Pingxiang, Hebei<\/strong><\/td>Kids’ bikes, scooters, balance bikes<\/td> Large, volume<\/td> A separate trade with its own rules.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTwo cluster numbers matter most. Chenghai makes about half of all plastic toys in China and one-third of the world’s<\/strong>, with more than 60,000 toy manufacturers<\/strong> in 345 square kilometres and over RMB 50 billion in annual toy trade.<\/strong> Official figures from December 2025 add two more: 90% of toy parts can be sourced inside the district<\/strong>, and roughly 1,000 new products appear every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nYangzhou’s plush trade is around 2000 registered companies and 150,000 workers<\/strong>, worth over RMB 30 billion a year<\/strong>. That is over 30% of China’s plush output and close to 20% of the world’s<\/strong>, according to state media coverage in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOne number works in your favour here.<\/strong> China’s toy exports fell 12.68% in 2025 to USD 34.81 billion<\/strong>. Makers need order visibility, and right now they need it badly. Ask for better payment terms and lower order minimums.<\/strong> The tide is with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBoth clusters cut both ways. Your rival is doing exactly what you are, in the same week, for a similar price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two shows are worth the trip.<\/strong> The Shantou Chenghai Toy and Gift Expo runs 29 October to 1 November 2026<\/strong> at the Shantou International Convention Centre: over 100,000 m\u00b2, 11 halls, 2,500+ brands. The Shenzhen Toy and Trendy Play Fair drew 1,453 exhibitors and 72,330 trade visitors in April 2026. At either show, most stalls are traders, not manufacturers.<\/strong> One question sorts them out: where is your factory, how many injection moulding machines do you have, and can I see them?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>2. The 21, by Category<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThree things before you read.<\/strong> We have not walked these floors. Every company here was checked against filings, customs data and industry association records. We only list one if its toy business shows up in its accounts and its safety papers name that company. Other lists recommend companies that no longer make toys at all.<\/strong> And 21 is the honest ceiling, not a round number<\/strong> \u2014 we could not verify more without inventing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMost of these are single manufacturers. Two are clusters rather than companies<\/strong>: Pingxiang is a county-scale industry, and Dongguan’s Shijiao district holds thousands of small factories with almost no public documentation. Naming one company from each would have meant inventing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Plastic, RC and Licensed Vehicle Models<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n1. Xinghui Interactive Entertainment \/ Rastar \u2014 the strongest of the toy manufacturers in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLicensed by more than 35 global car makers, shipping 400+ products to 120+ countries. The 2025 report shows toy revenue of RMB 451 million<\/strong>, of which RMB 363 million was exports<\/strong>. Holds 232 patents<\/strong>, runs its own RoHS, EN71 and phthalate tests, and holds CE, RoHS, FCC, ASTM F963<\/strong> and CCC. The plant passes BSCI and FCCA audits. Its 1:10 Hummer EV RC brick model took a bronze at the 2025 Canton Fair Design Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> licensed vehicle models with a clean audit trail into the US market. Not for:<\/strong> the lowest price on generic toys. This is a scale operation selling design value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Guangdong Alpha Industrial \/ Auldey Toys \u2014 deepest in standards, but probably not your OEM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe group behind Super Wings and Pleasant Goat, with licences across 28 IP titles. Holds 625 patents (144 of them invention patents)<\/strong> and a CNAS-accredited lab with 380 pieces of test gear<\/strong>. It helped draft 32 national toy standards, the highest rate of any Chinese toy company.<\/strong> Also holds ISO9001, CCC and AEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who need test capacity and standards knowledge under one roof. Not for:<\/strong> most importers. Auldey Toys was set up to make its own branded products, so expect no ordinary third-party OEM work. Ask before you fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Guangdong Shuangying Toys \/ DoubleE \u2014 the long-running RC specialist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFounded in 1995 in Chenghai, DoubleE occupies over 50,000 square metres<\/strong> of factory and office space, with registered capital of RMB 50 million<\/strong>. Its registration number is 91440515665033317L and its listed size band is 500 to 999 staff. It sells into more than 60 countries<\/strong>, and it runs product development offices in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Germany<\/strong>. The range runs from entry-level inertia RC cars at about RMB 30 up to scale models near RMB 300, across RC off-road, racing, engineering and stunt vehicles, plus building blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who need a broad RC price ladder under one roof, from cheap entry models to collector-scale. Not for:<\/strong> anyone who needs published capacity figures. Production claims circulate widely online, but we could not find a certificate to back them. Treat the range and country count as the reliable part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>IP Derivatives and AI Toys<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n4. Shifeng Cultural Development \u2014 the widest IP range, plus one risk to price in.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLicences cover Pok\u00e9mon, Disney, SpongeBob, Eggy Party and Super Wings. Already sells AI toys built on a large language model, the AI Magic Star and AI Flying Rabbit. Around 278 patents, 1,000+ product specs, nearly 100 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The risk you must check:<\/strong> a solar investment lost cash for two straight years, leading to an RMB 115 million compensation dispute.<\/strong> By January 2026 only RMB 2.84 million was recovered, and nine guarantors were censured by the Shenzhen exchange. Check where this stands before ordering.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> licensed product, and being early on AI toys. Not for:<\/strong> buyers needing a clean corporate record, or unbranded OEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n5. Guangdong Senbao Cultural<\/strong> \u2014 20-plus national IP titles, and likely a brand, not a factory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLicences include the Palace Museum, China Aerospace and the Shandong carrier. Focuses on block design and brand rather than manufacturing, though it runs injection moulding machines and has developed close to a thousand moulds. Revenue doubled year on year. It outsources precision parts and keeps design in house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good for:<\/strong> developing a culturally themed block range with recognised Chinese IP. Not for:<\/strong> buyers wanting a standard catalogue and a low minimum. Treat it as a brand office that owns some equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n6. Guangdong Xinjiaqi Technology \u2014 small, but building scale-figure-grade blocks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMakes hand-figure-grade blocks in Chenghai. Its “Dawn Aerospace” series uses a translucent structure you can pull apart to see the mechanism inside. Covered by Chinese business media in December 2025, presenting to Spanish buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good for:<\/strong> blocks with a visible internal mechanism rather than plain brick sets. Not for:<\/strong> volume buyers. We found no capacity, staff or revenue figures<\/strong>, so treat it as a lead, not a supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>The Part of the Chain Nobody Thinks About<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n7. Shantou Gaodes Precision Technology\u2014 the parts maker your factory needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMost buyers searching for toy manufacturers in China never know this layer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Makes more than 10 billion building block pieces a year<\/strong> in a lights-out plant where robot arms do all the work. Set up in 2017, it supplies precision components, not finished sets. The bead details on the Palace Museum’s “Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenixes” product came from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> educational block makers who need a stable component source and can assemble locally. Not for:<\/strong> buyers wanting a finished product. This is a parts supplier, not a factory you can order toys from.<\/strong> Most buyers never realise this layer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Plush Toys from Yangzhou<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nYangzhou holds China’s plush trade, and ten of the toy manufacturers in China on this list come from here. Three of them appear on the core member list of the Yangzhou Plush Toy Industry Association, a stronger source than any supplier directory. A note on units:<\/strong> the Chinese plush trade counts capacity in da<\/em>. One da<\/em> is 144 pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThat is ten in a row, so here is the short version. Ciyang<\/strong> has the hardest papers. Yalen<\/strong> is the biggest. Diteng<\/strong> leads on green materials. Situpu<\/strong> leads on owned design. Yilin<\/strong> is the top exporter but leans hard on the US. The rest are solid mid-size houses worth a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n8. Yangzhou Ciyang Arts & Crafts \u2014 the hardest papers to get on this list.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHolds ICTI, C-TPAT and GSV security certification, plus Walmart, Disney, Target and Walgreens supplier approvals.<\/strong> 12,000 m\u00b2 of land, 9,000 m\u00b2 of factory, 120+ machines, 209 staff including 15 dedicated QC<\/strong>. Makes 3 million plush toys a year plus 200,000 ride-ons. Running since January 1993, selling into the US and EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> importers selling into US retail chains that audit supply chain security. C-TPAT and GSV are hard to get, and this maker has both. Not for:<\/strong> wood, plastic or electronic toys. A plush and ride-on specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n9. Yangzhou Yalen Toys \u2014 the biggest plush employer here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSet up in 1991, runs two wholly owned factories with over 1,000 staff<\/strong> and its own import-export rights. Capacity of more than 800,000 da<\/em>, roughly 11.5 million plush pieces a year.<\/strong> Sells to the US, EU, Japan and China. Holds a vice-chair seat in the China Gifts and Novelties Industry Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers needing a large supplier with export rights and depth under one roof. Not for:<\/strong> small runs. At this scale, expect high minimums and volume pricing. The association lists long-term customers, but we could not verify that independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n10. Yangzhou Jiaruiqi Arts & Crafts \u2014 solid mid-size producer with its own export licence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBuilt out in 2001 on 38 mu in the Weiyang zone. Close to 200 staff, 400+ machines, and can make 7.2 million plush toys a year.<\/strong> Holds its own import-export rights and export toy quality licence. Sells into Europe, the US and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who want proven shipment volume and mid-size capacity, not a giant plant. Not for:<\/strong> very large single orders. Your volume would be a real share of their output, so reserve capacity early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n11. Yangzhou Wankun Toys \u2014 mid-size, with dated but usable figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCreated 1999 in Hanjiang district, 18,000 m\u00b2 of land, 180 staff.<\/strong> Works with Disney and BAB among others. Exports to Europe, the US, Australia and the Middle East. Published figures are from 2018: 2.2 million toys, about RMB 70 million in sales.<\/strong> Treat that as a scale floor, not a current number.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who want a mid-size plush house with a checkable business licence and named partners. Not for:<\/strong> anyone needing current financials. The only sales figure we can trace is seven years old<\/strong> \u2014 which is exactly the problem this list exists to flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n12. Yangzhou Yilin Toys \u2014 a top-three exporter, with tariff risk that worries us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nOne of Yangzhou’s top three plush exporters at roughly 15% of the city’s plush toy exports.<\/strong> \u041e\u043d US takes about 85% of its output<\/strong>, plus the UK and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who understand US tariff exposure and want a supplier that knows that market. Not for:<\/strong> buyers who need market spread. 85% on one country is a structural risk, not a preference.<\/strong> Ask how they would handle a tariff change before committing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n13. Yangzhou Diteng Toys & Gifts \u2014 the strongest green-materials story here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEight years of investment in recyclable materials<\/strong>, and every product ships with a green passport that traces it. Sales reach RMB 200 million a year, with R&D spending past RMB 8 million.<\/strong> A product manager at a leading British toy company told People’s Daily in December 2025 that they come for exactly this reason. In early 2026 it supplied a Russian customer a full design-to-sales package worth over RMB 8 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> European and UK buyers whose customers ask about sustainability. The green claim has a named source and eight years behind it. Not for:<\/strong> buyers who just want the cheapest plush per piece. Recyclable material carries a price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n14. Yangzhou Situpu Toys & Gifts \u2014 2,000-plus own copyright certificates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn 2022 the chairman cut most commodity orders and bet on owned IP. Now holds more than 2,000 original copyright certificates<\/strong> across three R&D lines. Cube Buddy launched April 2026 and sold 200,000+ units worldwide in under a year.<\/strong> Its glitter unicorn brand is registered in the US. Product director Tang Lili told People’s Daily: “We do not follow trends and we do not copy.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who want real design IP rather than a re-badged catalogue, and who can sell a shape story socially. Not for:<\/strong> buyers who need a price-led commodity plush line. This company walked away from that on purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n15. Yangzhou Jinyi Arts & Crafts \u2014 small, design-led, and specialised.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMakes plush toys, plush shoes and plush bags<\/strong> \u2014 a mix most plush houses cannot do. Over 9,000 m\u00b2 of land, around 98 staff<\/strong> with several senior designers. Annual sales about RMB 15 million<\/strong>, selling into Europe, the US and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who need plush shoes and plush bags, which most plush factories do not. Not for:<\/strong> volume orders. At roughly RMB 15 million in sales, well below the tier for large programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n16. Yangzhou Feige Arts & Crafts \u2014 small, but spreads risk across 20-plus countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBased in Yizheng, outside the main Hanjiang cluster, which shows the industry spreading. 7,647 m\u00b2 of land, four workshops, close to 80 staff.<\/strong> Makes long-pile, fabric and electric plush, sold into the US, EU and 20+ countries.<\/strong> Named a Jiangsu quality-honest enterprise in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGood for:<\/strong> buyers who want a wide export spread and no single-market dependency. Not for:<\/strong> high volume. Under 80 staff means low ceilings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n17. Yangzhou Lanbai Arts & Crafts \u2014 a copyright library, with no public scale data.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n