The industrial economy is rapidly aggregating and strengthening, and currently has developed and is exploiting industrial park areas of 64 square kilometers, with more than 1300 enterprises. It has also cultivated a group of predominant industries, scale enterprises and famous products of socks, ornaments, zippers, cosmetics, shirts, cultural articles, pen-making, toys, etc, formed industrial developing structure of small commodity, large industry, small enterprise, and large colonization. City construction changes quickly, and a large group of provincial and civil key projects such as Xiuhu Square, Meihu Exhibition & Sports Center and Yiwu section of Hangzhou-Jinhua-Quzhou freeway are being built up.

In the new century, Yiwu develops with the times, exploits and innovates, puts forward the aim of walking in giant steps, and strives to become in the top 10 of world commodity fairs in the next 20 years and construct a truly international commodity city.

The first step up to 2005: Take the lead in realizing modernization in the whole province, increase economical foreign-orientations, and bring per person GDP above US$3200. Such will establish the base for international commodity city construction.

The second step up to 2010: Social economical development level to reach medium developed country level, with per person GDP over US$6000, and establish the global status of the International Commodity Circulation Center, Manufacturing Center and R & D Center, as the International Commodity City takes shape.

The third step up to 2020: Social economic development reaches per person GDP above US$15000, octupling that of 2000, with the social economy general index to be in top ten of cities in the whole county. Fully boost economy internationalization, city modernization, urban and rural integration, social civilization and scientific leadership, to become a truly leading international commodity city.

"Creating the biggest global supermarket, constructing an international shopping center", Yiwu is overcoming obstacles and endeavoring to move forward. Insist on an international strategic guiding direction, fully improve economical whole quality, and gradually construct Yiwu into an international commodity circulation center, manufacturing center, R&D center and shopping center. Also, to modify and perfect general planning of International Commodity City of 32.4 square kilometers, quicken the second period project and the International Trade Center of International Commodity City, cultivate and strengthen exhibition industry, and make the Yiwu Fair into an international famous exhibition. Furthermore, carry out five-action simultaneous development strategy of foreign trade drawing, trade and industry linkage, famous brand driving, mass impelling, government motivating, endeavor to make Yiwu market into International Commodity Circulation Center with the lowest cost, best credit and best service, actively carry out trade and industry linkage, take industrial construction as carrier, fostering special industry and scale enterprise, let informatization dive industrialization, industrialization boost informatization, walk new industrialization road, make the brand of commodity, made in Yiwu famous in the whole world, build up Yiwu into an international commodity manufacturing base. Greatly advance technical innovation, actively construct technical innovation service system, bring the construction of Digital Yiwu into effect, and construct the International Commodity R & D Center. Adhere to the integration of introducing and walking out, regard commodity foreign trade as breach, take foreign investment use as key, and speed up the rapid development of the external economy. Greatly develop modern service industry with shopping and tourism as an emphasis, strive to create global biggest supermarket and construct an International Shopping paradise.