Where is Taizhou?
A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province, on the central coast of Zhejiang.
To the north is Ningbo, to the south is Wenzhou. About 3 hours from Shanghai over the sea-crossing bridge, about 2 hours from Hangzhou, about 2 hours from Yiwu.
In one line: Taizhou is a production base — the place that makes plastic household goods and moulds.
What does Taizhou make?
Two blocks, and they are one set.
| What | In detail |
|---|---|
| Plastic household goods | Storage boxes, plastic crates, bins, hangers, kitchen plastic parts, bathroom plastic parts |
| Moulds | Plastic moulds (Huangyan District is the core) |
Why the two are one set: moulds are the upstream step of plastic products. Only where there are mould factories are there plastic products factories.
So Taizhou's feature is "from mould to finished product, one chain" — you want a plastic part in an unusual shape, and here they can cut the mould, injection-mould it and assemble it.
Taizhou's industry scale (official figures)
This is Taizhou's hardest set of numbers (Taizhou Market Supervision Administration, via Taizhou Daily, 2025-03-24):
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Plastic products manufacturers | Over 13,000 |
| People employed | Over 200,000 |
| Annual output value | Over 60 billion yuan |
| Share of the national market | About 70% |
| Exports | More than 100 countries and regions |
| 2024: Taizhou plastic household-goods firms on the 1688 platform | 4590 firms, annual turnover 9.6 billion yuan (+14.2%) |
⚠️ How much weight this carries: "about 70% of the national share" is the official wording, not a media estimate. This is Taizhou's strongest endorsement.
Why Taizhou?
Because in the "mould" step, Taizhou is the strongest.
The mould industry of Huangyan District is the chassis of Taizhou's plastics — only with good moulds can plastic parts be made accurately and cheaply.
What the moulds mean:
- Fast mould-making: a plastic part in a new shape goes from design to a finished mould faster than elsewhere
- Easy to change the mould: if a trial sale goes badly, changing the mould costs little
- Complete support: mould steel, heat treatment, CNC machining — all available locally
What this means for a buyer: if you want a shape that does not exist on the market, Taizhou is the first choice — because it can cut a mould.
District by district, what does Taizhou make where?
Only Huangyan has a clear statement; the rest could not be found.
| District | What it makes | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Huangyan District | Moulds (the core area for plastic moulds) | Taizhou Municipal Government / Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance public materials |
〔Not confirmed: for the other districts and counties of Taizhou (Jiaojiang, Luqiao, Linhai, Wenling, Yuhuan, Tiantai, Xianju, Sanmen), no government document on town-level specialisation was found.〕
What buyers should know: online there are claims that "town X in Taizhou makes product Y", but there is no government source. The most reliable route is to ask the local industry association.
How complete is Taizhou's supporting chain?
Four blocks.
| Support | What it is |
|---|---|
| Moulds | Huangyan District at the core; mould steel, heat treatment and CNC all local |
| Injection moulding | 13,000 plastic products factories, from small parts to large ones |
| Surface finishing | Spraying, screen printing, hot stamping (common for plastic parts) |
| Logistics | Taizhou has a port (Taizhou Port), but most cargo leaves via Ningbo |
One key reminder: Taizhou's cargo ships mainly out of Ningbo. When you negotiate FOB, ask clearly whether it is "FOB Ningbo" or another port.
How do you get to Taizhou?
| From | How | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Ningbo | High-speed rail to Taizhou West | About 1 hour |
| Hangzhou | High-speed rail to Taizhou West | About 2 hours |
| Shanghai | High-speed rail to Taizhou West | About 3 hours |
| Yiwu | High-speed rail to Taizhou West, or drive | About 2 hours |
〔To be verified: exact trains and journey times — no timetable is printed here; check 12306 on the day.〕
Station tip: Taizhou West is the high-speed rail station. Huangyan District is not far from Taizhou West.
Sources (2026-11-01)
| Item | Nature | Source | Date checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13,000+ plastic products enterprises | ✅ Official | Taizhou Market Supervision Administration (via Taizhou Daily, 2025-03-24) | 2026-11-01 |
| 200,000+ people employed | ✅ Official | Same as above | 2026-11-01 |
| Annual output value over 60 billion yuan | ✅ Official | Same as above | 2026-11-01 |
| About 70% of the national market | ✅ Official | Same as above | 2026-11-01 |
| Exports to more than 100 countries and regions | ✅ Official | Same as above | 2026-11-01 |
| 4590 enterprises on the 1688 platform, annual turnover 9.6 billion yuan | ✅ Official | Same as above | 2026-11-01 |
| Huangyan District is the mould core area | ✅ Official | Taizhou Municipal Government / Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance public materials | 2026-11-01 |
| Town-level specialisation of the other districts | ❌ Not confirmed | No public government document | 2026-11-01 |
| Travel times to Taizhou | ⚠️ Estimate | Estimated from geography | 2026-11-01 |
Official link: https://scjgj.zjtz.gov.cn/art/2025/3/24/art_1229051276_58933040.html
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