Shandong Paper Industry: Four National-Level Giants in One Province
Chenming, Sun Paper, Huatai, and Bohui—four of China's top-ten paper producers all rooted in Shandong. This concentration is no accident. The province's dominance in China's paper output rests on genuine industrial logic: integrated pulp-and-paper operations, cross-border forest-pulp-paper supply chains, and the world's largest single-plant newsprint facility.
Sichuan's Chemical Fiber Industry: From Yibin Viscose Filament to Lyocell Breakthrough, a Southwest Fiber Map Rooted in Bamboo
The core of Sichuan's chemical fiber industry is a bio-based route anchored in Yibin's bamboo forests. Siliya Group built its foundation on viscose filament with a stable national market share, then achieved an independent Lyocell core technology breakthrough in 2024, becoming the largest Lyocell manufacturer in Southwest China. This report maps the Sichuan chemical fiber landscape centered on Yibin, with carbon fiber as an emerging direction, and identifies the raw material pricing and high-en…
Guangdong Cultural, Educational, Sports and Entertainment Manufacturing: World-Class Clusters from Chenghai Toys to Huiyang Guitars
Guangdong's cultural, educational, arts and crafts, sports and entertainment goods manufacturing is not one industry but a combination of several independent world-class clusters — Chenghai toys, Huiyang guitars, Chaozhou art ceramics, Shantou stationery, and Dongguan sports equipment — each occupying a distinct and difficult-to-bypass position in the global supply chain.
Anhui Province Printing Industry: A Dual-Track Structure of Publishing Print and the Tongcheng Packaging Cluster
Anhui's printing industry rests on two pillars — Xinhua Printing (under Times Publishing) anchoring the province's educational and book printing output, and over 4,800 packaging enterprises in Tongcheng City forming one of China's top three printing and packaging bases.
Jilin Province Non-Metallic Mineral Products Industry: Cement Giants Under Pressure and the Diatomite Resource Narrative
Yatai Building Materials dominates the Northeast cement market amid persistent losses, while Long Bai Mountain's diatomite deposits are carving out a new path as functional mineral materials.
Tianjin Chemical Raw Materials and Chemical Products Manufacturing: From Yongli Soda Plant to the Nangang Petrochemical Hub
Tianjin is one of the birthplaces of China's modern chemical industry, with a century of soda ash heritage and the rising Nangang petrochemical base together anchoring an industry that generated over 330 billion yuan in output in 2023.
Ningxia Textile Industry: The Real Picture of Lingwu Cashmere Scouring and the Deep-Processing Gap
Ningxia's textile industry centers on Lingwu's cashmere scouring and dehairing capacity, handling over 40% of global raw fiber, yet terminal brands and deep-processing capability remain persistently weak; flax and chemical fiber are emerging complements as the regional sector navigates a critical transformation.
Shanxi Petroleum, Coal and Other Fuel Processing: The Coking Heartland and Its Coal-Chemical Transformation
Shanxi is China's largest coke-producing province, with 2023 output approaching 100 million tonnes and an approximately 19% national share; leading enterprises including Shanxi Coking Coal Group and Lu'an Chemical are driving the industry beyond primary coking toward advanced coal chemicals.
Xinjiang Rubber and Plastics Industry: From Cotton Field Irrigation to a Global-Scale Water-Saving Equipment Manufacturing Base
The defining anchor of Xinjiang's plastics industry is not in urban factory zones but in cotton fields — the region consumes roughly one-quarter of China's agricultural plastic film and hosts the world's largest drip irrigation equipment manufacturer, both grown from the irrigation demands of its arid farmland.
Guangxi Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Three Pillars of TCM Clusters, Southern Medicine Capital and Ethnic Medicine
Guangxi's pharmaceutical industry is anchored by leading brands Guilin Sanjin, Golden Throat, and Yulin Pharmaceutical, a major TCM materials market in Yulin, and a distinctive Zhuang-Yao ethnic medicine tradition.
Jiangsu Rubber and Plastics Industry: The Dual Identity of Modified Engineering Plastics and Bicycle Tires
Jiangsu's rubber and plastic products sector spans technology-intensive modified engineering plastics — represented by Nanjing Julong and Suzhou Entec — deeply embedded in automotive and rail supply chains, alongside scale-driven producers like Jiangsu Sanyuan holding over 10% of the domestic bicycle tire market, plus packaging film operations tied to the e-commerce economy.
Jilin Province Textile Industry: From a Single Viscose Thread to a Chemical Fiber Backbone and a Sock Industry Pole
Jilin's textile industry is defined by chemical fiber, not cotton or garments. Jilin City anchors global leadership in viscose filament, acrylonitrile fiber, and carbon fiber precursor through Jilin Chemical Fiber Group, while Liaoyuan runs a separate hundred-billion-yuan sock cluster with its own industrial logic.