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Wenzhou - Create the World's Optical Capital

Wenzhou is not only the most concentrated optical manufacturing base in China's and even the world's high-quality optical manufacturer, but also the fastest-growing and most prosperous optical production region in China and the world. Wenzhou optical industry started in the early 1980s. After more than 30 years of pioneering and innovative, it has formed an export-oriented special characteristics regional economy with flexible mechanism, large industrial relevance and clear division of labor. Forming an industrial pattern of “taking the Ouhai as the center and Lucheng & Ruian as the two wings to move forward together.” In 2003, Wenzhou became the first optical production region to be awarded the title of “China Optical Production Base”; in 2014, Wenzhou Ouhai District won the “National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrade (Optical) Demonstration Base” title.



At present, Wenzhou has about 700 glasses manufacturing enterprises and 70 glasses manufacturers above designated size, more than 30 glasses manufacturers with more than 300 people, with an annual output of more than 1 billion glasses, output value more than 20 billion yuan. Wenzhou Optical Industry has a complete manufacturing industry chain, from raw materials, manufacturing equipment, accessories, electroplating, auxiliary processing to mirror production, and a number of products in product design, manufacturing technology, management processes, trade services, etc. An excellent company with international standards. Wenzhou has become a global gathering place of high-quality optical manufacturers, becoming the main source of procurement for international brand opticians and mainstream European and American chain stores.



China (Ouhai) Glasses Town



Wenzhou Ouhai - one of the world's major glasses export bases, one of the world's "Top 10 Glasses Brands", and its products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions such as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and Brazil. Glasses have become the most pleasant "city card" and "gold-lettered signboard" in Ouhai. In 2018, there were more than 500 glasses and related supporting production enterprises in Ouhai, employing more than 60,000 people, and the total gross product exceeded 10 billion yuan. The above designated size company has maintained sales growth rate of more than 20% for many years.



China (Ouhai) Glasses Town is an industrial characteristic town that is key planed and built in the Ouhai. The total planned area of the zone is 3.9 square kilometers, focusing on R&D and design, product display, logistics and distribution & professional customization. The glasses town is less than 1 km from Wenzhou South Station, 5 minutes from Jinliwen high-speed exit and 25 minutes from Longwan International Airport. The transportation is very convenient. And now, the province's largest glasses of leisure, tourism, shopping brand street settled in the town, the gathering of major brands has set off a wave of new era glasses!



China (Ouhai) Glasses Town Brand Street



In the core area of China (Ouhai) Glasses Town, a characteristics street area with the theme of glasses park was built, and 6 roads in the core area were along the street and planned together. Creating a brand street for the wholesale and retail integration of high-end glasses products (B2B and 2C). The total construction of the core area is 570,000 square meters, the investment construction area of the first floor of each time is 30,000 square meters, forming a characteristic street displaying the glasses culture and the industrial and trade integration pattern of “having stores in front and factories behind”. In the future, it will become the optical procurement center in Asia and even the world & a never ending of the “Canton Fair”.