Zhejiang
Secondary hubHangzhou is China's e-commerce capital (home to Alibaba) and a major manufacturing center for silk, premium apparel, accessories, and increasingly tech products. The city sits at the heart of the Yangtze Delta manufacturing region with excellent logistics, infrastructure, and capability. Hangzhou factories tend to be more sophisticated and quality-focused than equivalent operations in less developed regions.
Factory base
20,000+ across Greater Hangzhou
Nearest port
Ningbo Port (2 hours), Shanghai Port (2 hours)
Airport
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International (HGH) — major hub
Logistics advantage
Premium positioning, e-commerce sophistication, excellent infrastructure for high-value goods
Premium positioning, brands wanting better quality even at higher cost, silk products, designer goods. Pricing typically 15-25% premium over Yiwu/Ningbo for equivalent products, but quality consistency is significantly better.
Hangzhou Silk City
Silk and silk products trading
Hangzhou International Trade Center
General wholesale
Watch-outs
Hangzhou pricing is genuinely higher — not the place to source commodity products. Some 'Hangzhou' factories are actually trading offices for products made elsewhere. Verify production location.
Custom Apparel
Custom apparel sourcing from China spans everything from blank tees out of Guangzhou to technical performance wear from Fujian and Zhejiang. The category is enormous, fragmented, and full of trader-middlemen pretending to be factories. Real factories own cutting tables, sewing lines, and ideally fabric mills — most 'manufacturers' on Alibaba are trading offices that subcontract to small workshops with inconsistent quality. We've vetted apparel factories from boutique 50-piece runs to 50,000-piece programs and know which ones can hold AQL 2.5 standards.
Sourcing guide →Pet Products
Pet products are one of the fastest-growing import categories from China — toys, beds, carriers, feeders, accessories, and tech (cameras, auto-feeders, GPS trackers). Manufacturing is dispersed: pet electronics from Shenzhen, soft goods from Hangzhou, plastics from Yiwu and Ningbo, food/treat products requiring extra regulatory care. The big risks: heavy metals and phthalates in toys, BPA in feeders, FDA registration for any consumable products. We've helped pet brands launch from $3M to $50M+ in revenue with vetted Chinese supply chains.
Sourcing guide →Events · 14 min read
Canton Fair 2026: How to Attend Effectively (and When Not to Bother)
The world's largest trade fair runs twice a year in Guangzhou. Who should actually go in 2026, what to do in each three-day phase, what to skip, and the practical logistics that determine whether the trip pays off.
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China vs India Sourcing: Where Each Wins in 2026
Where India genuinely competes with China in 2026 — and where it doesn't. Real comparisons across textiles, leather, jewelry, electronics assembly, pharmaceuticals, and IT-adjacent hardware.
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China vs Mexico for US Importers: Nearshoring Math in 2026
When nearshoring to Mexico actually saves US importers money in 2026, when it doesn't, and the USMCA / IMMEX dynamics that determine the answer per category.
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China vs Vietnam Manufacturing in 2026: A Decision Framework for Importers
Honest, category-by-category comparison of sourcing from China versus Vietnam in 2026. Real wage data, real lead-time differences, and the dual-sourcing strategy most serious importers actually use.
Read guide →Fundamentals · 16 min read
First-Time Importers: 12 Mistakes That Kill 80% of First China Orders
After hundreds of first-time-importer projects, the failure modes cluster. Here are the 12 mistakes that account for most of them — and the fixes that prevent each.
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Hong Kong vs Mainland China Sourcing Companies: Which to Use
When buying through a Hong Kong company makes sense versus going directly mainland — tax, banking, payment-flow, and accountability tradeoffs.
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