An Overview for the Sales Market of Toys in China

The quantity of young kids under the age of 14 and
babies, toddler and preschool children in China is overBesides the children toys, adult toys in mainland of
300,000,000, accounting for 25% of the wholeChina are also have large market. According to the
population. Among them 80,000,000 live in the city,latest investigation of China Social Investigation Office,
which form a great number of toy consumption.33% of adults think they are fond of toys and would
Especially in recent years, parents identify with thelike to buy them. It is investigated that except for
concept that toys can enlighten children on theirtraditional Chinese Chess, I-go and kite, adults prefer rc
intelligence, moreover, majority of modern families intoys (remote control toys) and hobby items, such as rc
China only have one child, parents are willing to spendcar, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas boat, remote
money on their child.control helicopter, remote control car etc. The last
research of China Toys Association shows the
acceptable toy price for most consumers in the large
In recent years, it has appeared some features andand medium sized cities is no more than 15 dollars.
special trends for toy sales in the mainland of China:However, in some large cities and some medium sized
cities, some ingenious and top graded toys reaching up
1. RC Toys150 dollars and even 1200 dollars still have their market.
It takes an average of about 5% of the whole year
consumption for Chinese citizens to buy toys, and with
Appeared with high technology, for instance, electronicthe toy development of top grade, brightness and
toys that can sound or shine, rc toys and interactiveseries, in particular, rc toys (remote control toys) and
toys that can speak or perform a series of actionshobby items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car,
are salable goods. Presently, various rc toys on sale inrc gas boat, remote control helicopter, remote control
the market reach about 1 hundred kinds, mainly arecar etc., the toy consumption will be in the status of
variety of rc toys (remote control toys) and hobbyadvancing.
items, such as rc car, rc helicopter, nitro rc car, rc gas
boat, remote control helicopter, remote control car etc.,4. Plastic Toys
each rc car(remote control car) costs about 20-65
dollars?rc gas boat(remote control gas boat) is about
20-50 dollars?and the price of rc helicopter differsPlastic has taken the place of metal, wood and have
between 450 - 2,000 dollars.become the main material for toys making, because it
costs low, easily deals with, safer and light.
2. Model ToysAlthough according to the official statistic, the toy sales
Electric model toys attract both children and adults,in mainland of China are no more than 2,000,000,000
such as tank cars, cars installed with alarm whistle anddollars in 2006, it is estimated by people in this industry
so on. Though these toys are not cheap in price,that the actual market demands should be
especially the electric toys, commonly between 8-109,000,000,000 dollars. People in this industry believe that
dollars, some even as high as 80-100 dollars, but theythe forecast demands of Chinese toy market will
have a strong footing in the market.increase at a rate of 40% per year in the following
years, and the consumption of Chinese toy market will
3. Adult Toyshopefully exceed 13,000,000,000 dollars.