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Located in Huadu District of Guangzhou, Shiling Town is known as the "Capital of Leather Products in China." With a history of over 40 years, its leather industry is one of the earliest-developed industries with the most complete industrial chain in the region.

What makes Shiling Town unique is that it does not produce raw leather, yet serves as China's largest distribution hub for raw and auxiliary materials of luggage and leather products, with five professional markets.

Shiling Town hosts over 18,000 business entities and more than 7,000 enterprises on its luggage industry cluster platform. The town offers over 1 million types of leather fabrics and 1.2 million types of hardware accessories. It has well-equipped supportive facilities covering production and manufacturing, design and R&D, sales platforms, and supply chain logistics and warehousing. Various enterprises and business entities stay in close cooperative relationships, making Shiling Town a global base for luggage and leather goods with the highest industrial agglomeration level. In recent years, the industry has accelerated its digital transformation, leading to an overall growth of over 30 percent in enterprise production efficiency.

Leather goods production workshop, photo by 时尚之都 广州发布

The brand of Shiling Town's leather industry is thriving, with export data growing steadily and a large number of differentiated premium brands emerging. Statistics show that annually, Shiling Town produces more than 700 million pieces of luggage and leather goods, creating an output value of 30 billion yuan. Over 70 percent of its luggage and leather products are exported to global markets, accounting for more than 50 percent of the share in European and American mass-market faux leather luggage sector. The regional brand "Shiling Leather Goods" has been successfully registered in 19 countries, with a brand value of 20 billion yuan. Its leather goods marketing network reaches 142 countries and regions, including France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Russia, South Africa, and Southeast Asian countries.

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Shiling International Leather Centrum

As the core facility of Shiling Town's leather industry, Shiling International Leather Centrum spans a total construction area of 800,000 square meters. Providing leather raw materials, leather goods accessories, and finished luggage, the centrum hosts over 4,230 shops, housing more than 80,000 enterprises and business entities from home and abroad. The centrum records a daily transaction volume of over 30 million yuan and receives more than 500,000 purchasing merchants annually, forming a transaction scale with an annual output value of 30 billion yuan.

Address: No. 99 West Shiling Avenue, Shiling Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City  

Opening Hours: 09:00-19:30

Reporter丨Zhou Jiyin

Editor丨Yin Juewen