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  • China Focus: "World's supermarket" eyes thriving prospects amid trade uncertainties

    Despite global tariff headwinds, east China's Yiwu, a renowned global trading hub known as the "world's supermarket," stays bustling as usual.

    May22,2025


  • InPics | Chinese merchants use AI to boost foreign trade orders at Yiwu mart

    Sun Lijuan is among the first merchants to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) for foreign trade at the Yiwu International Trade Mart in Yiwu, an international hub for the production and trade of small commodities. Her shop, Hongsheng Toys, sells lifelike dolls and plush toys to international customers.

    May22,2025


  • China trade hub hospital launches bilingual medical report service for foreign patients

    A hospital in Yiwu, a bustling trade hub in east China's Zhejiang Province, has launched an AI-powered bilingual medical examination report service as part of its latest efforts to break language barriers for foreign patients.

    May09,2025


  • GLOBALink | New Year, New Opportunities: Yiwu International Trade City Back in Action

    After the Spring Festival break, the world's largest small commodities market has reopened, buzzing with energy and optimism. With 75,000 shops and 2.1 million enterprises connected, Yiwu is driving global trade like never before.

    February12,2025


  • "World's supermarket" reopens after holiday, embracing innovation in Year of Snake

    Yiwu International Trade Market, the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities located in the city of Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province, reopened on Sunday after the Spring Festival holiday, marking a vibrant start to the Year of the Snake.

    February10,2025


  • Year of the Snake festive goods strike gold at "world's supermarket"

    As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Lu Qingrong, a toy store owner at an international trade market in east China's Zhejiang Province, is busy delivering festive goods for his customers.

    January16,2025


  • China's Yiwu to launch new round of int'l trade reforms

    The eastern Chinese city of Yiwu, known as the "world's supermarket" and a key supplier for Chinese cross-border e-commerce platforms, is set to launch a new round of international trade reforms aimed at strengthening its role in global commerce.

    December12,2024


  • Update: China's small commodity hub celebrates decade of China-Europe freight train expansion

    A China-Europe freight train departed from the city of Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province on Monday morning heading for Madrid, Spain, marking the 10th anniversary of the launch of this route.

    November19,2024


  • "World's supermarket" embraces global trade with vitality, confidence

    As the Paris Olympics kicked off, 30,000 soccer balls made by Minsa, a Chinese sports brand based in east China's Yiwu, arrived over 10,000 kilometers away in Africa. Their design includes purple elements, as purple is one of the main colors of the Olympic venues.

    August05,2024


  • GLOBALink| "World's Supermarket" Yiwu booms with orders as Paris Olympics draws near

    As the Paris Olympics is drawing near, Yiwu, known as the "World's Supermarket" in east China's Zhejiang Province, has begun to buzz with orders.

    April11,2024


  • China's Yiwu boosts int'l trade with increasing rail freight to Europe

    The number of import and export containers delivered by freight trains connecting Europe with Yiwu, a small commodity production hub in east China's Zhejiang Province, has surpassed 188,000 twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) containers, according to local customs.

    December22,2023


  • China-ROK freight consolidation route launched in E. China's Zhejiang Yiwu

    A freight consolidation route connecting Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province with the Republic of Korea (ROK) was launched on Tuesday in Yiwu, reported Chinanews.com.

    May24,2023


  • China's small commodities hub logs rising exports in Q1

    Yiwu, the world's leading small commodities market in east China's Zhejiang Province, saw both its imports and exports rise in the first quarter of this year.

    April27,2023


  • China's small-commodity hub transacts over 1 bln digital RMB

    Over 90 percent of businesses in Yiwu City, China's small-commodity hub, have accepted digital renminbi (RMB) payment on the city's official digital platform, with more than 60,000 digital yuan wallets opened and deals of over 1 billion yuan (about 145 million U.S. dollars) transacted so far.

    April04,2023


  • Commodities City, Waigaoqiao to jointly promote Silk Road e-commerce development

    Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co., Ltd. (600415.SH, Commodities City) and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group Co., Ltd. (600648.SH, Waigaoqiao) on Monday signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly promote the development of Silk Road e-commerce.

    February28,2023


  • China's Yiwu records robust growth in Europe-bound freight transport

    The city of Yiwu, a small commodity production center in east China's Zhejiang Province, transported 20,140 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers via China-Europe freight train service in January 2023, up 172.1 percent year on year.

    February22,2023


  • China's Yiwu int'l trade market reopens after Spring Festival

    About 75,000 merchants at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday welcomed their first business day in the Year of the Rabbit.

    February03,2023


  • Economic Watch: China's int'l trade market welcomes returning foreign merchants

    As soon as Marinella Fortino landed in China, she headed for the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, to meet with her business partners.

    January19,2023


  • E. China's Yiwu runs over 5,000 China-Europe freight trains by far

    A China-Europe freight train loaded with 100 TEUs of goods departed from Yiwu, China's small commodity hub in east China's Zhejiang Province on January 5, was bound for five Central Asian countries on Thursday, reported Chinanews.com.

    January06,2023


  • China's small commodity market opens in Dubai

    Yiwu market, a shopping hub for China's small commodities, opened on Thursday in Dubai, offering a market alternative for overseas purchasers to buy made-in-China products, reported Chinanews.com.

    July01,2022


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