Yunhe Wooden Toys

Yunhe Wooden Toys

　　Product Name: Yunhe Wooden Toys

Product Origin: Lishui, Zhejiang

Product Description: Wooden toys are a traditional industry in Yunhe County and also a leading export product. Yunhe County currently has over 600 wooden toy enterprises and processing sites, among which more than 200 have an annual output value of over 1 million yuan, over 6 have an annual output value exceeding 10 million yuan, and 1 has an annual output value above 50 million yuan; there are also 2 designated tourism commodity manufacturers at the provincial and municipal levels. The county’s total production capacity of wooden toys exceeds 1.5 billion yuan. Over 20,000 people in the county are engaged in toy production, including more than 8,000 permanent employees. Wooden toys are a major category of playthings, combining fun and decoration as exquisite handicrafts. Currently, there are ten major categories and over 3,000 varieties of wooden toys developed, which can be divided into adult-type wooden toys, children-type wooden toys, intellectual-type wooden toys, practical-type wooden toys, and many other types. Over 90% of Yunhe’s wooden toys are exported to more than 30 countries and regions in Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, accounting for over 70% of the national export volume of similar products, and the annual export value ranks first in the country within the industry. In 1994, during the first China Specialties Hometown selection organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, China Specialties News, and others, Yunhe County was selected as the “Hometown of Chinese Wooden Toys.” Fei Xiaotong, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, and renowned social activist, happily inscribed the seven characters “中国木制玩具城” (Chinese Wooden Toy City) for Yunhe County. In September 2003, at the second China International Gifts Exhibition and the press conference on national gift and related product characteristic zones held in Guangzhou, the China National Light Industry Federation officially conferred the honorary title of “Chinese Wooden Toy City” on our county.

Product History: The production of wooden toys in Yunhe began in the early 1970s and has a development history of over 30 years.