Buying goods from China presents a great opportunity to save a significant amount of money, especially if you have a business and you’re going to purchase in bulk.

If you’re looking for home decoration and building materials for your home, office, apartment complex, hotel, restaurant, bar, nightclub, retail store, or whatever business you have, then you need to know about a city in China called Foshan.

Foshan, in southern China, is about 40 kilometers from Guangzhou. It’s China’s center of furniture production with more than 3,000 factories. Foshan is where you can buy interior finishing and decoration materials for use in any construction project of any kind, whether they’re for residential or commercial establishments.

Prices are a good reflection of the quality of Foshan building materials and decorative materials. There shouldn’t be  problems with quality if you transact only with trusted Chinese suppliers and sourcing agents.

Be aware that not all of the showrooms in shopping malls are actual factories. Some are resellers only that are connected with different factories.

The markets are located 10 to 30 minutes away from Foshan city center. They are situated near each other, and it only takes 10-15 minutes to get from one to another.

China Ceramics City (CCC) is a large-scale building materials market featuring sanitary wares and ceramic tiles. It is a five-story building with an area of 53,000 square meters.

Since it caters mainly to the high-end market, what you’ll see inside CCC are big brands with higher prices and higher quality than other markets. Combining trading, exhibition, and business services, CCC houses more than 200 famous local and international brands. Product categories that you can find here are ceramic tiles, sanitary wares, tap & fitting, mosaic, and other products.

On the ground floor are toilets, bathtubs, bathroom cabinets, sinks, mixer taps, and bathroom accessories. The second and third floors have outdoor and indoor tiles, and indoor and outdoor natural and artificial stones. Sanitary wares, hot tubs, shower units, and bathroom cabinets are on the fourth floor. You’ll find mosaics and accessories for finishing on the fifth floor.

There’s a massive selection of products in different price ranges, but the target markets are the middle, high, and luxury markets.  A lot of products are for household use with unique designs. Buyers here focus on design and style and don’t mind the higher prices. Compared to other markets, prices here tend to be very expensive but the products are of much higher quality.

China Ceramics City is an industry pioneer. Twice a year since 2002, it has been holding the China International Ceramic and Sanitaryware Fair Foshan, which has become one of the most prestigious and influential exhibitions for Chinese exports.

Remarks:Though most of the products are not cheap in ceramic city,there are still some suppliers can offer good price if you negotiate with them face to face.Moreover,some suppliers have the other showrooms which locating near ceramic city,that means they can offer better price since the rent is not so high as ceramic ctiry.

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Top 2 Casa Sanitary Ware Mall: Best Sanitary Ware shopping malls and markets in Foshan

Location: Jihua 4th Rd, Chancheng Qu, Foshan Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China

(佛山市禅城区季华四路与雾岗路口交汇处))

Opening Hours : Normally the market opens daily 9:00 -18:00, only close in the Chinese new year vocation.

(Actually here is more like a market cause all shops are seperate,the shop owners can decide when to open and close by themselves)

The Foshan sanitary ware market is best represented by Casa Ceramics and Sanitary Wares Mall, a famous and highly recommended market for ceramics and building materials.

Casa Sanitary Wares Mall was founded in 1994 and is one of the first ceramic wholesale markets in Foshan. Because of its commitment to quality and innovation, it remains a leader in the construction and ceramic sanitary ware market.

Casa Mall is a large trading center consolidating architectural ceramics, sanitary ceramics, leisure sanitary ware, hardware, water accessories, and also everyday use, arts and crafts ceramics. It also provides information exchange for international business services.  This mall boasts of a vast selection of products with about 650 suppliers. 85% of these are factories of local and international medium and top-level brands.

Some of the brands are Arrow, Annwa, Ai Li Xin, Baili, Bestec, Cafu, Crown, Eago, Fulisi, Gaojie, Gardenia, Gran, Guanzhu, Guangfeng, Hansi, Hegii, Huida, Kaluoya, Kingtile, Kito, Lola, Newpearl, New Meitao, Nice, Sanwon, Toto, Virgo, Vivifier, Woma, Xinruncheng, Yobo.

Casa Mall Recommended Brand：George buildings : One-stop building materials for hotels .

Here you’ll see a variety of toilets, bathtubs, hot tubs, electric saunas, shower units, sinks, mixer taps, shower cubicles, bathroom cabinets, indoor tiles for walls and floors, outdoor tiles, roof tiles, mosaics, natural and artificial outdoor and indoor stone, natural and artificial outdoor and indoor granite, and flagstone. Other building materials found here are hardwood flooring, metal and wooden doors, fountains, arts and crafts ceramics, hardware water parts and other bathroom accessories, automatic garage gates, statues, plus a whole lot more.

If you prefer medium to high-end brands with low to middle-high prices, then you’re likely to get lucky in Casa Mall.

The main advantage of Casa Mall is its extensive product inventory, while its main disadvantage is its enormous size, which means you need to be prepared to do a lot of walking.

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Top 3: Huayi International Decoration Expo Market

Old site: Intersection of 325 National Road, Jihua 4th Road, Chancheng District, Foshan, in Guangdong Province

(佛山市季华四路325国道交汇处（季华美食城对面）)

This address now has been converted into shopping center.Please refer to below new address:

New Location:Intersection of Foshan  Kuiqi West Road and Wugang Road

(佛山市魁奇西路与雾岗路交汇处)

Opening Hours : Normally the market opens daily 9:00 -18:00

When looking for Foshan windows and doors market, it’s best to visit Huayi Decoration Market.

Huayi International Decoration Expo Market is a huge modern shopping mall, occupying 330,000 square meters in five floors. This market specializes in wood decoration, wood floors, lighting, cloth art, paints and supporting electrical appliances.

What can you buy at HuaYi market? Doors and windows including wooden doors, aluminum alloy doors, iron doors, and bathroom doors; wooden and metal door handles, wooden and aluminum windows, lighting (chandelier, pin-up lights, outdoor lights, LED), materials for interior finishing, locks, wallpapers (seamless, textile, silkscreen etc.), carpets and rugs for home and office, wooden and metal ladders for houses, materials for ceilings (strip suspended, drop, modular, stretch ceiling, etc.), stained glass (can be custom made), hardwood and laminate flooring, roof tiles (composite, laminated, metal, ceramic), sliding door wardrobe cabinets, paints, paintings and other decorations, faucets, shower accessories, bathroom ceramics, sinks, stair columns, toilets, water tanks, curtains, switches, floors, mouldings, plasterboards, wall coverings, background walls, door locks, and so much more.

The main advantage of going to HuaYi market is its impressive supply of building materials with prices for the low end to luxury markets. For both retail and wholesale buyers, you can find any decorative material that you need here. It is the biggest market for building materials, with famous Chinese and foreign brands setting up shop here. With everything available here, sometimes there’s no need to go to the other markets.

Top 4 Star Alliance: Best lighting shopping malls and markets in Guzhen

Ask about lighting material, and you’ll be directed to Guzhen, the center of lighting manufacturing in China. The best lighting shopping malls and markets are in Guzhen, world-famous for being the capital of lighting.

There are lighting stores everywhere you go in this town. Can you imagine more than 25,000 factories producing lighting of all kinds? 70% of all lighting products that China exports are produced here.

Guzhen town in Zhongshan city is located 70 kilometers from Foshan. You can reach the lighting shopping malls and markets in one hour by car from Foshan. The main shopping centers and markets are situated very close to one another, and it takes only about five minutes by car to go from one market to another.

Star Alliance Global Brand Lighting Center

Location: Guzhen Zhen Zhong Xing Da Dao, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province

（广东省中山市古镇镇中兴大道）

Opening Hours :9:00-19:00

Occupying 300,000 square meters in 11 floors, Star Alliance is the largest shopping center in Guzhen and the leading lighting market in China.

There’s an extensive selection of lighting products found here. There are standard lamps, pin-up lamps, spotlights, LED lights, chandeliers of all sizes, including those that will fit the most spacious halls, and many more. Prices range from the middle, high, to luxury levels.

With continuous development, Star Alliance has earned a good reputation. Since it opened in 2014, it has received many awards including “China Window of the World Brand,” “World Window of Chinese Brand,” “Most Investment Value Market of the year,” “Business Model Innovation Lighting Industry designated practice Base,” “City-level intellectual property protection demonstration base,” among many others.

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Top 5: Sunlink Lighting and Kitchen Cabinet City

Former name:Sunlink Lighting and Kitchen Cabinet City

Now this market change its name into:Sunle International Lighting and Kitchen Cabinet City

Location: Xingle Road, Lecong Town, Shunde District, Foshan

Opening time:9:00-18:00

If you’d like to go to the Foshan kitchen cabinet market and Foshan lighting market, you only need to go to Sunlink/Sunle Lighting and Kitchen Cabinet City.

Sunlink is also known as Shunlian Lighting and Kitchen Cabinet Mall. Covering 50,000 square meters, Sunlink is divided into two sections: one is for lighting, and the other one is for kitchen cabinets. Expect to see unique designs of lighting and kitchen cabinets here.

Products sold here are lighting, kitchen cabinets, wooden doors, and other home building items.

Buyers from all over the world make it a point to visit here because of its wide selection of good quality lighting products and kitchen cabinets in attractive styles that are not too expensive.

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Summary

You can find all the home decoration and building materials you need for your home or business in Foshan and Guzhen, both in southern China. Where else can you find a wide range of products of varying styles and price points? There’s something for everyone, as products can be customized according to the buyer’s budget, needs and preferences.

Don’t be afraid to buy home decoration and building materials in China. And note that purchasing your construction materials from China can be made easy when you’re being assisted by a trusted sourcing firm that will guide you through the buying process from start to finish.

In fact,above information is just a brief introduction to a few building materials markets.However, there are many other good buying centers for home decoration and building material markets in Foshan.For example:

• China Ceramics Industrial  Headquarters (CCIH)
• Cihai International Ceramic city
• Huaxia Ceramic city
• International Ceramic Exhibition Center
• China Mosaic City
• Foshan Hongyi Ceramics City
• Shiwan Sanitary Ware City
• Shiwan Zhidi Ceramics Wholesale Market
• Sunlink Furniture Mall
• Louvre Furniture Mall
• Red Star Macalline Mall
• China Eastern International Furniture City
• Dongming International Furniture City
• Nanhua International Furniture City

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