Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Helan Date: 2008-05-24
As the globally largest small commodity market ,Yiwu is now functioning as a rear base of relief goods procurement for the rescue work in the quake-stricken area of Sichuan Province .
Export goods delivery delayed for relief efforts Knowing spades are in urgent need in Sichuan ' s rescue work , Wu Xianfa , a
hardware dealer in Yiwu International Trade City ,made a prompt decision - donating all the ten thousandspad es to the quake area, which are worth 150 thousandyuan. Already packedfor the journey to Africa, this batch of goods was dispatched to Sichuan Province in two hours.
Mr. Yao , who did not want to be fully named, is a market dealer specializing in emergency lights andflashlights . As soon as he knew Zhejiang Provincial Economic and Trad e Commission hadord ered850 cases of emergency lights and150 cases of flashlights, he made an immediate decision-giving priority to the Commission andpacking those previously intended for India . "We explainedthis to the Indian customer and to our surprise , they understood our action ," saidYao . Dealers spare no efforts in assembling relief goods To gather enough relief goods , Yiwu businessmen mobilizedall the usable resources .
Wu Xianfa transferredback all the goods from distributors as well as his factories in different places . On the busiest day during the time ,the six employees in his company receivedover 280 telephone calls . In the end , all of them lost their voice .
For the rapidprocurement andtransportation of relief goods , Yiwu Shangcheng Group publicizedtelephone numbers for the procurement inquiry on the website of China Small Commodity City . Workers are on duty 24 hours a day to answer the phone , so as to provide guide for the procurement of relief goods , opening a green channel for the purchase of goods in urgent
needfor the quake area . Chinese and foreign businessmen donate money and goods While donating goods , 58 thousandYiwu
market dealers fell over each other to contribute money , stretching a helping handto the compatriots suffering from the disaster .
So far , the sum of d onation from Yiwu market dealers has reached 6.06 million yuan, which still keeps rising . At the donation spot set in the first phase market ,a continuous flow of dealers andbusinessmen came to donate money ,many
insisting on anonymity andleaving in a hurry. Many foreign businessmen in Yiwu also joinedthe group of donors . On the next day of the earthquake,Abubaker Kmahmud,an Iraqi businessmen owning a foreign trade company in Yiwu ,volunteeredto donate 900 yuan . A Panamanian businessman,who asked not to be identified,donated 3,000 yuan andsaid ,"I hope people in the quake area couldget better soon ."
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