourism, art design and foreign languages with the number of specialties reaching 14. The college also attacks great importance to the continued education for adults. Developing both full-time and part-time education, the continued education for adults (mainly Yiwu Trade Professional Institute and Yiwu Teaching Station of Long-distance Learning School of Zhejiang University) fully takes advantage of abundant teaching resources and good teaching facilities of YWICC and has been developing rapidly in recent years.
The college has 3228 full-time students and more than 700 part-time students, and is well equipped with advanced electronic labs, multi-media rooms and project measuring labs. It has founded nearly 30 off-campus practice bases l, such as the cooperation with the Exhibition Center of Yiwu Commdity City, Yiwu Industrial Designing Company and Yiwu Daily Press. At present the school library has a book collection of 122,000 volumes, of which 600 are periodicals. It also has an electronic reading room. Students’ dormitories are well installed with direct-dialing telephones, cable TV and broad band terminals.
The college develops its teaching forces by means of indraught, invitation and training combined. In the past three years, more than 100 teachers have been introduced into the college.
Aiming to serve of the development of market economy, the college always places special emphasis on development comprehensive qualities of the students, especially their creativity, and good teaching effects have been well achieved.
The Municipal Government has recently made a decision that the educational investment in Yiwu will focus on the construction of YWICC in the next two or three years. By the year of 2006, the infrastructure worth 200 million will have been completed. In three years, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College will take on a new looking in the beautiful international commodity city!
2007年2月15日星期四
Best Way to go to Yiwu
Flight to Yiwu
There's no international flight into yiwu directly. Depending on which port you enter China, you will have some options.Shanghai to Yiwu: If you fly to Shanghai first, you can take a bus or train to yiwu and it's about 4-5 hours.Guangzhou to Yiwu (Canton to Yiwu) If you fly to Guangzhou, you can take a connection flight to yiwu airport. That's the ideal travel plan, esp. for those who attend the Canton Fair in October. Yiwu Fair is from 22nd to 26th of October each year, designed to be held right during the break of Canton Fair so international visitors can attend both. In case you miss the flight from Guangzhou to yiwu, you can take the flight to Hangzhou, and take bus to yiwu from Hangzhou, it's about 1-2 hours.
Trains from SHANGHAI to YIWU
Train takes about 5 hours or less from shanghai to yiwu. There're plenty of options between shanghai and yiwu. Make sure you board a quicker and clearner one. The staff at your hotel should provide you with booking assistance
Bus From Shanghai to Yiwu
If you take bus, it leaves about every 1 hour and available at various long distane inter-province bus stations ( called chang tu ke yun zhan in Chinese) . Some stations got more schedules than others. Make sure you know which station you are going to. Again, the hotel staff should be able to give you directions. You may want to go to either the general station ( or Ke yun Zong zhan at No. 1662 of Zhongxing Road) or Pacific Station (tai ping yang station at No. 710 Hengfeng Road.) Actually buses are just fine if you don't get car sick. Private transportation From Shanghai to Yiwu (Recommended for group of 2 people or more) If you want more comfort and privacy, we can also arrange private car/van pick up from Shanghai to Yiwu. It costs about 1000-1200 RMB regularly, but with our long business relationship with many taxi companies and private drivers, your discount rate is only 800-850 RMB. It's actually quite economical too, if you come in group of 2 people or more.
There's no international flight into yiwu directly. Depending on which port you enter China, you will have some options.Shanghai to Yiwu: If you fly to Shanghai first, you can take a bus or train to yiwu and it's about 4-5 hours.Guangzhou to Yiwu (Canton to Yiwu) If you fly to Guangzhou, you can take a connection flight to yiwu airport. That's the ideal travel plan, esp. for those who attend the Canton Fair in October. Yiwu Fair is from 22nd to 26th of October each year, designed to be held right during the break of Canton Fair so international visitors can attend both. In case you miss the flight from Guangzhou to yiwu, you can take the flight to Hangzhou, and take bus to yiwu from Hangzhou, it's about 1-2 hours.
Trains from SHANGHAI to YIWU
Train takes about 5 hours or less from shanghai to yiwu. There're plenty of options between shanghai and yiwu. Make sure you board a quicker and clearner one. The staff at your hotel should provide you with booking assistance
Bus From Shanghai to YiwuIf you take bus, it leaves about every 1 hour and available at various long distane inter-province bus stations ( called chang tu ke yun zhan in Chinese) . Some stations got more schedules than others. Make sure you know which station you are going to. Again, the hotel staff should be able to give you directions. You may want to go to either the general station ( or Ke yun Zong zhan at No. 1662 of Zhongxing Road) or Pacific Station (tai ping yang station at No. 710 Hengfeng Road.) Actually buses are just fine if you don't get car sick. Private transportation From Shanghai to Yiwu (Recommended for group of 2 people or more) If you want more comfort and privacy, we can also arrange private car/van pick up from Shanghai to Yiwu. It costs about 1000-1200 RMB regularly, but with our long business relationship with many taxi companies and private drivers, your discount rate is only 800-850 RMB. It's actually quite economical too, if you come in group of 2 people or more.
China Commodities Market: the biggest market of general merchandise of the globe
Aiming at “Facing the World and Serving the Country”, Yiwu Fair develops continuously with Yiwu China Commodities Market. Exhibition integrating with market forms a tremendous predominance.
With 50,000 booths, China Commodities Market covers a business area of 2,000,000 m2. There are 200,000 business operators. And the daily visit of the market is over 200,000. Here gathered 320,000 kinds of products of 1,502 categories in 34 industries from over 100,000 manufacturing enterprises of general merchandise over the country ( The total number of kinds of products in the world announced by the UN is 500,000). With 1,000 standard containers every day, all these commodities are exported to 200 countries and regions in Europe, America, Mid-East, Southeast Asia and Africa. Over 60% of the market is foreign oriented. Here becomes a circulation center, an exhibition center and an information center of general merchandise and an important exporting base of light industrial products in China. The market trade volume takes the first place of all the big markets in the county for 14 successive years. And China Commodities Market has been awarded the only title, “Value Quality, Honor Credibility”, in the country.
With 50,000 booths, China Commodities Market covers a business area of 2,000,000 m2. There are 200,000 business operators. And the daily visit of the market is over 200,000. Here gathered 320,000 kinds of products of 1,502 categories in 34 industries from over 100,000 manufacturing enterprises of general merchandise over the country ( The total number of kinds of products in the world announced by the UN is 500,000). With 1,000 standard containers every day, all these commodities are exported to 200 countries and regions in Europe, America, Mid-East, Southeast Asia and Africa. Over 60% of the market is foreign oriented. Here becomes a circulation center, an exhibition center and an information center of general merchandise and an important exporting base of light industrial products in China. The market trade volume takes the first place of all the big markets in the county for 14 successive years. And China Commodities Market has been awarded the only title, “Value Quality, Honor Credibility”, in the country.
A Sea of Commodities A Paradise for Shopping
Yiwu China Commodities City is composed of Huangyuan Market, Binwang Market and International Trade City. The markets cover a total area of 1.5 million square meters, boasting 43,000 booths, 160,000 business people, and 320,000 kinds of commodities in 1,502 categories of 34 industries. (Note: UN publicized that there are altogether 500,000 commodities in the world.) Trade volume of the markets has retained No.1 in the specialized markets in China for 14 years since 1991. It was the only market that was award the honor “value quality, honor credibility” by National Quality Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and was granted the honor of the sole Five-star Market by Zhejiang Industrial & Commercial Bureau.
Internationalization of Yiwu market is rising continuously. 5,000 agents of worldwide famous enterprises have been set up in Yiwu. Commodities are sold to 200 countries and regions including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. Over 1,000 standard containers of commodities are exported daily. Over 90% traders do foreign trade business. At present more than 5,000 foreigners live in Yiwu and more than 300 foreign offices have been set up.
Yiwu boosts the innovation of market exchange modes and vigorously develops e-commerce. China Commodities Digital Market now has 30,000 traders. Online exhibit and negotiation are beginning to be popular. Businesses like chain distribution, postal distribution and international freight forwarding are developing soundly. Trading ways and management tend to be more modernized
2007年2月14日星期三
Spring Festival
Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.
To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.
Preparations for the New Year begin the last few days of the last moon, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased. Houses are festooned with paper scrolls bearing auspicious antithetical couplet (as show on both side of the page) and in many homes, people burn incense at home and in the temples to pay respects to ancestors and ask the gods for good health in the coming months.
"Guo Nian," meaning "passing the year," is the common term among the Chinese people for celebrating the Spring Festival. It actually means greeting the new year. At midnight at the turn of the old and new year, people used to let off fire-crackers which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the new year. In an instant the whole city would be engulfed in the deafening noise of the firecrackers.
On New Year's Eve, all the members of families come together to feast. Jiaozi, a steamed dumpling as pictured below, is popular in the north, while southerners favor a sticky sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao.
To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.
Preparations for the New Year begin the last few days of the last moon, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased. Houses are festooned with paper scrolls bearing auspicious antithetical couplet (as show on both side of the page) and in many homes, people burn incense at home and in the temples to pay respects to ancestors and ask the gods for good health in the coming months.
"Guo Nian," meaning "passing the year," is the common term among the Chinese people for celebrating the Spring Festival. It actually means greeting the new year. At midnight at the turn of the old and new year, people used to let off fire-crackers which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the new year. In an instant the whole city would be engulfed in the deafening noise of the firecrackers.
On New Year's Eve, all the members of families come together to feast. Jiaozi, a steamed dumpling as pictured below, is popular in the north, while southerners favor a sticky sweet glutinous rice pudding called nian gao.
Planning--- the history of Wushang
With a long history, Yiwu was named Wushang County in the 25th of King Yingzheng of Qin Dynasty (B.C.222), and renamed Yiwu in A.D.624. In 1988, Yiwu County was transformed into Yiwu City.
The finished construction area of Yiwu County covered 2.8 square kilometers in 1984. During the past 20 years, Yiwu County has become a world-famous international trade city from a county-level city in the middle of Zhejiang province, since it made a reasonable and scientific goal for the city by four-time overall city planning. Its urban area has already extended to 52 square kilometers.
Choucheng, the county town of Yiwu, was just a very small village, according to the county annals of Jiaqing period, and the development was very slow until the liberation of China. And then it developed itself into a city of more than 200 hectares in the early 1980s.
Scientific planning
1st round---in 1984, The Overall planning of Choucheng Town, Yiwu County: From the year 1984 to 1990, to finish the construction area of 2.8 square kilometers with 4.24-square-kilometer city-planning land
2nd round---in 1990, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 1990 to 2010, to finish the construction area of 5.08 square kilometers with 17.13-square-kilometer city-planning land
3rd round---in 1998, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 1998 to 2020, to finish the construction are of 13.95 square kilometers with 35-square-kilometer city-planning land
4th round---in 2000, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 2000 to 2020, to finish the construction area of 27.6 square kilometers with 90-square-kilometer city-planning land.
The finished construction area of Yiwu County covered 2.8 square kilometers in 1984. During the past 20 years, Yiwu County has become a world-famous international trade city from a county-level city in the middle of Zhejiang province, since it made a reasonable and scientific goal for the city by four-time overall city planning. Its urban area has already extended to 52 square kilometers.
Choucheng, the county town of Yiwu, was just a very small village, according to the county annals of Jiaqing period, and the development was very slow until the liberation of China. And then it developed itself into a city of more than 200 hectares in the early 1980s.
Scientific planning
1st round---in 1984, The Overall planning of Choucheng Town, Yiwu County: From the year 1984 to 1990, to finish the construction area of 2.8 square kilometers with 4.24-square-kilometer city-planning land
2nd round---in 1990, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 1990 to 2010, to finish the construction area of 5.08 square kilometers with 17.13-square-kilometer city-planning land
3rd round---in 1998, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 1998 to 2020, to finish the construction are of 13.95 square kilometers with 35-square-kilometer city-planning land
4th round---in 2000, The Overall Planning of Yiwu city: From the year 2000 to 2020, to finish the construction area of 27.6 square kilometers with 90-square-kilometer city-planning land.
2007年2月9日星期五
The 99th China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo
It is learned from China Small Commodity City Exhibition Co . ，Ltd . that the 2007 China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo will be held in Yiwu. It is agreed among the relative
parties that the same expo will be held in Yiwu for three years consecutively .
Known as “ the Number One cosmetic exhibition in China ”，the 50-year old China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo i s one of the national brand-name exhibitions supported by the Ministry of Commerce. The 99th China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo will be held in
Yiwu Meihu Exhibition Center ，which lasts three days - from April 14 to April 16 . There will be about 800 standard booths ，covering an area of 20 thousand square
meters . It is co-sponsored by China Commerce Association for General Merchandise (CCAGM) and the Yiwu government and jointly undertaken by the Shangcheng Group and Beijing Exhibition Co. ，Ltd . attached to CCAGM. It is said that the first China Yiwu International Beauty Festival will also be held in the period of the 99th China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo.
parties that the same expo will be held in Yiwu for three years consecutively .
Known as “ the Number One cosmetic exhibition in China ”，the 50-year old China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo i s one of the national brand-name exhibitions supported by the Ministry of Commerce. The 99th China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo will be held in
Yiwu Meihu Exhibition Center ，which lasts three days - from April 14 to April 16 . There will be about 800 standard booths ，covering an area of 20 thousand square
meters . It is co-sponsored by China Commerce Association for General Merchandise (CCAGM) and the Yiwu government and jointly undertaken by the Shangcheng Group and Beijing Exhibition Co. ，Ltd . attached to CCAGM. It is said that the first China Yiwu International Beauty Festival will also be held in the period of the 99th China Beauty & Cosmetic Expo.
YiwuAirport works normally during spring festival
As Spring Festival is around the corner，Yiwu airport will have another flight peak . According to Yiwu CAAC ， Yiwu airport will work at regular time from February 18 to 21(Jan . 1 to 4 at Chinese lunar calendar)and during the spring festival holiday all flights from and to Yiwu run as usual . “ It’s estimated thatabout 30 ， 000 passengers persontime will depart from or arrive in Yiwu during the period of spring festival holiday . Passenger flows will be concentrated in Beijing ,Guangzhou ，Shenzhen ， Shantou ，Kunming ，Chongqin ，Chengdu and Urumchi ”，Staff of Yiw u CAAC said . To prepare for the upcoming spring festival passenger transport ，556 flights offering 77 ，000 seats are planed to depart from Yiwu .
It’s said that most passengers are business people . Till nowthereare flights from Yiwu to 11 cities as Beijing ， Guangzhou ， Xiamen ，Shenzhen ， Shantou ， Changsha ，Kunming ，Chongqin ，Chengdu ，Xi‘ an and Urumchi . At present ，passenger flows are concentrated in Shantou ， Xiamen ， Chongqin ，Chengdu and Kunming as large numbers of business people from these places go home to celebrate the springfestival and at the same time peoplego to these cities for tour .
From Feb . 1 to Feb17 ，flights depart and ar r i v e on every Monday ，Wednesday ， Friday and Sunday .Flights on Tuesday ， Thursday and Saturday will be canceled temporarily .However ， Shantou is an exception .As large numbers of business people i n Yiwu a r e from t h e a r e a of Chaozhou and Shantou ，there will be flights from Yiwu to Shantou everyday from Feb . 7 to 17 .
It’s said that most passengers are business people . Till nowthereare flights from Yiwu to 11 cities as Beijing ， Guangzhou ， Xiamen ，Shenzhen ， Shantou ， Changsha ，Kunming ，Chongqin ，Chengdu ，Xi‘ an and Urumchi . At present ，passenger flows are concentrated in Shantou ， Xiamen ， Chongqin ，Chengdu and Kunming as large numbers of business people from these places go home to celebrate the springfestival and at the same time peoplego to these cities for tour .
From Feb . 1 to Feb17 ，flights depart and ar r i v e on every Monday ，Wednesday ， Friday and Sunday .Flights on Tuesday ， Thursday and Saturday will be canceled temporarily .However ， Shantou is an exception .As large numbers of business people i n Yiwu a r e from t h e a r e a of Chaozhou and Shantou ，there will be flights from Yiwu to Shantou everyday from Feb . 7 to 17 .
2007年2月5日星期一
Go home with Yiwu specialties
With the approaching of traditional Chinese spring festival, many non-native workers in Yiwu are concerning about when they could get on the train to go home and what they should take back as presents for their families who have been separated for a few months.Recently,it was discovered from the local consumption market that Yiwu specialties are the No.1 alternative for those non-native workers.
Yiwu Hong-Tai ginger soup series products sell very well in the Tourism Shopping Center of the International Trade City in recent days.Non-native workers often come to buy the ginger soup products with companies.And in Yiwu knitting market,boxes of localmanufactured socks are also quite favorable among non-native workers.
Recently,many local supermarkets set up special counters selling several dozen kinds of Yiwu-made products. It's said that those Yiwu-made commodities with low price and fine quality are the most favorite things for those non-native workers.
Yiwu Hong-Tai ginger soup series products sell very well in the Tourism Shopping Center of the International Trade City in recent days.Non-native workers often come to buy the ginger soup products with companies.And in Yiwu knitting market,boxes of localmanufactured socks are also quite favorable among non-native workers.
Recently,many local supermarkets set up special counters selling several dozen kinds of Yiwu-made products. It's said that those Yiwu-made commodities with low price and fine quality are the most favorite things for those non-native workers.
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