地处浙中的永康市被誉为“五金之乡”。该市的“五金”在改革开放的市场经济大潮拍击下,催生出一大批“五金”企业群,成为发展经济的支柱产业。据统计,1995年底止从事五金机械行业人员达15万人,占全市劳动力人口的四分之一强。产品销往全国,甚至跨出国门。因此,永康不甘于称为“乡”,而要建起“城”,创建了“浙江省永康市中国科技五金 Yongkang City, located in central Zhejiang Province, is known as the “Hometown of Hardware”. The city’s “hardware” slammed into the market economy in the reform and opening up, gave birth to a large number of “hardware” enterprise groups, and became a pillar industry for economic development. According to statistics, at the end of 1995, there were 150,000 people engaged in the hardware machinery industry, accounting for a quarter of the city’s labor force. Products are sold throughout the country and even go abroad. Therefore, Yongkang is unwilling to call it “township,” but wants to build “City” and create "China Science and Technology Hardware, Yongkang, Zhejiang Province.