China Hardware City (China Science and Technology Hardware City) was founded at the end of 1992, after years of development and construction, has become the country's largest hardware professional market, the State Economic and Trade Commission key contact wholesale market, Zhejiang Province key market, Zhejiang Province star civilization standard market, Zhejiang Province quality standard market, the national hardware professional market Committee chairman unit. China Science and Technology Hardware City has invested 370 million yuan in construction, covers an area of more than 1,000 mu, construction area of more than 670,000 square meters, 4,630 shop stalls, the city hardware and software complete supporting, perfect service facilities, industry and commerce, public security, technical supervision, power supply, water supply, tax, finance, transportation, postal, school, medical, information network and other service institutions. The city mainly engaged in daily hardware, tool hardware, building hardware and mechanical and electrical products, metal materials, machinery and equipment, decorative materials and other tens of thousands of products and related products, attracting more than 20 provinces and autonomous regions and overseas merchants to come to trade.
In recent years, the trade of China's science and technology hardware city continues to grow, the sales of various hardware products are booming, the flow of passengers in and out of the market is increasing, the daily flow of passengers in the market has reached 10,000 people, the flow of Japanese goods has exceeded 1,000 tons, hardware goods are not only sold domestically, but also sold to Southeast Asia, Central Asian countries, Europe, the United States, Russia and other 30 countries and regions. According to statistics, in 2000, the market turnover of China Science and technology hardware City achieved 8.145 billion yuan (including the fifth China Hardware Expo turnover of 2.23 billion yuan), the first half of the market turnover of 4.457 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5%. In 2007, the market turnover reached 300.85 billion yuan, and its turnover and growth rate have ranked first in similar markets in China for many consecutive years.
The development and prosperity of hardware city has played a booster role for the take-off of Yongkang hardware industry, promoted the development of local economy, and achieved a double harvest of economic and social benefits.