As one of the three largest jewelry bases in China, Qingdao is on par with Yiwu and Shantou in the south. This is in terms of jewelry production and sales.
Different from real gold and silver luxury jewelry, the jewelry here is mostly made of copper, iron and other non-precious metals as the main material. Decorated with artificial stones, plastics, glass, etc., processed into “simulated” jewelry for a wide range of consumer groups.
Looking back at the history of China’s jewelry industry, Guangdong merchants took the lead in importing trendy jewelry from Hong Kong and Taiwan. As time progresses, the businessmen will source and production technology from Yiwu Commodity Market, which led to the Yiwu jewelry production and trading boom.
And far north of Qingdao, how to become another China jewelry capital?
Qingdao jewelry history:
At the beginning of the millennium, Korean clothing, jewelry entered the Chinese market, many strive to maximize the benefits of jewelry business to the Qingdao region to set up enterprises and factories.
Chengyang District, close to Jiaozhou Bay, became the center of Qingdao’s jewelry industry. In the 90s of the last century, the district was subordinate to the Laoshan County Chengyang Town restructuring of Qingdao City Chengyang District. This is according to local businessmen proving that the first Korean-funded jewelry enterprises in 1994 in this land.
Subsequently, in the process of the second transfer of the international jewelry industry, Chengyang undertook more than 1,000 Korean jewelry enterprises. This introduced many Korean craft design and processing technology.
“What is popular in Dongdaemun, South Korea this year? Turn around in Chengyang District’s China-Korea International Commodity City and you’ll know.” Even before, Dongdaemun led the Korean jewelry trend of the place, not Chengyang.
Since 2005, with Chengyang District as the center of the circle, Qingdao City has gradually become a major processing, trade and distribution center for Korean jewelry. According to 2009 statistics, only in the first half of the year, Chengyang District jewelry business income was nearly 1 billion yuan, with an employee count of 12,000 people.
Due to the opening of the market, not only will Japan and South Korea goods be available in Qingdao, but also many European, American, and Middle Eastern enterprises will also be looking for foundries in the area. There are rumors that LV, GUCCI and other European and American brands have their own factories in Qingdao.
It is not difficult to imagine Qingdao “jewelry” of the inspirational development of the road to foreign trade processing link Qingdao jewelry factories, in the development of many years, continue to refine enamel, inlay and other technologies, cultivating a unique competitiveness.
The high quality label of “Qingdao goods” has been established.
Qingdao has nearly 1,000 jewelry enterprises, most of which are Korean. These enterprises range in size from a few dozen to a few hundred, especially between 100 and 200 people.
These are purely jewelry production enterprises. If we count the auxiliary enterprises including raw materials, plating, fittings and machinery, etc., there are about 3,000 jewelry-related enterprises.
Distribution of Qingdao jewelry enterprises:
Qingdao jewelry enterprises can be roughly divided into two blocks. It is concentrated in the Qingdao Free Trade Zone, where most of them are high-quality jewelry enterprises. For example, Qingdao Jinghua Jewelry Co., Ltd. is one of the eight shareholders of the Shanghai Diamond Exchange. It has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Another piece is concentrated in the Chengyang District. In the Chengyang District, jewelry factories are distributed in various villages. Compared with Yiwu, it is not too centralized, smaller in scale, and not as modern as the plant.
Qingdao Craft City:
Qingdao International Arts and Crafts City, a market with a total investment of 358 million yuan, covers an area of 42,995 square meters, with a total construction area of 99,351 square meters, of which the mall area of 55,737 square meters, 1034 stores, business offices with a construction area of 43,614 square meters, with more than 180 business suites.
The first phase of Qingdao International Arts & Crafts City is located at the intersection of National Highway 308 and Huaxian Road. This is in the Chengyang District of Qingdao. 25 minutes away from Qingdao downtown; 10 minutes away from Qingdao Liuting International Airport, the second largest airport in East China; 3 minutes close to Chengyang North Bus Station; and 30 minutes away from Qingdao Port; and directly accessible to the downtown area through National Highway 308, Qingyin Expressway, Chongqing Road, and Qingdao International Airport.
With the 308 National Highway, Qingyin Expressway, Chongqing Road, it is directly connected to the urban area. It enjoys a perfect transportation network by sea, land and air. The progressive planning and zigzag layout make the mall natural.
Crafts City products include K gold, precious stones, semi-precious stones, alloy, claw chain, acrylic and handmade beads, and brands with high influence in the global mainstream market have moved into the mall, such as Ouini, Dongbang Guishi, Xinguang, etc., especially the original design and production of jewelry from South Korea, which is the Chinese version of the Nandaimen Jewelry Market in Seoul, South Korea. There have been manufacturers from 17 countries and regions in the business since its opening, and buyers from more than 10 countries. Business performance is rising.
China-Korea Small Commodity City:
China-Korea International Commodity City is located on Xingyang Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, covering 260 mu.
With a total construction area of 400,000 square meters and more than 5,000 stalls, annual turnover is expected to reach more than 8 billion RMB. The project is divided into three phases.
In the first phase of the jewelry accessories professional street, there will be 80,000 square meters of building area and 15,000 square meters of four-star hotels, as well as Chinese and Korean-style international star apartment buildings.
The customers of the first phase of China-Korea International Commodity City come from Yiwu, Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Fujian, Jiangsu, as well as as south Korea, Japan, etc.; world famous brands such as Swarovski, Lianhua, Tianfu, Huangdu, etc. Are all stationed there.
Phase II Crafts Accessories City: with a construction area of 90,000 square meters, retaining the independent stores of Phase I, the second and third floors adopt the large-open, open layout, with ad-hoc Korean Pavilion and Yiwu Pavilion.
The second phase of Korean businessmen accounted for 50%, Yiwu, Guangzhou and other customers accounted for 30%, and the surrounding areas accounted for 20% of the customers. Famous Korean enterprises such as Shin Yongkwang, Yixin, and System One are stationed in the city, and the first floor is now fully operational.
The third phase of Commodity City has a single building area of 230,000 square meters. It integrates the essence of business planning of Japan and South Korea, Yiwu, Guangzhou and other large and small commodity markets. It creates China’s most modern sixth-generation professional market model with an international and forward-looking vision.
It is a comprehensive market for handicrafts and finished products. It deals with popular accessories, jewelry accessories, handicrafts, folk crafts, office supplies and other eight forms of business.
The 3rd phase of China-Korea International Commodity City is the largest wholesale base of Korean commodities in China, and the largest wholesale base of Shandong, Yiwu and Guangzhou Commodity Essence in China.
China-Korea International Commodity City is based on the small commodities, jewelry industry, rooted in Qingdao, relying on the well-connected three-dimensional transportation network by sea, land and air, has been fully radiated to the northern region of China and Japan and South Korea, Europe and the United States, Russia, Southeast Asia, and other countries and regions of the small commodities, jewelry consumer market.
The benign operation of Phase I and Phase II has solidly established China-Korea International Commodity City in China’s small commodity market – the third small commodity wholesale base in China after Yiwu and Guangdong, and the largest small commodity wholesale base in northern China.
