Yiwu's Arts & Crafts Industry started in the early 1990s, when most of its goods were sourcing from Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu and etc. In the mid 1990s, beacause of the largely increased number of manufacturers, Arts & Carfts industry sprung up quickly, most of whose products are photos, flowers, ceramics and acrylics. Now it has became the backbone industry in Yiwu, a window to the outside world which fully showed Yiwu's leading role in this line.

According to statistics, more than half of the christmas products in the world are from Yiwu. In American, there are about 70%, and in Euroupe, 40%-50%.

In another word, Yiwu market has turned itself into the largest domestic and even the global exchanging market in Arts & Crafts Industry.