Recalling the Rise of the Yiwu Small-Commodities Market

Xie Gaohua

Chinese Economy, 2000, vol. 33, issue 5, 48-64

Abstract: In April 1982, I was transferred to Yiwu county (now city) as secretary of its party committee. At that time, many people knew Yiwu as a place famous for its poverty. During those days when everyone got together for the spring festival, the people of Yiwu picked up their shoulder poles and traveled great distances, disregarding the freezing cold weather, to "exchange candy for chicken feathers."⦠So, when my mother found out that I was going to Yiwu to work, she was quite upset: "How can they transfer you to that poor place?" Apart from its "poverty," I can really say that I knew nothing else about Yiwu. Therefore, as a newly appointed county party secretary, after I arrived in Yiwu as a complete stranger, the first thing I had to do was to rely on the local organization, make painstaking efforts, do a lot of investigation and research, listen and see for myself, and as quickly as possible get to know the local situation and become familiar with my work environment.

Date: 2000
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