Foshan: officially recognised industries
This page lists every entry that names Foshan in two official Chinese lists. It helps you see which products the area is formally recognised for before you brief an agent.
SME industrial clusters (MIIT)
From the four annual lists of characteristic industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 2022 to 2025.
| Place | Industry (our translation) | Official name (Chinese) | List | 2025 re-check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanhai District, Foshan | Hydrogen energy | 广东省佛山市南海区氢能产业集群 | List 1 (2022) · #60 | Passed |
| Shunde District, Foshan | Robot manufacturing | 广东省佛山市顺德区机器人制造产业集群 | List 2 (2023) · #73 | Not applicable |
| Nanhai District, Foshan | Safety and emergency-response products | 广东省佛山市南海区安全应急产业集群 | List 3 (2024) · #70 | Not applicable |
| Sanshui District, Foshan | Functional polymer materials | 广东省佛山市三水区高分子功能材料集群 | List 4 (2025) · #76 | Not applicable |
Only the first list (2022) was re-checked in 2025. Later lists have no re-check result yet. English place and industry names are our own translations. The Chinese name is the official text.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) (工业和信息化部). Checked 11 October 2026. The official notice governs. Links to MIIT notices were rebuilt from saved file names and were not opened when the data was compiled; if a link fails, search the notice title on miit.gov.cn.
Foreign-trade bases (MOFCOM public notices)
From seven public notices on national foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases issued by the Ministry of Commerce between 2011 and 2023.
These are public-notice lists of different kinds — proposed recognitions and annual assessment results. The same base can appear on more than one list, so the rows are not a count of bases, and later changes were not checked.
| Place | Industry (our translation) | Official name (Chinese) | List |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foshan | Building ceramics | 广东省佛山建筑陶瓷基地 | L2011 · #43 |
| Nanhai District, Foshan | Metal profiles | 广东省佛山市南海区金属型材基地 | L2013 · #47 |
| Shunde District, Foshan | Home appliances | 广东省佛山市顺德区国家外贸转型升级基地（家电） | L2018 · #6 |
| Shunde District, Foshan | Furniture | 广东省佛山市顺德区国家外贸转型升级基地（家具） | L2018 · #78 |
| Foshan | Building ceramics | 广东省佛山市国家外贸转型升级基地（建筑陶瓷） | L2018 · #241 |
| Foshan | Metal profiles | 广东省佛山市国家外贸转型升级基地（金属型材） | L2018 · #248 |
| Shunde District, Foshan | Hardware products | 广东省佛山市顺德区国家外贸转型升级基地（五金制品） | L2019 · #46 |
| Shunde District, Foshan | Hardware products | 广东省佛山市顺德区国家外贸转型升级基地（五金制品） | K2022 · #41 |
English place and industry names are our own translations. The Chinese name is the official text. Source: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), Department of Foreign Trade (商务部对外贸易司). Checked 11 October 2026. The official notice governs.
- L2011 First batch of demonstration bases — public notice, 2011 — 第一批国家外贸转型升级专业型示范基地名单公示 () · Open the notice
- L2013 Third batch of demonstration bases — public notice, 2013 — 第三批国家外贸转型升级专业型示范基地名单公示 () · Open the notice
- L2018 Bases proposed for recognition — public notice, 2018 — 关于公示国家外贸转型升级基地名单的通知 () · Open the notice
- L2019 Bases proposed for recognition — public notice, 2019 — 关于公示2019年国家外贸转型升级基地认定名单的通知 () · Open the notice
- K2022 Bases that passed the 2022 annual assessment — public notice — 关于2022年度国家外贸转型升级基地考核结果的公示 () · Open the notice
What these lists do and do not tell you
- They show that a named area has been recognised for an industry by a ministry. They are not directories of factories or suppliers.
- Many factories and wholesale markets are outside any listed cluster or base. An absent product does not mean it is not made there.
- Recognition is not a statement about the quality or reliability of any single company.