The Kunming Hardware and Electrical Machinery Market has a long history of small-scale business operations and decentralized operations. Development has been constrained. The relevant parties proposed the idea of ​​setting up an international hardware and electromechanical city for ASEAN, which has aroused the interest of domestic businessmen.
“The ASEAN International Hardware & Electromechanical City, led by the Kunming Hardware and Electrical Machinery Industry Chamber of Commerce, has already taken a close look. The government of Guandu District has given great support and is currently located in the territory of Guandu District.†Zhang Yuanyuan, president of Kunming Hardware & Electrical Industry Chamber of Commerce, told reporters excitedly recently. The demolition and reconstruction of the East Second Ring Road will affect the business of a large number of hardware and electronic machinery merchants, but at the same time it also brings us an opportunity for integration. This kind of integration is also in order to meet the needs of the rapid advancement of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area construction and to meet the needs of the hardware and electromechanical industries in the country to take advantage of Yunnan's international access to ASEAN. Hardware and electrical market is small and chaotic to deal with access to ASEAN trade
It is understood that the Kunming hardware and electrical machinery market was developed and developed along the East Second Ring Road in the 1980s. After 20 years of development, there are now more than 6,000 business households with more than 40,000 employees and annual sales of nearly 20 billion yuan. The company turned over more than 500 million yuan in tax revenue and taxes, and the products radiated to various cities and provinces in the province and ASEAN countries.
However, there has been no unified planning over the years and there have been many problems in the development of the market. The outstanding performances are: scattered merchants, lack of strength, and irregular business operations. According to reports, more than 6,000 merchants are scattered in more than 10 markets of various sizes and street shops within 15 kilometers of the extension line of the East Second Ring Road. The entire market is scattered; some markets have only 5 to 10 acres of management land. The largest market is also less than 50 acres. This decentralized and small-scale operation leads to irregular market operations and government departments are not easily supervised. As a result, counterfeit and counterfeit products infringe on the interests of customers. Markets and business operators have become increasingly serious due to poor traffic conditions and environmental mess. The product level of the entire market has not been improved. At present, in every province, region, and city, there is a hardware and mechanical and electrical market on the scale. When Zhejiang Yongkang Hardware City has long been known at home and abroad, the market in Kunming has not yet formed a brand effect.
More importantly, in today's rapid development of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, this small but scattered situation will not be integrated. Upgrading the scale and grade will directly affect the export of hardware products to ASEAN countries.
East Second Ring Road demolition and transformation hardware industry consolidation every opportunity
People of insight and chambers of commerce have long wanted to change the status quo, but also want to build a large-scale professional hardware and electrical machinery market. However, some businesses are reluctant to move their nests and fear losing their existing customers.
With the advancement of modern new Kunming construction, there are about 4,000 business households and more than 30,000 people in the demolition of the Second Ring Road, accounting for two-thirds of the total number of business households. If the merchants that were already scattered in the demolition process were once again dispersed, Kunming Hardware & Electrical will face a crisis. Under such circumstances, the Chamber of Commerce took the lead in proposing to find a piece of land with convenient transportation and suitable development, and to build a development strategy of an ASEAN International Hardware & Electromechanical City based on the modern market model. The chamber of commerce solicited the views of various merchants and reported to the National Association of Industry and Commerce, the Yunnan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Yunnan Provincial Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Kunming City Demolition Office. It was quickly approved by the National Association of Industry and Commerce’s Hardware Chamber of Commerce and the Yunnan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. The government’s government’s strong support.
Wu Shichuan, president of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Hardware Chamber of Commerce, and Fu Lin, executive deputy president of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce, specifically contacted the government of the Guandu District for this matter. The relevant person in charge clearly expressed support for the establishment of this market and believed that the hardware and electrical machinery market should be built into a large market. The resettlement of the merchants to be demolished can also increase a professional market and a large taxpayer. This is a win-win thing.
Building an Expanded Trading Platform for the ASEAN Market
According to statistics, ASEAN countries are the major export markets for electromechanical products in China. In 2004, China exported 42.9 billion U.S. dollars to ASEAN, and hardware and electromechanical products accounted for 50%. Yunnan, by virtue of its geopolitical advantages with ASEAN countries, has exported more than 60% of its total exports in recent years. In the first half of 2005, infrastructures under construction in ASEAN countries cost more than 30 billion U.S. dollars, among which a large number of hardware and electromechanical products are needed, which is conducive to expanding the export of hardware and electromechanical products in China. According to figures provided by the Provincial Department of Commerce, from January to August, the export of hardware products in our province reached USD 55.73 million, an increase of 80.6% year-on-year.
Relevant people believe that Kunming has the advantage of radiating the ASEAN market. China is a major producer of hardware and electromechanical products. However, compared with countries such as Europe, America and Japan, China’s hardware and electromechanical products do not have a high grade and there are major obstacles to the export of these developed regions; but China The hardware products are most suitable for the ASEAN market in terms of cost performance. The National Association of Industry and Commerce’s Hardware Chamber of Commerce stated that it will mobilize investment from other chambers, districts and cities.
At the meeting of presidents of the Association of Industry and Commerce of Hardware and Electrical Machinery of China held in Chengdu not long ago, after the idea of ​​building ASEAN International Hardware & Electrical City was proposed, the participants expressed that they were optimistic about the market. Zhou Zheng, president of Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation of Hardware and Electrical Machinery Association, said at the meeting that many companies in Shaanxi are planning to set up sales outlets in Yunnan to take advantage of Yunnan's international large-scale channel for Southeast Asia to push Shaanxi hardware and electromechanical products to the Burmese market. ASEAN International Hardware & Electromechanical City is exactly what they are looking forward to. Many presidents of the chamber of commerce stated that as soon as the ASEAN International Hardware & Electrical City is completed, they will all bring their member companies to work and jointly explore the ASEAN market. Some presidents of the chamber of commerce also said that conditions can also invest in the construction of hardware and electromechanical city.
Industry insiders are very optimistic about the prospects for the development of Kunming hardware and electromechanical industry in the future. According to reports, the first phase will be completed with a modern market covering an area of ​​600 mu, with spacious and neat shops and complete logistics and distribution systems. It can take advantage of ASEAN's location and attract merchants from all over the country and from ASEAN in ASEAN International Hardware. The electromechanical city will conduct transactions on this large platform, thereby attracting well-known manufacturers from all over the country to invest in Yunnan's hardware industry, making use of the original foundations and resources in Yunnan for the production of hardware and electromechanical products, and forming a complete industrial chain for the ASEAN market.