Yongkang, the hometown of hardware

Yongkang is located in the middle of Zhejiang Province, adjacent to Wuyi, Pan 'an, Dongyang and Jinyun, with an area of 1.049 square kilometers and a population of 555,000. It is one of the economically developed cities in central Zhejiang Province, a famous city of science and technology hardware and a national hardware industrial base. Yongkang is the first county-level city economic development practice research base in China.

Yongkang is a famous "Hardware Capital" in China. Yongkang is also known as "China City", "China Cup City" and "China Leisure Car City". Hardware industry is the pillar industry of Yongkang. There are more than 0/0000 hardware machinery enterprises in the city. Products cover more than 20,000 kinds of mechanical hardware, decorative hardware, daily hardware, building hardware, tool hardware and small household appliances. The output value of hardware industry accounts for about 90% of the city's total industrial output value, and the tax paid accounts for about 90% of the city's fiscal revenue.

Yongkang produces 400 million cups a year, accounting for 90% of the country. The annual output of recreational vehicles is 4.5 million, accounting for 80% of the country. The daily output of emergency doors is 30,000, accounting for 80% of the country. Stainless steel tableware series products account for 62% of the country, daily weighing instruments account for 55% of the country, and power tools account for 43% of the country. There is the largest science and technology hardware city in China, with an annual market turnover of 40 billion and private enterprises 17.

The history of traditional hardware has created Yongkang's regional characteristic economy with hardware machinery industry as the main industry: weighing instruments are concentrated in Tiger Library, file scissors are concentrated in Gushan, planers and kitchen knives are concentrated in Fangyan, embroidery is concentrated in No.4 Road, power tools are concentrated in Guli, nonferrous metal smelting is mainly in Zhiying, scooters, security doors, thermos cups and other emerging industries are all over the city.

Yongkang Hardware covers seven major industries, including metal smelting and rolling, stainless steel products, general machinery, special equipment, transportation equipment, electronic equipment, instruments and meters, and has become a major hardware industry including metallurgy and electromechanical industry. In the fierce competition, one market darling after another was born: the highest daily output of scooters was 6.5438+0.5 million, ranking first in the world; Power tools, Japan and Germany are also called the top three in the world; Packaging steel drums, anti-slip strips for construction, case scales, scales and other products account for more than 90% of the domestic market; Security doors account for 70% of the national market; Scooters and gas stoves account for 90% of the country's total exports; Inflatable tubes account for 50% of the country's total exports; Saw blades account for1/3 of the country's total exports; The number of weighing instrument manufacturers accounts for13 of the whole country, and the output accounts for 2/3. Over the years, the popularity of the criticized thermos cups, mops, scooters and security doors has finally been justified.

The ever-developing China Science and Technology Hardware City not only provides a broad sales and exhibition platform for Yongkang manufacturing industry, but also attracts talents, technologies and raw materials from all over the country and even the world through the business flow, logistics and information flow of the market, providing supporting services for enterprise production. The market and the industry are closely integrated, promoting each other's prosperity, and the market is increasingly prosperous. The whole market has formed a 16 trading area for hardware products, power tools and mechanical equipment, and gathered tens of thousands of kinds of hardware products and related products such as daily hardware, building hardware, tool hardware, electromechanical products, metal materials, mechanical equipment and decorative materials. Products are exported to Russia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan and more than 50 countries and regions. From 2002 to 2004, the market turnover was 654.38+0.26 billion yuan, 654.38+056.543 billion yuan and 654.38+092 billion yuan respectively. The development and prosperity of Hardware City has built a successful bridge for the rapid development of Yongkang hardware industry, further promoted the development of regional economy, and achieved a double harvest of economic and social benefits.

China's hardware history is actually a history of human civilization and social progress. From the legendary Xuanyuan Huangdi casting a tripod in Shicheng Mountain, Yongkang, to the industrious Yongkang people casting swords in the Spring and Autumn Period, making crossbows in the Han Dynasty, making bronze spears in the Tang Dynasty, mining copper mines and cleaning barrels in the Song Dynasty, they embarked on a hard and brilliant hardware road. "The blazing fire reflects sweat and walks the streets." Therefore, there is a folk song saying: "Hardware craftsmen travel around the country, and the county is not a good place to go without leaving Kang." Five thousand years of hardware history has created the famous "Hardware Capital-Yongkang".