If you have a plan to Yiwu, this article will help

1. Where is Yiwu located?
Yiwu is located in the middle part of Zhejiang province, only 300 kilometers from Shanghai, the largest city of China, and 120 kilometers from Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. It has superior geographical position, located at the middle position along the coast of the West Pacific Ocean, connected with Guangdong and Fujian in the south, and Shanghai Economic Zone in the north, in the face of the gold passage to the Pacific Ocean, east to the "Eastern Big Port - Ningbo Harbour".

2. What markets are there in Yiwu?
Yiwu China Small Commodities City is composed of numerous specific markets, such as Huangyuan Market, Binwang Market, International Commercial Trade City, Knitting Market, Household Electrical Appliances Market, Communications Market, and Computer Market, etc., in addition with specialty streets throughout the city for sales of thousands of products including underwear, leather articles, cases and bags, stationery and watches, etc.

3. Which are the dominant industries in the markets of Yiwu?
There are 12 dominant industries in Yiwu, including electronic and electrical appliances, knitting fabrics and textiles, garments and ties, hardware and tools, cases and bags, shoes and caps, cosmetics, toys, glasses, clocks and watches, handicrafts and ornaments, stationery and sports products, bed clothes, and daily necessities, etc.

4. How about the traffic in Yiwu?
The traffic in Yiwu is well developed. A three-dimensional traffic network of highway, railway, and aviation has formed up so as to draw Yiwu much nearer to all large and medium cities nationwide.Yiwu has all-weather 4C grade flight lines, where large and middle passenger planes including Boeing 707 and MD 82 can take off and land. The flight lines have been opened to Guangzhou, Beijing, Shantou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Shanghai (during the exhibition), etc. from the second county/city grade of medium-sized airport, Yiwu Airport. Yiwu has the top-level second-class large station, Yiwu Railway Station in terms of station scale and station facilities. There are a total of 6 railway stations along the railway transport lines, where more than 80 passenger trains arrive every day.Yiwu has intricate highway transport networks. The expressways connect Ningbo, Wenzhou, and other places. The highway lines go through the provinces, regions and counties, offering 12 provincial special bus lines, more than 80 intra-province bus lines, more than 50 intra-city bus lines between counties and towns, and 22 urban bus routes.

5. When is the exhibition open every day?
The exhibition is open from 9:30 a.m. to 16:30 p.m. on . For the other days, the open time is from 9:00 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.8. I am a foreign businessman. If I want to enter the exhibition floor, what procedures must I complete?First of all, welcome you come to Yiwu. After you arrive at Yiwu, please make registration at the Foreign Reception Desk of the Organizing Committee on the ground floor in order to get the Trade Card free of charge. Then you can go into and come out from the Exhibition
Center freely with the Trade Card. In order to get the Trade Card, you need to show your name card.Time for arranging the Trade Card at the scene: (8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.).

6. If I come from Guangzhou, can you tell me about the flight to Yiwu?
Yiwu has already opened the flights to Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shantou and other places. For the flight schedule in detail, please click the Travel Information.

7. How long does it take from Yiwu Railway Station to the Exhibition Venue?
If you take a taxi, you will need only about 5 minutes normally.

8. How long does it take from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Railway Station, and how long does it take from Shanghai to Yiwu?
There are special bus lines from Shanghai's two airports to Shanghai Railway Station. You can also take a taxi. Generally speaking, it takes four and a half hours from Shanghai to Yiwu.

9. I want to learn about the train schedule in Yiwu?
You can land on the National Railway Information Inquiry System to check the details about the train schedule that you need.

Scientific tea planting by QS certification

In accordance with the national regulation of QS certification of teas，if a tea product couldn’t pass the QS certification since January 1，2007，it cannot be sold in supermarkets or retail tea shops . It’s undoubtedly a severe challenge for many domestic tea manufacturers. QS is the food quality safety sign used in China in recent years，and all food manufacturers have to pass the compulsive safety tests. Only those foods affixed with QS signs can be proved on sale .

It’s known that there are 18 ，000 mu tea fields in Yiwu . Only a single tea manufacturer-Zhejiang Taoist Peak Tea Co . ，Ltd —— — has passed the QS certification. Besides ，3 or 4 tea manufacturers are applying for QS certification at
present . The experts think QS certification of teas may help the tea manufacturers to improve their tea quality and it’s a passport for tea enterprises to be the leading manufacturers .

Seventeen toy enterprises obtain 3C certificates

It is learned that at present there are 17 Yiwu toy enterprises that have earned 3C (China Compulsory Certification) certificate and 41 toy enterprises are applying for it .

According to the relevant regulations of the National Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervisi on and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China，3C policy was carried out to manage six categories of toy products on March 1，2006，including baby carriers，electric toys，plastic toys，shooting toys，moppets and metal toys . And from June 1，2007，no toys of the above types can be turned out from a factory，sold，imported or even used in any business activities，if the producers have not obtained the 3C certificate issued by an appointed organization or have not had the authentication signs properly marked on the toys . The compulsory certification of toy products began from the March of 2006，with June 1，2007 as its dead line . That is，from June 1，the children toy products bearing no 3C signs can be neither circulated in the market nor produced in the factory . Severe legal punishment based on the relevant regulations will always be ready for any kind of violations.

New Handbook of Foreign Trade Service distributed for free

It is known from Yiwu Foreign Affairs Service Center recently that 2007 edition of A Handbook of Foreign Trade Service has been accomplished and it will be distributed to local enterprises and traders in markets free of charge since April 24 . The enterprise owners and traders in Yiwu markets can get the handbooks with their own ID certifications in Yiwu Foreign Affairs Service Center (Ocean Business Mansion) or Yiwu Foreigners Service Center ( the West gate of Second phase of International Trade City) .

By the end of 2006，the registered resident agencies and offices of foreign enterprises had been over 900 from 68 countries and regions，including those from US，Japan，Pakistan and South Korea .

A Handbook of Foreign Trade Service in 2007 has sorted out and published the data about 700 resident agencies and offices of foreign enterprises and the expiration date of the data is December 31， 2006 .

Yiwu IPR Protection Week starts

Having the World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 every year，Yiwu Administration for Industry and Commerce and relevant departments have carried out the “IPR Protection Week” citywide from April 20 to 26，2007 .

With the theme of “ protecting intellectual property right，and promoting innovation development”，this year’s IPR Protection Week emphasizes on relevant laws and regulations，principled standpoint and accomplishments in Yiwu，self-owned
brand establishment and achievements of enterprises in Yiwu. In the meanwhile the “12312” IPR protection complaint service center and the IPR protection of Olympic Game will also be the key points .

According to the plan some activities will be successively held by some relevant departments in that week such as the contest for IPR knowledge，giveaway show and IPR training . And on April 26 a large consultation activity will be held to serve people with their consultants and complaints on the square of the first phase of Yiwu I nternational Trade City .

Yiwu people experiencing high speed

As usual，Yiwu railway station was crowded with people in and out of Yiwu at 9 on Apri l 18 . However，scrupulous passengers would find a guiding sign for CRH trains in the hall on the first floor. In a few ten minutes，Yiwu railway station would salute a historical moment.

At 10：00 sharp，I was so fortunate to take the CRH train No. D686 ( from Yiwu to Shanghai Station (South) )，which was the first to set off from a county-level city as Yiwu， to experience the unusual charm.The train is especially steady and quiet when it started and it’s spacy，comfortable and warm instead of being crowded as the usual trains . Attendants who wear l ike fl ight attendants offer first-time service all the time.

The most special characteristic of CRH trains is the high technology and consideration of the equipments . For example， there are baby-care desk and emergency calling buttons in the bathroom. Besides， there are special bathrooms for the handicapped . In 56 minutes， the train arrived in Hangzhou Station (East) .

It’s said that there are 690 tickets every day for CRH trains in Yiwu station， with 610 tickets for D686 which sets off from Yiwu railway station， 60 tickets for D95 ( from Hangzhou to Nanchang)， 10 for D96 ( from Nanchang to Hangzhou) and 10 for D92 ( from Nanchang to Shanghai ) .Although the price for CRH trains is two times as that of the common trains， people
are enthusiastic to experience the high speed . As there were only a few tickets， tickets for CRH trains to Nanchang or Hangzhou had been sold out days before.

The display counter of the Yiwu international fair this year were going quickly

The reporter understood from the preparation for the Yiwu international fair committee office that the the 13th session of the Yiwu international fair which was predetermined to be held in the late October this year in Yiwu abundant comprehensive starts from the mid-April. At present the display counter already was ordered more than half. The key word of this session of Yiwu international fair is “the promotion, the innovation”. Yiwu Deputy Mayor Ji Jinfu said that,“The development localization of the Yiwu international fair was striving vigorously to become an internationally well-known exposition.”
It is reported that this year the following steps of the Yiwu international fair will invite the professional main enterprises, the brand product to participate and invite representativse manufacture enterprises from overseas more as possible to participate and enhance the proportion of the enterprises from outside the province and beyond the border to participate.

The 2007 Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair---Fair Browsing

China Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair is sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture，Zhejiang Provincial
Radio & TV Bureau，Zhejiang Press and Publication Bureau，China Stationery & Sporting Goods Association and Zhejiang Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry and has been successfully held for 3 sessions continuously.

The first and second sessions were professional stationery and sports goods fair，from the third session-2006 China
Yiwu Cultural I ndustry Fair，we are being sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Bureau，Zhejiang Provincial Radio
& TV Bureau，Zhejiang Press and Publication Bureau，China Stationery & Sporting Goods Assoc iation and Zhejiang Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry，organized by CPC Yiwu City Committee and Yiwu Municipal People’s Government . Now comes the fourth session-2007 China Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair，which will be held from Apr . 28-30 in Yiwu Meihu Exhibition Center.

Aiming at “expand the export volume of cultural products，strengthen and upgrade the cultural industry”，taking
“exchange culture，create business” as the main theme，the 2007 China Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair will grandly
improve its level on internationalization，specialization，marketing and branding，and finally promote the development of cultural industry in Yiwu City as well as in Zhejiang Province.
CO-SPONSORS
Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission
Zhejiang Provincial Economic & Trade Commission
Zhejiang Provincial Foreign Trade & Cooperation Bureau
Zhejiang Provincial Education Department，Zhejiang Provincial Tourism Bureau
Zhejiang Sports Bureau，Zhejiang Dai ly Press Group
Zhejiang Radio&TV Group
Zhejiang Publishing United Group
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade，Zhejiang Branch

Yiwu to be titled China General Hardware Foreign Trade Circulation Center

Sources of April 8 from Yiwu Hardware Electrical Appliance Association say that hardware and electrical appliance industry has been an important pillar industry of Yiwu market with its foreign trade rate around 60% . Yiwu will be conferred the plaque of “China General Hardware Foreign Trade Circulation Center” by China National Hardware Electric and Chemical
Products Commercial Association (CNHECPCA) and China National Household Electric Appliances Commercial Association
(CNHEACA) at the opening ceremony of 4th CIHEF ( the 4th China International Hardware & Electrical Appliances Trade Fair) on April 21 . Only Shanghai has been conferred a similar title before Yiwu.

Yiwu is the biggest hardware and electrical appliance sales center of China . Most of China well-known brand companies
have sales agencies in Yiwu market . Yiwu deserves the title of “China General Hardware Fore ign Trade Ci rculation
Center”.
During recent years，Yiwu hardware and electrical appliance industry has developed rapidly，especially in foreign trade .
At present，there are over 7 0 0 0 dealers and c irculation enterprises in hardware and electrical appliance industry in
Yiwu，of which 65% are from other cities . About 0 . 2 million people are involved in this field . A lot of key enterprises from Hardware Electrical Appliance Industry Base established sales agencies in Yiwu market . Some international retail groups like Carrefour have also established purchasing centers or agencies in Yiwu . According to statistics，the export volume of hardware and electrical appliance which are sold to more than 150 countries and regions all over the world reached over 10 billion RMB in 2006，sharing one third of the world market . Yiwu has established its standing as China General Hardware Foreign Trade Circulation Center.

Yiwu will open the foreign language angle the foreign teacher teach for free

The commercial city foreign language square sharon which was sponsored by the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial Institute held the opening ceremony recently in the Jimingshan Park in Yiwu. From this week on, every Saturday 18 o'clock, the foreign teacher will teach for free here at the fixed time. The people who are learning foreign language will have a conversation place for practicing the foreign language.

At the opening ceremony of the commercial city foreign language square Sharon, the English merchant Weber who was walking with his girlfriend in the Jimingshan Park said that,“We may know more Chinese friends in this kind of foreign language angle. Now my Chinese is not good. If I can carry on the English exchange with the residents in Yiwu, that would really be good.

Yiwu charity general fund

Yiwu charity general fund will allocate 450,000 Yuan to subsidize specially difficult university students this year

The Yiwu charity general fund called the leaders from the various middle schools of the whole city to convene the conference about subsidizing the specially difficult university students in 2007. It is reported that this was the fourth year that the Yiwu carried out the activity of assisting the students continuously. In 2004 altogether it helped 46 impoverished university new students and provides 260,000 Yuan fund. In 2005 it altogether helped 65 impoverished university new students and provided 385,000 Yuan fund. It asssted 92 people last year and provided 436,000 Yuan fund.

Moreover, the enterprises and the individual who have the intention to donate money may contact the Yiwu charity fund before August 10 and register. The telephone number of the Yiwu charity general fund is 5410943.

Yiwu Cultural Product Transaction Exposition will become a cultural grand meeting

2007 Chinese Yiwu cultural product transaction exposition which will be held at the end of April. The scale and the extroversion has surpassed greatly the initial estimate of the sponsor side. There will be 1500 standard display counters in the Yiwu cultural product transaction exposition. The specialized audience will reach above 50,000 people. And more than 30 teams from overseas would attend it.

Yiwu Cultural Product Transaction Exposition was held from last year. Compared with last year, the sponsor side's specification of the Yiwu Cultural Product Transaction Exposition had promoted this year. The Ministry of Culture Culture Industry Department, the news general publications administration the distribution management office joined the sponsor. The participation scope expands to four big kinds, such as the cultural and athletic equipment, the industrial art, the calligraphy and painting antique, the performance media creativity.

The Second Household Decoration Fair to be held in Yiwu

Sources of April 8 from Yiwu Building Materials & Decoration Industry Association say that the Second Household Decoration Fair would be held on April 13 for 3 days in Yiwu Decoration City，Yiwu Materials Market，Zhezhong Timber Market and Yiwu Furniture Market .

It is told that the main hall of the Fair will be in Yiwu Decoration City with lamps，wood floor，security door，wood door，access door，kitchen cupboard and paints displayed .The other parts of the Fair will be in Yiwu Materials Market，Zhezhong Timber Market and Yiwu Furniture Market ，where the products such as china，bathroom fixture，aluminium extruded sections，stone material，lighting fixture and water heating ，and polycarbonate ，pinch board and decoration hardware，and furniture of rosewood，office & flat furniture and sofa series will be displayed respectively.

Yiwu greets five exhibitions in April

Yiwu Meihu Exhibi tion Center wi ll gather thousands of visitors in April . On April 3rd the reporter wi tnessed inside the various organizing committee in Meihu Exhibition Center that lots of staff members are working days and nights to provide satisfied service to visitors and exhibitors under their countdown boards to the exhibitions .

Known from the Meihu Exhibition Center，the key exhibition cities in China will meet an exhibition peak from every March to April，and there’s no exception to Yiwu . The 9 9 th China Beauty & Cosmetics Exposition，which will be held on April 14 to 16 ，is a newly invited exhibition . Although it’s the first time for Yiwu to hold it，it’s a historical nationwide trade fair . After that are the three large scaled exhibitions： the 4th China International Hardware & Electrical Appliances Trade Fair，the Second Yiwu Sourcing Fair： Consumer Goods and the 99th China Cases & Bags，Footwear & Headgear Fair . These three fairs will be held on April 21 to 23 at the same time. It’s right between the first and second phases of Canton Fair，so thousands of traders may employ the time to visit Yiwu at the moment. These three fairs will arrange a lot of activities and provide more business opport unities for exhibitors and they mainly emphasize on their speciality and authority. The Second Yiwu Sourcing Fair： Consumer Goods is a special comprehensive trade fair，which involves houseware，textile and garment，decorations，cases，bags and hats，etc .

The Se cond Chi na Yiwu Cul tural Products Trade Fair will be held on April 28 to 30 . At present it is considered as the only export-oriented exhibition in this field .

Yiwu delegation attracts attention in Russia

Good quality products of over 10 enterprises in Yiwu were displayed recently on the “China National Exhibition”in Moscow
It was learned from Moscow on March 26 that as the opening of the Year of China in Russia in 2007，the China National Exhibition in Russia had a grand opening ceremony in Moscow. Yiwu delegation headed by vice Mayor Wu Yabin attended the
exhibition accompanied by China Commodity City Group as Yiwu enterprise representative. Dozens of products of over 10 enterprises were displayed on this exhibition such as products of NEOGLORY，LANGSHA，MENGNA，HUAHONG，HIPPOS，QIFU，SUNFLOWER and EFLAG. On the first day of the exhibition Yiwu exhibition booth attracted great attention of Russian businessmen and people from all walks of life . Yiwu delegation grasped this good opportunity to promote Yiwu City，its market and
exhibition industry . On this exhibition over 4，000 materials were distributed and the crowded booth attracted an interminable stream of enquiring businessmen.
Products such as sock ， art&craft ，frame ，tie ，LCD TV ，pen and leather belt aroused great interest and favor of local businessmen . Many said that they had been to Yiwu and known something about Yiwu so they felt close to Yiwu when they saw these products .
　 This exhibition was a successful one， whi ch wi l l encourage Yiwu enterpri ses to develop markets in Russia as well as in other countries in the world ， and wi l l help attract Russian enterprises and products to China through Yiwu ， thus further strengthening the economic and trade cooperation relations between Russia and China.

Exhibition area for imported goods to be opened up in 2007 Guangzhou Fair

An exhibition area for imported goods will be introduced to China Import&Export Fair( Guangzhou Fair) this year. according to Zhejiang Foreign Trade&Economic Cooperation Bureau，the 101st Guangzhou Fair to be held on April 15th will open up an exhibition area for imported goods for the first time through its history . Zhejiang enterprises intending to import goods can register from now on .
It’s known that Guangzhou Fair，which is considered the most important fai r in China，is the most important way for domestic enterprises to obtain orders from foreign buyers . The introduction of imported goods exhibition area aims to help balance import and export . An offi cial of Yiwu Foreign Trade&Economic Cooperation Bureau said that domestic purchasers will receive the invitation from Guangzhou Fair in the form of ‘purchasing group’. And the purchasers are divided into three categories ：entry-free purchasers，entry-charged purchasers and entry-charged purchasing agencies. The number of purchasers is allotted to the 8 areas respectively in Zhejiang Province. From now on，import dealers and enterprises who need imported goods can apply for admittance . It's learned that nine zones divided by categories of goods will be opened up . They are mechanic equipment，electronic information and home electric appliances，miniature vehicles and accessories，hardware&tools，
building&construction products and kitchen&bathroom ware，daily used consumption，decoration and gifts，jewelry，food and agricultural products.

Export of remote-controlled toys grows steadily

Recently，it is observed in the toy area of the International Trade City that many remote-controlled toy dealers exhibit their products in front of their booths，a scene like a mini toy fair. According to the introduction，the demonstration of
products on the spot aims to draw the attention of the foreign business people，for a sound momentum of export has appeared for remote-controlled toys at present .
Remote-controlled toys have been favored by the foreign traders since last year，which are mainly distributed to Europe and America，a toy dealer said . Most remote-controlled toys in the market are from Guangdong province . Many kinds of them really sell well， such as remotecontrolled cars，remote-controlled yachts，and remote-controlled robots. However，the hottest product in the market is said to be the remotecontrolled helicopter，which was even out of stock for some time . It is learned from the market that the foreign businessmen take a fancy to the technology and quality of the Chinese remote-controlled toys as well as their comparatively low price in the international market .
Currently，the toy markets in the western developed countries are under structural adjustment，where the demand decreases for those low and medium grade products，such as traditional plastic toys and stuffed toys，whi le the need increases for those top grade products like adult toys，high-tech electric toys，toys for intellectual development，and toys for education. It is inspiring to know that through the cooperation wi th famous universities and scientific institutions，some toy enterpri ses with good potential ity have adapted themselves to the demand change in the international market，and created conditions for the promotion of Yiwu’s toy industry via technological development .