At present, Chinese shoe industry already presented industry group type development state.Overall, there are four major industrial clusters.One is the guangdong shoe industry base represented by guangzhou, dongguan and other places, mainly producing middle and high grade shoes.Second, zhejiang shoes industry base, which is represented by places like wenzhou and taizhou, mainly produces midrange shoes.Third, the western shoe industry base represented by chengdu and chongqing mainly produces women's shoes.Fourth, fujian quanzhou, jinjiang and other places as the representative of the shoe industry production base, mainly produced sneakers.

　　After nearly 10 years of rapid development, the average annual growth rate of China's leather shoes industry is 23%, which is much higher than the growth rate of China's GDP.In recent years, China produces 6 billion pairs of shoes every year, accounting for 60 percent of the world's total, and is the world's largest shoe manufacturing base.China is the world's second largest footwear market, accounting for 22 percent of total global consumption, second only to the United States.China is also the world's largest exporter of footwear, which accounts for more than 53 percent of the world's total exports.Currently, there are about 20,000 Chinese leather enterprises and 1.6 million employees in China's shoe industry.85% of total domestic footwear is medium and low grade, and most of middle and high grade shoe products are imported from abroad.

　　China's footwear market can be divided into four major parts: leather shoes, rubber shoes, cloth shoes and plastic shoes, according to the 2014-2017 China footwear market operation business model and development strategy research report.In addition to the segment of the market on the style of shoes and materials gradually change, the consumption structure of all types of shoes also changes.Sales of leather shoes have risen from 9% in the early days to 35% today.The consumer group has also expanded from the original urban areas to rural areas, and the products have also started to develop from low-level to medium-high-level.