Yongkang (Chinese: 永康; pinyin: Yǒngkāng) is a county-level city located in the central part of Zhejiang Province, China.
The county was established in the time of Wu Kingdom (AC 222~280) during the famous Three Kingdoms Period. The Chinese name means "Forever Well-being". In the last two decades, Yongkang has been well known for both its aggressive promotion of tourism and booming economy in hardware manufacturing. It is widely considered as "Hardware Capital of China". In 2003, Yongkang ranked 47th out of over 1000 counties across the country in terms of economical strength.
Area: 1049 km²
Population: 536,000; more than 100,000 non-resident workers.
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Yongkang in the middle of Zhejiang Province, Yongkang enjoys the monsoon climate in the subtropical zone. The hilly and half-hilly area is composed of 70% hilly areas, 10% river area and 20% farming lands. The city is sunny and warm and wet with adequate precipitation in four clearly defined seasons. It is rich in natural resources for farming.
Industry, however, plays a dominant part in the local economy. A relatively complete industrial system has taken shape. Leading industrial products are hardware machinery, power tools, vacuum cups, security doors, scooters, chemicals, and building materials. Yongkang is one of China's most powerful hardware export suppliers. It is also China's biggest power tools production base. It is the country's biggest producer of scooters and vacuum cups.
In recent years, the local government has followed the principles of enhancing the farming efficiency and increasing farmers' income. The government has promoted the industrialized farming operations as tools and socialized farming services as assurances to promote boost farming industries and build specialty farming. Fangyang Brand Fangyan Green Tea has won the honor of Zhejiang Province's first-grade famed tea consecutively twice. Gaoge Brand Goose liver has been well known as the king of food on international markets. Hengkang brand dehydrated vegetables won the golden prize at second China Agriculture Exposition. What is more, also popular on the domestic market are Hulaolao brand soya bean film, Fangyang brand orange, Wangzhiyan ginger, Fangshan persimmon, Gongduan waxberry, Taixian grape, Shizhu sweet taro, Yongxiang pickled bamboo shoots, Baziqiang preseason Peach and Yiyu orange, and green ball brand cooked food.
Yongkang has gorgeous mountains and valleys. Eighteen Butterflies and Nine Lions Formation, folk arts famed both at home and abroad, originated in Yongkang. Known for precipitous peaks, grotesque rocks, strange waterfalls and beautiful landscapes, Fangyan is known as the number one mountain resort in the central Zhejiang.
Yongkang Supplier site: http://www.yiwuchina.org/yongkang.asp
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永康市是省轄縣級市。公元245年建縣，1992年撤縣建市。2001年7月22日，經浙江省政府批準，永康市實施鄉鎮行政區劃調整方案，將原來的22個鄉鎮調整為5個鎮、4個街道辦事處和方巖風景區。撤消原古麗鎮，把芝英鎮整體並入市區。市區設立東城、西城、江南、芝英4個街道辦事處；重新組合成龍山、古山、花街、石柱、象珠5個鎮；同時，根據永康實際，設立方巖風景區。
2006年實現生產總值178.7億元，年均增長16.2%,三次產業比重3:66.4:30.6；財政總收入23.3億元,年均增長23.9%；全社會固定資產投資57.8億元，年均增長12.3%。工業經濟進一步做大做強。2006年實現工業總產值657億元。加快“兩區”和鎮街工業功能區建設，2003年以來向企業供地1113宗、供地面積12.7平方公裏，基本實現了骨幹企業向經濟開發區集聚、成長型企業向城西新區集聚、配套型企業向功能區集聚。實施“五十百”工程，規模企業增加182家達到504家，其中銷售收入超億元企業增加30家達到87家,銷售收入超10億元企業達到3家。國字號品牌實現零的突破，擁有中國馳名商標10只，中國名牌產品5只，國家免檢產品12只，國家出口免驗產品1只。高效生態安全農業架構基本形成。農業龍頭企業增加32家達到51家，其中省級農業龍頭企業從無到有達到2家，金華市級龍頭企業增加8家達到15家，成立農民專業合作社40家。農業保障體系逐步完善，建成全省首家縣級市動物疫病防控中心，農產品質量檢測中心通過省級認證，獲得3大類31個檢測項目認證資格。建成森林消防遠程監控系統，山林實時監控面達到90%以上，被省政府評為森林防火先進單位。政策性農業保險開始試點，2006年總保額達到3016萬元。成功舉辦首屆農展會。現代服務業增勢強勁。房地產、商貿、信息服務等行業蓬勃發展，社會消費品零售總額達到49.5億元，年均增長20.1%。五金城實現成交額260億元，年均增長20%；
二〇〇七年十二月五日，永康市榮獲中華人民共和國文化部、國家文物局授予的2007年全國文物工作先進縣光榮稱號。
