China Industry Atlas — One City, One Industry

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CHINA INDUSTRY ATLAS中国产业地图 · One City One Industry

Field reference · 2026 edition

China does not manufacture everywhere. It manufactures somewhere specific. Each city — often each town — owns a category and the entire supply chain behind it. This atlas maps where, market by market.

Pick an industry below to open its where-it's-made map

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The maps

Companion maps that go beyond the national overview, in four families — by area, by industry & trade, by theme, and the long-form deep dives. Each opens in its own page.

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Geographyby area — region to province to city

Industry & tradewhere it's made, traded & shipped

By industry — where it's made

Themesthematic ways to read the map

Town families

Chip cities芯片之城 · China’s chip map

Shanghai, Wuhan, Hefei, Wuxi, Xiamen, Beijing · foundry, memory, packaging, compound & equipment · the chip-war map

Appliance towns家电之乡 · the white-goods map

Shunde, Qingdao, Hefei, Zhongshan, Cixi, Jiangmen · fridges, microwaves, small appliances & the cold chain

Drink towns酒乡 · 名酒名乡

Maotai, Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Fenjiu, Tsingtao, Shaoxing · baijiu, beer & rice wine, and why each is made there

Tea towns茶乡 · 名茶名乡

Longjing, Tieguanyin, Da Hong Pao, Pu’er, Keemun, Silver Needle · why each grows where it does

Humble objects平凡之物

3 towns · the boring object with a hidden upgrade

One-product towns一镇一品

26 towns · what each makes for the world

Two kinds of factory town工厂城 · 两种

cluster vs anchor · the distinction that decides a sourcing trip

Instrument towns乐器之乡

4 towns · one per instrument · who makes the world’s music

Beauty towns美业之乡

4 towns · wigs, hair, makeup brushes & lashes

Art towns艺术之乡

4 towns · paintings, porcelain & the scholar’s tools

Deep diveslong-form — one subject at a time

Apparel, textiles & footwear

Metal, hardware & materials

Household & everyday goods

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Industry index

Start with what you're sourcing. Open any category for a national map of where it's made.

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The cities

Grouped by mega-region. Open any card for its markets, districts, anchor firms, and a sourcing note.

No clusters match that search. Try a product, city, or material.

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One-product towns

The purest expression of the principle — single towns that supply much of the world's stock of one thing. Open the map  ↗

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Getting it out

Ports, shipping modes, and the Incoterms that decide who carries the risk. Open the flow map  ↗

Shipping modes

Incoterms, plainly

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Field notes

Sourcing, quality, compliance, and negotiation — the practice behind the map.