Manufacturers in
Zhaoqing, China.

Zhaoqing concentrates building and architectural hardware production—door and window fittings, floor springs, door closers, hinges and locks—in Jinli Town, Gaoyao District. In this sample the city accounts for 10% of Furniture Hardware, 9% of Door & Window Hardware and 8% of Locks & Accessories nationwide, with door & window hardware, furniture hardware and steel & metal products among the categories present. Of the 44 suppliers profiled in Zhaoqing, 41 are profiled as manufacturers spanning 22 distinct categories.

The industry started after 1978 as household metalworking workshops in Jinyi village that first made simple items such as floor springs. The town's first formal hardware factory opened in 1982, and by 1986 hardware manufacturing had become the dominant secondary industry. Industrial parks followed in stages, including Chuangye Park and Yongli Industrial Park from 1998 to 2001, Jinsheng Industrial Park in 2004, and the Jinli Hardware Smart Town project from 2018. In 2023 the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology designated Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) a National-level Characteristic SME Industry Cluster for hardware; Jinli has also been named a China Building Hardware Quality Production/Procurement Town and a China Hardware Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Innovation Base.

For a buyer this means a tightly localized supply chain for door, window, furniture and lock hardware inside Jinli Town rather than a city-wide base. The cluster sits near Foshan's larger aluminum door and window hub and is described as complementary to it. An annual China (Jinli) Hardware & Building Materials Expo is held, and a regional public brand Quality Hardware Made in Jinli is promoted. FactoryBase profiles individual data points but does not certify suppliers, so still verify production capability, quality systems and any export claims yourself; customs and shipment records are not checked here.