Lock, is one of the most closely linked items with people's daily life. From primitive society, the development of the locks experienced a long and complex process of evolution, mainly by the ancient the inserted spring lock stage, to the modern mechanical lock phase and are entering the era of smart locks.

This year, the China National Hardware Association funding commissioned the National Household Metal Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, lock products in major cities nationwide sales market to buy like quality survey. To buy 49 sets of samples in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces and cities in more than 20 markets, production areas, including 16 of 30 in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong 1; the sampling product range including marbles padlock marbles ferrule door locks, ball locks, bicycle locks, mechanical anti-theft lock. The association hopes the survey found that some of the problems that exist in the lock industry.

Industry Association, at their own expense, commissioned by the authority of the professional organizations in the industry, product quality survey is the first case in the industrial areas of industry associations. This is reflected not only the China National Hardware Association real sense of service and do practical things for the industry, but also reflects a sense of social responsibility and the overall concept of the Association, reflects the consumer is responsible for corporate responsibility, and promoting the sustainable development of the industry attitude.

After the reform and opening up 30 years of development, the scale of China's lock industry continue to grow, continue to broaden the product coverage, gradually stronger independent brands, enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of the industry.

Locks of our main production base in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong and other places. In the product range, the padlock ball lock, handle lock still has a larger market space, bicycle locks, motorcycle locks, car locks and special purpose lock products is changing with the development of upstream products, fingerprint lock, intelligent lock buildings intercom functional products have become indispensable to modern social life.

Currently, China's lock industry, with annual sales of about 40 billion yuan, the production of 1.9 billion. According to customs statistics, the lock industry in the "Eleventh Five-Year" period, the average annual export growth of 31 percent, two times the hardware industry average growth rate. In the first half of 2011, the locks exports of $ 2.082 billion, a year-on-year growth of 15.9%, this projection, annual exports of about $ 4.6 billion; locks imports amounted to $ 273 million, a year-on-year growth of 16.2%, predicted that the annual import volume will reach $ 550 million.

Lock industry, the increase in imports and the domestic market, the growing demand for high-end products, so more and more international brands to enter the Chinese market, will be a huge challenge to domestic enterprises. China's lock industry processing equipment overall level with the international advanced level there is still a considerable gap between the middle and low mechanical lock is still the flagship product, the lack of high-level scientific and technological personnel and management personnel, lack of ability to resist risks. To this end, the lock-making enterprises in China should actively adopt new technology, new materials, new technology, new equipment, and improve the overall level of the industry. To attach importance to product quality, make great efforts to improve enterprise management level, the elimination of backward production technology, improve staff quality, with excellent product to meet the challenges.

Lock industry to improve international competitiveness, we should intensify our work in many ways. As consumers of biometric technology, electronics and other high-tech, intelligent lock products demand increases, locks enterprises to seize opportunities, market-oriented, adjust and optimize the product structure, product market to seize the high-end locks; should be high technology, high value-added locks and commercial locks as R & D focus, to increase the strength of the materials, processes, technical and international standards; vigorously carry out scientific and technological research and improve locks intelligent degree of information technology, electronics, mechatronics aiming at the international advanced level, through integrated innovation and the introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, accelerate new products, biometric computer technology and other advanced means of grafting lock products up; efforts in the independent intellectual property rights, to form their own core technology and patents; development progress; reference to international advanced standards, product standards; supporting the development of new products adapted to take effective means of strong measures to speed up the conversion rate of scientific and technological achievements; implementation of brand strategy to further increase brand awareness, improving quality management, and encouraged a batch of excellent quality, and has a certain influence in the domestic and foreign markets Lock brand.

Focus on management of these enterprise inner strength, grasping the image of the brand, and constantly develop new products, new technologies, and expanding brand awareness and product reputation, always maintain a strong competitive edge in the domestic and overseas markets.

On many levels, many companies tend to take into account the immediate benefits, while ignoring the long-term development, does not have the power, to develop rules to their advantage, it is impossible to win in international competition.