Yiwu: World's Largest Small-Commodity Hub Links 120+ Countries, Hosts 38,000 Resident Foreign Merchants

As the world's largest small-commodity wholesale market, Yiwu International Trade City gathers 26 major categories and over 2.1 million product types, with buyers from more than 120 countries and regions and about 38,000 resident foreign merchants, a figure still growing for African traders, China Economic Net reported on November 9. Yiwu China Commodity City's "brand going global" matrix is taking root abroad: Yiwu Market branch markets have opened in Angola and Tanzania, the Yiwu Selection brand-collection store debuted in Kenya with thousands of Yiwu best-sellers, and African B2B platform Egatee is building its Yiwu operations. An African bulk-project investment display center has hosted 21 African countries covering minerals, industrial inputs and cash crops, facilitating fast resource matching. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China-Africa diplomatic ties and a "China-Africa People-to-People Exchange Year," with the 2026 China-Africa Economic, Trade and Culture Forum held in Yiwu on November 7.

Source: China Economic Net (ce.cn), Nov 9, 2026 | 2026-11-09