Increasing the rapid growth of China's hardware industry in the international status and influence, China is with infinite vitality and vigor, to achieve a power to the hardware by the hardware power by leaps and bounds, from the "hardware" to "big industry", China is becoming a global hardware manufacturing center, hardware industry is both traditional and emerging and modern industry. Hardware products widely used, in the past, people call it hardware, such as nails, scissors, wrench, tool. These small hardware products, has now developed into a world power industry,

资料显示，中国改革开放以来，尤其是近10年时间里，五金行业和企业在规模、管理、效益、产品品种、质量、档次、生产设备和技术手段、方式等方面，都大大缩短了与世界的距离，甚至在有些方面超过了国际水平。2005年中国五金产品进出口总额达到385．97亿美元，同比增长23．63%。其中，出口总额为305．12亿美元，同比增长26．44%。中国五金行业以每年20%的增长速度发展，年总产值达4000亿元，高于家电行业。中国整个轻工业的出口额约占全国出口总额的25%，五金行业的出口额排在轻工业的前三位。中国的五金产品几乎遍布世界的每一个角落，中国正在成为名副其实的五金产业大国。

Statistics show that since China's reform and opening up, especially in the past 10 years, hardware industry and enterprises in the scale, management, efficiency, product variety, quality, quality, production equipment and technical means, ways and so on, have greatly shortened the distance with the world, and even in some areas more than the international level. 2005 China National Hardware Products Import and export volume reached 38597000000 U.S. dollars, an increase of 23.63%. Among them, the total exports of $30512000000, an increase of 26.44%. China's hardware industry with an annual growth rate of 20%, the total output value of 400000000000 yuan, higher than the home appliance industry. The whole of China Light Industry export turnover accounted for 25% of the country's total exports, exports of hardware industry row of light industry, among the top three. China's hardware products almost all over the world, China is becoming a veritable hardware industry.

中国五金产品从上世纪80年代初的40种产品、不足500个品种，激增到1万多个品种；产品门类也已经从过去传统的日用五金、建筑五金、工具五金三大门类，增加到了包括淋浴房、燃气用具、吸排油烟、厨房设备、烹饪器具等10大类产品。

China hardware products from the last century 80's 40 products, less than 500 varieties, surged to more than 1 varieties; product categories have been from the past traditional daily hardware, building hardware, hardware tools three categories, increased to include shower room, gas appliances, smoke exhaust fumes, kitchen equipment, cooking utensils and other 10 categories of products.

在沿海地区的浙江、广东、江苏、上海、山东等地，已形成许多特色经济产业基地，五金产业成为当地的支柱产业或重点发展产业，并在全国五金行业中占有重要地位。

In the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong and other places, has formed a number of characteristics of economic industrial base, hardware industry has become a pillar industry or focus on the development of local industries, and in the National Hardware industry occupies an important position.

经济设施配套、产业发展成熟度以及劳动力成本的优势，使中国日益成为全球五金制造的中心：主要五金产品的出口增长率均高于产量的增长率，更高于国内市场销售的增长率；电动工具、手工具、建筑五金产品等传统的出口大类产品增幅很高。--产业龙头带动，中国五金业从“中国制造”走向“中国创造”。

Economic facilities, industrial development maturity and labor cost advantages, so that China has become the world's hardware manufacturing center: the main hardware products export growth rate is higher than the growth rate of output, higher than the growth rate of domestic market sales; electric tools, hand tools, building hardware products, such as the traditional export of large categories of products increased very high. - industry leader, China's hardware industry from "China" to "create"".

中国五金产业从“小五金”迈向现代五金，面对的是包括工具五金、建筑五金、锁具安防、厨卫产品、日用五金等内在的几大领域，每年贸易总额达10000亿美元的国际市场。从1996年至今，中国先后建立了拉链、电剃须器、不锈钢器皿、铁锅、刀片、自行车锁等14个技术开发中心，压力锅、电动剃须器、打火机等16个产品中心。这些中心陆续开发出生物指纹锁、爆炸复合不锈钢菜刀、剪刀、防火拉链、遥控电压力锅等填补国内空白的产品，大大提升了企业竞争力。

China's hardware industry from the "hardware" towards a modern hardware, the face is including hardware tools, construction hardware, security locks, kitchen & bath products, daily hardware, such as the internal field, the total annual trade reached 1000 billion US dollars in the international market. Since 1996, so far, China has established a zipper, electric shaving device, stainless steel utensils, pots and pans, a knife blade, a bicycle lock 14 technology development center, pressure cooker, electric shaving devices, lighters and other 16 products center. These centers gradually developed a biometric fingerprint lock, explosion composite stainless steel kitchen knife, scissors, fireproof zipper, remote control electric pressure cooker and so on to fill the gaps in the domestic products, greatly enhance the competitiveness of enterprises.

五金行业自主知识产权拥有量不断扩大，技术创新产品不断增加。仅仅规模企业拥有的自主创新产品，每家至少有几个，有的甚至达到10多个。

The hardware industry has the capacity of independent intellectual property rights, and the technology innovation products are increasing. Only the size of the enterprise has the independent innovation products, every family has at least a few, and some even reached more than 10.

燃气热水器、燃气灶、烹饪器具、水龙头、油烟机、剃须刀等行业产品相继被列入“中国名牌”评价目录，五金行业先后共诞生了近50个“中国名牌”。这些中国名牌企业和产品成为五金行业名副其实的“领头雁”。中国五金制品协会与地方政府密切配合，积极培育和打造具有专业细分、有着紧密产业链条的产业集群，在全国培育了23个国家级五金产品生产和出口基地。专业细分、产业集群化发展，中国五金行业呈现的一个崭新的特征，产生了积聚效应。--五金行业前景看好，产业结构仍需调整。

Gas water heaters, gas stoves, cooking utensils, water, oil, gas, and other industries have been included in the "Chinese famous brand" evaluation directory, the hardware industry has been a total of nearly 50 "Chinese famous brand"". These Chinese brand-name enterprises and products to become the hardware industry, the leader". China National Hardware Association and the local government to cooperate closely, and actively cultivate and create a professional subdivision, has a closely industrial chain of industrial clusters, in the country to cultivate 23 National Hardware Products and export base. Professional segmentation, industry cluster development, China's hardware industry presents a new feature, resulting in the accumulation effect. -- hardware industry outlook, the industry structure is still need to adjust.

五金产品给人民生活带来的巨大变化体现在百姓生活的方方面面。仅以小小的锁具为例，就足以说明行业的巨变。以前锁具家族只是一般的家用锁、自行车用锁，但随着摩托车、汽车工业、高档住宅的发展，一些企业随之开发出适合现代交通工具的各类摩托车锁、汽车锁、防盗安全锁。不仅锁的品种增加了，而且传统产品也显示出高科技的魅力，电子锁、指纹锁等相继问世便是有力证明。传统的工具五金也悄然发生了变化。园林工具开始向纵深延伸，修剪枝杈的剪刀不再简单，而逐步被新开发的适合家庭和社区建设的手工、电动工具、锄草机等所代替。

Hardware products to the people's lives, the tremendous changes reflected in the life of the people in all aspects of life. Only the small lock as an example, to illustrate the industry changes. Before the lock family just general household lock, bicycle lock, but with the development of motorcycle, automobile industry, high-grade residential, some enterprises subsequently developed for modern traffic tools of all kinds of motorcycle lock, car lock, anti-theft security lock. Not only the lock of the varieties increased, but also the traditional products show the charm of high-tech, electronic locks, fingerprint lock and so on have been proved to be a powerful. Traditional tools hardware has quietly changed. Garden tools began to the depth extension, pruning Zhicha scissors are no longer simple and it has gradually been replaced by the newly developed suitable for family and community construction manual, electric tools, weeding machines and other.

Although China's hardware industry has been developed by leaps and bounds, there is no small progress, but after all, the industry has a thin, compared with foreign advanced enterprises in many aspects of the gap. In the high-end technology, independent intellectual property rights, brand awareness, corporate modern management, logistics and other aspects of the format, are required to strengthen and enhance. The products of Chinese enterprises many also belong to the OEM for foreign enterprises OEM. At the same time, many domestic enterprises, the products still in the low-end market, low price competition.

五金行业正在推进产业的结构性调整。一是调整行业、企业结构，引导建立现代企业制度，培育一批产品档次高、科技含量高、品牌知名度高、市场占有率高、经济效益好的大中型企业和“小巨人”企业；二是调整所有制结构，使全行业国有、民营、私营等不同成分的企业比例更加合理；三是调整产品结构，使企业逐步建立产品开发机制和技术创新机制，加大运用高新技术改造传统产业的力度；四是调整全国五金产业布局，使其更加合理，整体水平得到提高。

Hardware industry is promoting the structural adjustment of the industry. One is to adjust the industry, enterprise structure, guide the establishment of a modern enterprise system, foster a number of products, high technology content, high brand awareness, high market share, good economic efficiency of large and medium-sized enterprises and small giant enterprises, two is to adjust the structure of the whole industry, private, private and other different components of a more reasonable proportion of enterprises, three is to adjust product structure, increase the use of new technology to transform traditional industries, four is to adjust the National Hardware industry, so that it is more reasonable, the overall level has been improved.