Today,Yiwu appears a prosperous scene with a flourishing market, developing economy and steady society. The commodity industry has been leading industry in the regional economy. Currently, the Yiwu commodity market possesses an area of 1.5 million sq.m. and has 40,000 stores, collects 28 categories and about 200,000 varieties of daily goods. Throughput is nearly 10,000 tons, market business volume is on top of the nationwide large special markets for 12 successive years, and has been granted the unique market title of being one that ‘pays attention to quality', and ‘keeps promises' by the State Quality Supervisory Inspection and Quarantine General Bureau. Furthermore, the Yiwu market has been an international commodity distribution center and the important base for foreign merchants to purchase commodity. The industrial economy is rapidly aggregating and strengthening, and currently has developed and is exploiting industrial park areas of 64 square kilometers, with more than 1300 enterprises. It has also cultivated a group of predominant industries, scale enterprises and famous products of socks, ornaments, zippers, cosmetics, shirts, cultural articles, pen-making, toys, etc, formed industrial developing structure of small commodity, large industry, small enterprise, and large colonization. Efficient agriculture steadily develops, and traditional agriculture is rapidly shifting to modern agriculture, city agriculture and external agriculture. City construction changes quickly, and a large group of provincial and civil key projects such as Xiuhu Square, Meihu Exhibition & Sports Center and Yiwu section of Hangzhou-Jinhua-Quzhou freeway are being built up. The area of the city built-up district has expanded to 38 square kilometers, the city population has increases to 430,000, and the culture level reached above 55%. Thus, the city's integrations rapidly advance. After carrying out village satiation cleanness, road hardness, road lighting, family beautifying and environment optimization construction, the city outlook has changed quickly. Socialism politics and spiritual civilization are constantly strengthened. Social careers are increasing, while the economic environment is persistently optimized. People's standards of living are improving day by day.

In the new century, Yiwu develops with the times, exploits and innovates, puts forward the aim of walking in giant steps, and strives to become in the top 10 of world commodity fairs in the next 20 years and construct a truly international commodity city.
The first step up to 2005: Take the lead in realizing modernization in the whole province, increase economical foreign-orientations, and bring per person GDP above US$3200. Such will establish the base for international commodity city construction.
The second step up to 2010: Social economical development level to reach medium developed country level, with per person GDP over US$6000, and establish the global status of the International Commodity Circulation Center, Manufacturing Center and R & D Center, as the International Commodity City takes shape.
The third step up to 2020: Social economic development reaches per person GDP above US$15000, octupling that of 2000, with the social economy general index to be in top ten of cities in the whole county. Fully boost economy internationalization, city modernization, urban and rural integration, social civilization and scientific leadership, to become a truly leading international commodity city.
Creating the biggest global supermarket, constructing an international shopping center, Yiwu is overcoming obstacles and surmounting technical difficulty, and endeavoring to move forward.
Greatly push economical internationalization, constantly improve economical general force and international competitive power.
Insist on an international strategic guiding direction, fully improve economical whole quality, and gradually construct Yiwu into an international commodity circulation center, manufacturing center, R&D center and shopping center. Also, to modify and perfect general planning of International Commodity City of 32.4 square kilometers, quicken the second period project and the International Trade Center of International Commodity City, cultivate and strengthen exhibition industry with Yiwu Fair as a world leader, and make the Yiwu Fair into an international famous exhibition. Furthermore, carry out five-action simultaneous development strategy of foreign trade drawing, trade and industry linkage, famous brand driving, mass impelling, government motivating, endeavor to make Yiwu market into International Commodity Circulation Center with the lowest cost, best credit and best service, actively carry out trade and industry linkage, take industrial construction as carrier, fostering special industry and scale enterprise, let informatization dive industrialization, industrialization boost informatization, walk new industrialization road, make the brand of commodity, made in Yiwu famous in the whole world, build up Yiwu into an international commodity manufacturing base. Greatly advance technical innovation, actively construct technical innovation service system, bring the construction of Digital Yiwu into effect, and construct the International Commodity R & D Center. Adhere to the integration of introducing and walking out, regard commodity foreign trade as breach, take foreign investment use as key, and speed up the rapid development of the external economy. Greatly develop modern service industry with shopping and tourism as an emphasis, strive to create global biggest supermarket and construct an International Shopping paradise.
Vigorously boost city modernization, and constantly promote international levels of city functionality.

The City holds to the concept of “Golden Yiwu” blasting off among the blue mountains and green waters. This includes adapting to the requirements of city modernization, internationalization and automobiles, scientifically design city general plans, be quick to notify and draw up respectively 100 square kilometers plan of the central region, Yidong North and Yixi South, form developing situation of “one body, two wings, three hundred”, strengthen subarea plan, control detailed regulation and regimentation work of various special plan, and perfect plan system. Insist on constructing city with high quality, quicken old city reconstruction and infrastructure construction such as International Logistics Center, International Airport etc, endeavor to create national park city and environmental protection model city, and build green Yiwu. This year, with investment of RMB19 billion Yuan and 73 items of new and continuous building key projects, in five years, finish old area reconstruction, and newly develop and build residential district of 4 million sq.m. Insist on effectively managing city, with the aim of struggling to create national sanitary city and civilized city, and construct park city with people as the base and the harmonious coexistence of people and nature as the foundation. Persist in managing city with high level, determine the concept of managing city, and advance market progression of city resources.

Vigorously advance rural urbanization, constantly improve civil modern level
Surrounding the aim of constructing International Commodity City, divide Yiwu into four sections of main city section, subsidiary section, suburb section and border section, through integration system, resources concordance, system innovation and base co-construction, plan urban and rural social economical development, adapt the working method to local conditions, advance rural urbanization in multiple sections and steps, and strive to make Yiwu realize all urban and rural integration within 20 years. Intensify integrated planning concepts of the civil region, accelerate to notify and make out layout program of the whole city and community, and plan traffic, water supply and sewage to cover the whole city. According to the requirement of adjusting measures to local conditions and guidance to different types of areas, boost all region and village reconstruction, gradually make existing villages under construction into communities with basic infrastructures, and complete all projects with the aim of creating good rurality and good environments.

Adapt to the demand of rural urbanization, quicken the work of village removal and building community of the whole city, fully push the innovation of the domiciliary registration system, practise management system of community residents' committee, continue to carry out and strengthen rural strategy with business, optimize agriculture structure, develop urban agriculture, boost agricultural industrialization, hasten agriculture to shift to enterprise, constantly expand employment space, unitedly plan the work of urban and rural employment and social security, and advance farmers to shift to citizens.
Greatly boost social civilization, constantly improve people's general quality of life.
Carry on the propaganda education of the spirit of the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and important ideas of “three represents”, powerfully carry forward the Yiwu spirit, shape international modernity of innovation, sincerity, forgiving, opening and civilized. Practise the strategy of scientific education and strengthening of the city, boost study-type city foundation and the construction of modern talent projects and cultural famous city status, succeed to and carry forward Yiwu's excellent culture, train and develop migrant culture, and increase cultural competition. Moreover, advance Yiwu's credit construction, consolidate government credit, improve enterprise credit, regulate personal credit, and improve social sincerity level. Push legal city administration, make legal administration standard, enhance general management of social public security, maintain social stabilization, and endeavor to create a democratic and just lawful rules environment. With the aim of common prosperity, constantly improve living standards of all people, and struggle to create a rich and safe living environment.
Vigorously push scientific leadership, and constantly improve the ability of leading modern construction.
Deepen the reform of government administrative systems, establish administrative management mechanism with service as the center, exert the basic effect of market adjustment, practically convert administrative work from microcosmic management to macroscopic regulation and control, social management and public service, further enhance reform intension of administrative approval systems, found and perfect the function of a 365 day service center, set up public service consciousness, improve administrative work efficiency. Also, boost government affair into the open, actively develop electric government affair, initiate open systems, advance notice systems and informing systems of party committee and government decision-making, and increase scientific decision-making. Strengthen and improve party construction, innovate the mechanisms such as cadre training education, examination evaluation, select and appointment and supervision and management, establish a cadre team adapting the requirement of international commodity city, and constantly improve the party leading capability to modernization construction.

According to the statistics, in 2004, the GDP of Yiwu reached 28.2 billion yuan, a 17.3% increase of that in last year; fiscal revenue 2.95 billion (local, 1.51 billion), 109.6% of the adjustment plan; social capital assets investment 12.09 billion, an increase of 20.4%; saving deposits 48.277 billoin, an increase of 21.3%; social retail value 6.005 billion, an increase of 14.4%; disposable income of urban resident 17,153 yuan per capita and net income of farmer 6,969 yuan per capita, an increase of 15.3% and 13.4% respectively, taking out the rise in prices. In terms of comprehensive development level of economy and society , Yiwu ranked the 17th among the top 100 counties of the country and the 1th among the 22 county-level cities in Zhejiang province in 2003. In 2004, Yiwu ranked the top among the most favorite county-level cities in the eyes of domestic and overseas public. In recent years, Yiwu has become one of counties and cities in Zhejiang Province that took the lead to basically accomplish modernization and one of counties and cities in Zhejiang Province that enjoy partial prefecture-level economic management jurisdiction. Yiwu has also been awarded the honor of being the key districts in the drive of urbanization and was named National Sanitation City. In addition, Yiwu has won the honor of National Sci-tech Advanced City, National Sports Advanced City, National Culture Advanced City, Provincial Civilized City, and Provincial Power City of Education and has been awarded National Two-Advocation Model City for five successive years.

Now with the prosperous market, developed economy, stable society, beautiful environment and wealthier community, Yiwu is marching towards becoming a truly world class international commercial city.