Yiwu: "International Supermarket" At Home

10 years after China's accession to the WTO, Yiwu has attracted businessmen from all over the world and has gathered commodities from all over the world:

Yiwu: "international supermarket" at home

From Taiwan business hall to import commodity Museum

Wang Qing was one of the first importers to do business in Yiwu. In 2000, he began importing raw materials from Philippines, Indonesia and other countries, making handicrafts through domestic processing plants, and then selling them to the United States and Europe.

"At that time, 13% tariffs were imposed on imported goods, and tariffs were abolished after China joined the world trade organization."

Wang Qing said that after China's accession to the WTO, it signed trade agreements with many developing countries, and he imported zero tariff from imported materials such as shells from Southeast Asian countries, which brought great benefits to his business.

More fortunate than Wang Qing is many Taiwanese businessmen and Korean businessmen.

In Yiwu, they had their own exclusive operator's office earlier.

It is understood that shortly after China's accession to the WTO in early 2003, the Zhejiang small commodity city group Limited by Share Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "Shangcheng group") decided to set up a Taiwanese business centre with Hong Kong and Taiwan enterprises as its main business.

In October 22nd of that year, the Taiwan business hall, located in the market area of the International Trade City, was officially opened. There were 93 business places, with a total operating area of 5000 square meters. The main business entities were Taiwan funded enterprises and Hong Kong funded enterprises. The products were mainly exported to the Middle East, Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other regions.

In 2005, the Shangcheng group and the Yiwu branch of the Korean Chamber of Commerce set up a Korean commodity Museum in the two district of the international trade city. There were 44 business places, with an area of 2438 square meters.

The main body of the business is Korean owned enterprises or traders in mainland China.

In October 21, 2008, the import and export hall, located on the five floor of the three District of the International Trade City, was officially opened, with a total area of 2 square meters. Wang Qing has a commercial area of nearly 400 square meters in the import commodity hall.

In April 18, 2011, a new generation of import museum located on the first floor of the five district market of Yiwu International Trade City opened its doors. It has more than 370 business places, with an area of 100 thousand square meters.

At present, there are more than 150 domestic and foreign merchants in this library, which operate over 4.5 kinds of commodities from 81 countries and regions.

Wang Qing has three business positions in the new import Museum. Apart from shell ornaments, he also runs food and cosmetics, and sells channels from a single export to an internal and external business. The sales mode is more diversified.

Today, his products not only attract many buyers, but also attract many franchisees, and in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, Qingdao and other coastal cities, he has joined more than 30 franchisees.

You can buy rich foreign goods without leaving the country.

On the morning of December 28, 2011, there was an endless stream of "Korean story" business shops on the first floor of the fifth floor of the Yiwu international trade city.

Shi Lei, a young man from Puyang, Henan, bought a scarf and gloves with his friends with his friends.

"My girlfriend likes Korean costumes very much. I buy her some genuine products as a new year gift."

Shi Lei, who works in Yiwu, said that through friends, he learned that there was an import Museum in Yiwu. He came over to see it before the Spring Festival holiday.

"I wanted to buy Korean clothes before going abroad, or let my friends bring them.

Now there are Korean shops at home. It's much more convenient.

Ms. Wang, who is doing business in Yiwu International Trade City, spent 2800 yuan on the "Korean story" to buy a fox fur shawl and wear her favorite clothes.

She said that many of the landlady in 1~5 District of Yiwu International Trade City loved to come around here, hoping to clean up their favorite clothes.

In April last year, the "Korean story" opened in the 5 Import and export Hall of Yiwu international trade city.

The Shangcheng group has strongly supported the importing business operators, and has implemented preferential policies in the rental of the business premises. The storefront rent of the "Korean story" is 300 yuan per square meter per year.

Now, the products in the business hall are very rich. Lv Ningfang, the head of the business hall, said: women have everything from head to toe.

"Many Chinese agree with Korean culture and like Korean products, so my business has always been good."

Lv Ningfang smiled and said that she sold more than 5000 yuan in the morning.

According to her introduction, her main customers are shoppers and tourist teams from all over the country.

Build the largest "foreign commodity" trade port in China

Zhou manager of the "cloud top trade" business hall operates imported wine shops in five districts of Yiwu International Trade City, including France's red wine, Austria and Czech crystal cups, Spain's olive oil, Cuban cigars and other "foreign commodities".

"The three policies of the state's balanced import and export policy, the demand of Chinese consumers for imported goods, and the support of" Shangcheng group "to the import market, determine the prosperity trend of Yiwu's import market.

Manager Zhou said, "mall group" to support the development and import of goods Museum, in the relevant policy to give great support, his current store rent as long as 300 yuan / square meter, and another $1 per dollar imports subsidies, he has confidence in his business.

Manager Zhou said, "mall group" has done a lot of work in publicizing and promoting import Museum.

They released advertisements for imported goods museums at airports, railway stations and subway stations in large and medium-sized cities in China. They also publicized and promoted imported commodity houses through television, radio, newspapers, magazines and various exhibitions, which greatly increased the export-oriented degree of imported goods houses, and increased the average daily passenger flow in the Museum.

In March 2011, the Yiwu international trade comprehensive reform pilot project was approved, which brought new impetus to Yiwu's export, import and re export trade. The import trade hall of Yiwu international trade city put forward a new development target: by 2015, it realized the import business site more than 100 thousand square meters, and cultivated more than 500 importing business entities, and the commodity origin reached 130 countries and regions, with an annual turnover of more than 1 billion yuan. The import commodity trade covers all parts of the country, and the re export trade reached over 30%.