Fur Industry of Daying China

Outline of Daying:
Daying Town of Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province is sited in Southeast of Hebei Province, is one of the three biggest towns of Hengshui City. It has 88 villages, a population of 6,5000, total area of 136 square meter, farm land of 140,000 mu. The total output value of agricultural industry in 2001 is 1.32billion Chinese yuan, local government financial income is 23million Chinese yuan. Daying has long been known for its fur processing, named Capital City of Furs in China. Fur Plaza of Daying is named Top Ten Specialized Marketplace by Hebei Provincial Government, while Daying fur industry is deemed Spark Key Enterprise by Hebei Provincial Government.

Brief Introduction of Daying Fur Industry:

Daying Fur Industry Enjoys A Long History. According to historical documents, 3000 years ago, the prime minister of Shang Dynasty, Bigan, created the process of fur and leather. According to this legend, Bigan once worked as official in Daying area and he first found the way to process furs and leathers during his stay in Daying. Then he left to become prime minister of Shang Dynasty. People here build a temple named Bigan Temple in memory of him.
In Ming Dynasty, Daying fur and leather came into Europe upper class after Zhenghe sailed across the Atlantic. At that time, Daying fur became well-known for "Being soft, suitable, fashionable".
In Qing Dynasty, the travelling merchants from more than 10 countries such as Russia, Japan, England, the Netherlands set up warehouse in Daying.

Fur Industry Development and Scale: Daying fur industry is developing very fast since China¡¯s Reform and Open, especially recent year under the great support of Zaoqiang County Party Committee and Zaoqiang County People¡¯s Government.
Daying Town now has 9170 enterprises and shops, 63 of them with an annual output value of over 1million RMB, 12 companies with an annual output value of over 10million RMB. ¡¡Daying has 2160 fixed shops and over 7000 flow or fixed stall. Total output of fur industry accounts for 83% of the total output of Daying Town. 90% of the income comes from fur industry for farmers.

Major products include raw skin, tanned fur, semi-products, fur garments, sheep sheared furs, fur handicrafts total seven series over 2000 specifications.
Daying now has become the center of fur industry in North China, with over 14,000 process enterprises and places for stall in Daying and its 5 neighboring cities or counties over 300 villages. The people engaged in fur processing and sales are about 150,000 and the sales volume reaches 1.8 billion Chinese yuan. Daying fur and leather products are exported to Russia, European countries, the USA, Japan, Southeast Asian countries and Korea.

Daying Fur Trade Fair:
Since the year 1995, Daying has hosted China Daying Fur Trade Fair held every year. Mr.Han Xin, Chairman of International Fur Institute and Mr.Sun Shaozeng, Vice-chairman attended the first China Daying Fur Trade Fair to extend their congratulations to the holding of the fair. In the past 2002, over 2000 customers from China and overseas countries attended the fair.

Development Forecast of Daying Fur Industry

Daying Fur Industry Park:
Daying offers excellent investment environments to enterprises. At present, there are 27 enterprises set up factories in Daying Fur Industry Park.
Daying also attracted the attention of foreign enterprises. Customers from Spain, Italy, South Korea and Germany have signed investment proposal to set up factories in this area.
Daying will further improve the environment of Daying Fur Industry Park, to attract more investment here, to do better to enhance the traditional fur industry, and to bring more benefit to its local people.