Linqing, Shandong: one of the five major bearing industry gathering areas in China

Bearing as the core basic parts, for the national economy and national defense construction has an important supporting role. In China, there are currently five major bearing industry clusters, namely Wafangdian, Luoyang, eastern Zhejiang, Yangtze River Delta and Liaocheng. Shandong Linqing, as one of them, with its unique advantages and characteristics, has become an important force for the development of China’s bearing industry. As one of the largest bearing industry bases in China, Wafangdian Bearing Industry Base relies on Wafang Group (ZWZ), which is the core enterprise in the region. It is also the birthplace of the first set of industrial bearings in New China. Henan Luoyang bearing industry gathering area has rich technical accumulation, among which LYC Bearing Co., Ltd. is one of the largest comprehensive bearing manufacturing enterprises in China’s bearing industry. Liaocheng Bearing Industry Cluster was established in the early 1980s, is one of the largest bearing cage production and trade bases in China. Zhejiang bearing industry base covers Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou and Wenzhou, which is adjacent to Jiangsu bearing industry base. Jiangsu bearing industry base in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other cities as the center, relying on the Yangtze River Delta industrial base, to achieve rapid development. Linqing bearing industry cluster started in the late 1970s, initially through the development of bearing trading market gradually formed. After more than 40 years of accumulation, Linqing bearing characteristic industrial cluster has formed a development pattern of mutual promotion of bearing trade and manufacturing. This cluster has been rated as one of the top ten characteristic industrial clusters in Shandong Province in 2020, and it is also one of the regions with the most complete industrial chain, the most sound function and the strongest market vitality among the five bearing industrial clusters in the country. The characteristics of Linqing bearing industry cluster are not only reflected in the Yandian bearing market, which is the largest bearing professional wholesale market with the most varieties and specifications in the country, attracting many well-known bearing enterprises at home and abroad to set up offices and branches; It is also reflected in the perfect industrial chain. The three towns of Tangyuan, Yandian and Panzhuang in the cluster bring together more than 2,000 production enterprises, covering bearing steel, steel pipe, forging, turning, heat treatment, grinding, assembly and other links, forming a perfect industrial chain, effectively reducing product costs and shortening the production cycle, greatly enhancing the competitiveness of Linqing bearings. The development of Linqing bearing industry cluster has also led to the rapid development of supporting industries in surrounding counties and cities, forming a regional bearing industry cluster with Linqing bearing as the core, which is unique among the five bearing industry clusters in the country. In summary, Shandong Linqing bearing industry cluster, as one of the five major bearing industry clusters in China, has become one of the bearing industry clusters with the most complete, functional and market vitality in the domestic industrial chain by virtue of its unique advantages and perfect industrial chain. In the future, Linqing bearing industry cluster will continue to play its characteristics and advantages, and make greater contributions to the development of China’s bearing industry.


Post time: Sep-17-2023