In October 2000, China Hardware Products Association awarded Yongkang the title of "China Hardware Capital". In addition, Yongkang also has the title of "the Hometown of Chinese Hardware".
Yongkang is a county-level city in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. It has been selected as one of the top 100 Industrial counties (cities) and one of the Top 100 National Comprehensive competitiveness of county economy.
Yongkang has been known as the "Hometown of 100 workers" since ancient times. After the reform and opening up, the hardware industry has become the pillar industry of Yongkang, accounting for 90% of the city's industrial output.
As early as 2010, there were nearly ten thousand hardware manufacturers in Yongkang, with more than 300,000 people engaged in the hardware industry. Local hardware products cover mechanical hardware
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Hardware, daily hardware, building hardware, tool hardware, small household appliances and other more than 10,000 varieties.
Yongkang hardware industry also has the characteristics of small gathering, such as file, scissors concentrated in Gushan; Planer, kitchen knife concentrated in the Fangyan; Power tools are concentrated in Guri, etc.
More importantly, Yongkang has formed a cluster economic form based on the hardware industry chain, and began to continue to extend. Here, every link of the hardware industry chain is very close and flexible cooperation; The auto parts market is also sprouting.