China stone Supply bases, once fragmented in both production and trade, have undergone significant transformation in recent years. Over 20 large-scale stone industry clusters have emerged nationwide, reshaping the industry landscape. These clusters have become key drivers of growth, contributing substantially to the sector’s overall development.
Recent figures show that processing enterprises within these clusters now generate approximately 40% of the industry’s total sales revenue. When accounting for numerous small and medium-sized enterprises operating in these clusters, the actual economic impact is even more substantial. This clustering model has proven effective in consolidating resources, improving efficiency, and boosting the industry’s competitive edge. The concentration of businesses within these hubs has created a ripple effect, fostering innovation and driving regional economic development across the stone industry’s value chain.
In most stone industry clusters, the stone industry is the pillar industry of the local economy.
Top 1: Yunfu City, Guangdong Province
Top 2: Shuitou, Nanan City, Fujian Province
Top 3: Laizhou City, Shandong Province
Top 4: Yaan City, Sichuan Province
Top 5: Pingyi County, Shandong Province
Top 6: Cenxi City, Guangxi Province
Top 7: Tongshan County, Hubei Province
Top 8: Hezhou City, Guangxi Province
Top 9: Pingshan County, Hebei Province
Top 10: Nanzhou County, Henan Province
Resource-Based and Non-Resource-Based Industrial Clusters
china stone industry clusters can be divided into resource-based and market-based (i.e. non-resource-based). Most of China’s stone industry clusters are resource-based, and a few are market-based. Among them.
Laizhou, Shandong is a representative of resource-based, while Nanan, Fujian, and Yunfu, Guangdong are representatives of non-resource-based.
Industry Clusters By Stone Products
According to the Stone Products produced, China’s stone industry clusters can be divided into three types:
1. marble and granite decorative stones
2. stone carvings
3. Stone Slabs.
Most stone industry clusters such as Shuitou, Laizhou, and Yunfu mainly produce marble and granite decorative stones, Huian and Quyang mainly produce stone carvings, and Yixian and Ziyang mainly produce slabs.
Top 10 Stone Supply Bases
Top 1: Yunfu, Guangdong – China Stone Base Center
Guangdong Yunfu is one of the main production bases of granite and marble in China, and is famous for its processing of imported rough stones. The annual output of Yunfu stone is about 15 million square meters. It is also the second-largest stone export base in China. The total output value of the Yunfu stone industry accounts for 20% of the city’s GDP. At present, it has formed 13 series, 23 categories and more than 1,000 varieties of marble, granite, reconstituted stone decorative panels, stone furniture, stone crafts, etc. It is the largest stone product distribution center in South China. In 2003, it was rated as “China Stone Base Center” and “China Stone Distribution Demonstration Base”.
Among them, Guangdong Yunfu stone is dominated by marble and jade Stones, and is mainly plated.
Top 2: Shuitou, Fujian – China Stone City
Fujian, as the largest stone production province in China, has more than 10,000 stone enterprises, more than 5,000 stone import and export trading enterprises and multiple stone industry clusters. The plate production capacity exceeds 100 million square meters. Among them, the large-scale stone clusters include Nan’an City, Hui’an County, Anxi County, Jinjiang City, etc. under Quanzhou City, Fuding City under Ningde City, Luoyuan County under Fuzhou City, and Xiamen City, etc. Among them, Quanzhou City is the stone industry center of Fujian Province, and Shuitou Town and Hui’an County under Quanzhou City have become the most influential stone industry clusters.
Fujian’s stone exports have long been ranked first in China, with an export volume of nearly half of the country. As the largest port for stone import and export in China, Xiamen Port ranks first in the world in terms of stone import and export volume.
Nan’an City has become the largest and most comprehensive stone production and export base In China. Nan’an City has a stone processing capacity of more than 50 million square meters and has more than half of the market share in Fujian Province.
Top 3: Laizhou, Shandong – China Stone Capital
Laizhou currently has more than 2,200 stone companies, and the output value of Laizhou’s stone industry accounts for 18% of the city’s GDP. Laizhou has rich stone reserves, a wide variety of varieties, and excellent quality. It mainly produces more than 20 stone varieties, mainly granite.
Among them, Xiaqiu Town is the most important gathering area of Laizhou’s stone industry, and its products cover more than 100 varieties such as marble and granite.
Laizhou is known as the “Stone Capital of China”.
Top 4: Yaan, Sichuan – China’s Stone Town
Baoxing County is located in the north of Ya’an City. It has more than 30 precious stone varieties, mainly granite, such as “Baoxing White”, “Blue and White”, “Blue and White Gray” marble, “China Green”, “Baoxing Smoky Crystal”, “Cauliflower Yellow”, “Emerald Green”, etc., with rich reserves. “
Baoxing White” is famous for its rich reserves, flawless whiteness, fine texture, strong bending resistance, high hardness, and high yield rate. It shares the reputation of “the best white in the world” with Italy’s “Carrara White”. In recent years, the stone industry has developed into a pillar industry in Baoxing.
Top 5: Pingyi, Shandong – China’s Stone Town
Pingyi County, the “Hometown of Stone in China”, is one of the three major stone distribution centers in Shandong Province and the largest imported stone processing base in Jiangbei, China. It is also one of the major granite producing areas in China.
Top 6: Cenxi, Guangxi – China’s Granite Capital
Cenxi City in Guangxi is rich in granite resources, with an annual output of more than 200,000 cubic meters of granite rough materials and an annual output value of 1.7 billion yuan, and is known as the “Granite Capital of China”.
Top 7: Tongshan, Hubei – China’s Marble Town
Stone is one of the most distinctive and important industries in Tongshan County, with 150,000 cubic meters of rough stone mined and about 7 million square meters of various processed plates produced each year. Tongshan County is known as the “Hometown of Marble in China”.
Top 8: Hezhou, Guangxi – China’s Stone Town
Hezhou white marble is favored by consumers everywhere for its whiteness, crystal clearness and no radiation, that is, “Hezhou white”.
Hezhou has rich marble reserves, and the marble varieties include white, grayish white, yellowish white, grayish black, black, and other types. Among them, white type occupies the main position, accounting for about 76% of the total marble reserves.
Top 9: Pingshan, Hebei – China’s Stone Town
Pingshan County has 28 varieties of marble and granite, 16 of which have been developed and have abundant reserves. Among them, Evergreen, Pingshan Black, Tortoise Shell Jade, Five-Colored Stone, Baipo Yellow, Forest Green, Pingshan Green, and Grass White Jade are the eight dominant stone varieties, especially Five-Colored Stone and Grass White Jade, which have large reserves. Pingshan County has been awarded the honorary title of “Hometown of Chinese Stone”.
Top 10: Nanzhou, Henan – China’s Stone Town
Nanzhao County has many kinds of mineral products with large reserves, including marble, granite and more than 20 varieties, among which marble has huge reserves. The products are mainly marble slabs, stone furniture, sculptures and tombstones.
In The End
Besides Those Stone supply bases, there are also some other places, but those are the most famous ones, if you come to visit china, the first choice is Guangdong, then Shuitou.
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