7.The world’s wire mesh industry looks to China, and China’s wire mesh industry looks to Anping

In Hengshui City, Hebei Province, lies Anping County, a treasure trove of a county that has prospered because of wire mesh. Known as the “Capital of Wire Mesh in China” and the “Hometown of Wire Mesh in China,” Anping’s wire mesh industry has transformed from traditional hand-weaving into a national-level characteristic industrial cluster of small and medium-sized enterprises with an annual output value exceeding 100 billion yuan after decades of development.

Industry Scale and Full Industrial Chain Advantage: A Hundred-Billion-Yuan “Intelligent Manufacturing Wire Mesh”

Anping’s wire mesh industry has completely moved beyond low-end manufacturing, forming a complete industrial chain covering wire drawing, weaving, welding, stamping, and end-use applications.

A Vast Industrial Base and Revenue Scale

Currently, Anping has over 16,000 wire mesh and related enterprises, employing 210,000 people. In 2024, Anping’s wire mesh industry achieved operating revenue of 106.7 billion yuan, becoming Hebei’s first national-level characteristic industrial cluster of small and medium-sized enterprises exceeding 100 billion yuan; in 2025, the county’s wire mesh industry operating revenue exceeded 115 billion yuan (reaching 115.1 billion yuan), with steadily improving development quality and efficiency.

“Crowdfunding Research” Overcomes Bottleneck Problems
Anping’s control over the global wire mesh supply chain is reflected not only in its scale but also in its breakthroughs in core technologies. Faced with the long-standing reliance on foreign suppliers for high-mesh, high-precision stainless steel printing mesh used in high-end photovoltaic cell manufacturing, Anping County pioneered a “crowdfunding research” mechanism at the end of 2024. Guided by the government, led by state-owned enterprises, and with the participation of other businesses, they successfully developed micro-wires of 0.011 millimeters (only one-tenth the thickness of a human hair), and in March 2025, successfully woven 480-mesh high-precision printing mesh, achieving import substitution. The unit price was reduced by 42% compared to imported products, significantly enhancing the self-sufficiency and controllability of the industrial chain.

Core Product Matrix: From Basic Protection to High-Precision Applications
Anping wire mesh products are diverse and complete in specifications, achieving full coverage from basic protective materials to high-precision fields such as aerospace and new energy.

1. High-End Precision Micro-Wires and Filters
   This represents Anping wire mesh’s transformation towards high added value. This includes 400-mesh high-grit copper mesh for heat dissipation in smartphones and tablets, and 480-mesh stainless steel printing mesh for photovoltaic cell electrode printing. In addition, Anping’s high-precision filter elements and high-strength filter discs are widely used in cutting-edge fields such as aerospace and hydrogen production.
2. Fences and Guardrails
   As a traditional strength of Anping, fences are widely used in highways, railways, airports, municipal engineering, and factory isolation. Thanks to fully automated welding lines, Anping’s fences not only have huge production capacity (a railway fence can be welded in 2 minutes), but also strong welds and excellent corrosion resistance.
3. Gabion Mesh and Ecological Protection Netting
   In the fields of water conservancy engineering, slope protection, and ecological restoration, Anping’s galvanized gabion mesh, PVC-coated gabion mesh, and Galfan gabion mesh occupy a very high global market share. These products have extremely strong erosion resistance and ecological compatibility, making them the preferred materials for modern ecological engineering.
4. Construction and Industrial Mesh Wire Mesh
   Including welded wire mesh, expanded metal mesh, perforated metal mesh, and crimped wire mesh, these are widely used in construction crack prevention, mining screening, and machinery protection. Anping enterprises produce high-carbon steel strips (core components of reeds) with a thickness of only 0.011 mm, yet their strength is 30% higher than similar products, with some technical indicators comparable to top international levels.

Cross-border Expansion and Brand Strategy: From Local Doorstep to Global Reach

Cross-border E-commerce and Overseas Warehouse Layout
Anping actively builds the Maya Yuan Universe Trade Platform, enabling enterprises to “connect with global orders without leaving home.” Through the construction of a global distribution network of “overseas warehouses + direct sales points,” Anping enterprises have established 130 direct sales points and 13 overseas warehouses. For example, Yingkai Metal Mesh Co., Ltd.’s overseas warehouse in Dubai has reduced customer inquiry response time from half an hour to 5 minutes. In 2024, Anping’s foreign trade import and export volume reached 5.023 billion yuan, an increase of 80.61% compared to 2020. In the first half of 2025, 775 foreign trade enterprises set sail overseas, with foreign trade exports growing by more than 20% against the trend.

International Exhibitions and Regional Brand Building: The Anping International Wire Mesh Expo, held for 25 consecutive years, has become the world’s only professional wire mesh exhibition and an industry “trendsetter.” The intended sales volume of the three-day expo in 2024 reached 3.84 billion yuan. Meanwhile, Anping nationalized the “Anwang” certification mark, authorizing qualified enterprises to use it free of charge. It has already been applied in major national projects such as Daxing Airport, increasing the brand premium by 15%.