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Wenzhou valve and pump firms seek new export markets
Wenzhou, a city in China’s Zhejiang province, held an international pump and valve trade fair from October 9 to 11.
Nearly 600 companies took part, meeting industry groups and professional buyers from more than 50 countries and regions.
Pump and valve manufacturing is an established local industry, with Yongjia and Longwan known for their related industrial clusters.
Some Wenzhou firms are moving into specialized products, including small, high-performance valves for cooling AI computing centers and valves designed for highly corrosive conditions.
In the first half of this year, Wenzhou’s exports of electrical and mechanical products reached 79.8 billion yuan, up 14.2% from a year earlier; Yongjia’s pump and valve exports exceeded 1.6 billion yuan.
Businesses and officials say they want to expand beyond goods trade into technical exchanges and joint industrial projects, including possible production facilities in China or Belarus.
Wenzhou’s trade council says it plans to promote regular exchanges with trade partners, including a proposed Wenzhou–Belarus economic and trade week.
Nearly 600 pump and valve companies took part in the Zhejiang International Valve Industry Chain Exhibition in Wenzhou from October 9 to 11.
The event attracted industry organizations and professional buyers from more than 50 countries and regions.
Meetings during the exhibition connected overseas buyers with Wenzhou companies and valve industry associations.
Wenzhou firms are seeking export opportunities in emerging markets as the local pump and valve industry moves toward higher-end, more specialized products.
Wenzhou’s electromechanical product exports reached 79.8 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, up 14.2% year on year.
- Who
- Nearly 600 pump and valve companies, overseas buyers, industry organizations and Wenzhou businesses took part.
- What
- The Zhejiang International Valve Industry Chain Exhibition brought companies and overseas buyers together to explore trade and cooperation.
- When
- October 9 to 11, 2026.
- Where
- Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Why
- The exhibition aimed to support international trade and cooperation in the pump and valve industry.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This time we met buyers from Central Asia and saw the potential of more emerging markets.
I hope to deepen cooperation in investment, for example by jointly building a pump and valve equipment production base in Belarus or China.
We will use the exhibition as a window to deepen foreign cooperation.
Alexander Shevchenko said he first visited Wenzhou and met local companies with a delegation of industrial businesses.
Wenzhou’s electromechanical product exports reached 79.8 billion yuan, while Yongjia’s pump and valve exports exceeded 1.6 billion yuan.
The exhibition opened in Wenzhou, and local companies met overseas buyers.
The Zhejiang International Valve Industry Chain Exhibition was held, with nearly 600 pump and valve companies taking part.
- Exhibitors
- Nearly 600 pump and valve companies
- International reach
- Buyers and industry organizations from more than 50 countries and regions
- Wenzhou exports
- 79.8 billion yuan in electromechanical product exports in the first half of 2026
- Export growth
- 14.2% year on year for Wenzhou electromechanical products
- Yongjia exports
- More than 1.6 billion yuan in pump and valve exports in the first half of 2026
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