The eyewear industry in China is concentrated in a few places: the frame districts, the lens plants, the laboratories and the retail head offices. Each region below has three live searches and its nearest ports and air hubs.
🇨🇳 Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
The largest spectacle frame cluster in the world: metal and acetate frames, components, reading glasses, and thousands of small and mid-size factories around Ouhai and Wenzhou city.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Danyang, Jiangsu, China
The lens capital of China, producing a large share of the world's resin lens blanks and finished stock lenses, with Wanxin, Hongchen, Mingyue and Essilor plants.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Higher-end OEM/ODM frames and sunglasses for Western brands, many run by Hong Kong listed groups such as Sun Hing Vision, Elegance and Arts Optical.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Xiamen, Fujian, China
Sunglasses and branded frames: Bolon, Molsion, Parim and the Charmant titanium plant.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Luxottica Tristar and the export frame factories of the Pearl River Delta.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Taizhou (Linhai, Duqiao), Zhejiang, China
Volume sunglasses and reading glasses cluster serving mass-market and promotional buyers.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong
🇨🇳 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Zeiss and Hoya lens plants, the Hong Kong Optical Fair supply base, and domestic retail headquarters.
Shenzhen (Yantian), Shanghai, Xiamen, Ningbo; air via Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong