Twenty years ago, Xi Jinping, then Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province, lauded Yiwu as having the magical ability of turning stone into gold. Over the few decades since the outset of China's reform and opening-up, this county-level city in central Zhejiang has been transformed from a nondescript town to a world-renowned center of small commodities.
September 10, 2026
2026-09-10