Packaging Manufacturers in China: Boxes, Print and Compliance

Published by: George Korn / Last updated: September 10, 2026 at 09:10

Top 12 packaging manufacturers in China (2026)

By Li Wei, Sourcing Manager · Last updated September 8, 2026

Key takeaways

If you are looking for the best packaging manufacturers in China, the top choices in 2026 include Qiao Sourcing (your sourcing agent on the ground), Shenzhen YUTO Packaging Technology, Hung Hing Printing Group, Starlite Holdings and Leo Paper Group. These groups combine retail-grade print quality, certified materials and the capacity to consolidate packaging with your product orders.

Top 12: Packaging manufacturers in China worth considering

China runs the world’s largest printing and packaging industry, with total printing output value passing RMB 1.5 trillion (about 214 billion dollars) in 2024, and Guangdong alone, anchored by the Shenzhen and Dongguan premium print cluster, hosts roughly 36 percent of the country’s packaging printing enterprises.

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1. Qiao Sourcing, Your China Sourcing Agent

Qiao places your packaging with audited printers, manages color with physical proofs and press checks, and consolidates packaging with your product orders so everything ships together. Unboxing quality gets decided at the press, and we are there.

Press checksPhysical proofingStructural samplingOrder consolidation
NetworkAudited printers in Guangdong & Zhejiang
Typical MOQs1,000-5,000 boxes, lower on standard structures
On the groundGuangzhou-based team: factory visits, audits and QC included
ResponseWithin 2 business hours (GMT+8), English & Chinese
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Ideal for brands that want retail-grade packaging without a separate sourcing project.

  • 2. Shenzhen YUTO Packaging Technology

    Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1996

    China’s premium packaging leader, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002831) with about 21,000 employees and 49 plants across China, Vietnam, India, the Philippines and Mexico. Annual revenue tops RMB 17 billion, driven by rigid boxes and paper packaging for electronics brands including Apple, Huawei, Samsung and Tesla.

    rigid boxesApple supplierSZSE listed
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  • 3. Hung Hing Printing Group

    Hong Kong / Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1950

    One of Asia’s oldest print groups, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0450) since 1992. It runs seven factories in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Heshan, Zhongshan, Foshan, Wuxi and Vietnam with around 6,000 employees, spanning book printing, consumer packaging, corrugated boxes and paper trading for global publishers and brands.

    book printingcorrugatedHK listed
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  • 4. Starlite Holdings

    Hong Kong / Southern China · est. 1970

    Founded in 1970 and listed on the HKEX Main Board (0403) since 1993, Starlite produces packaging, labels, molded pulp, children’s books and board games for the toy, electronics and luxury sectors. Factories hold ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and GRACoL G7 Master Printer certifications, plus the TEAM GREEN eco product brand.

    molded pulpG7 certifiedeco packaging
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  • 5. Leo Paper Group

    Hong Kong / Heshan, Guangdong · est. 1982

    A Hong Kong headquartered printing group founded in 1982, whose main Heshan, Guangdong campus employs more than 10,000 people, ranking it among China’s largest print enterprises. FSC chain-of-custody certified, Leo produces books, games, gift boxes, bags and packaging, supported by sales offices in the UK, US, Belgium, Italy and China.

    print giantFSC certifiedgift boxes
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  • 6. MYS Group

    Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 2000

    Founded in Shenzhen in 2000 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002303) in 2009, MYS employs about 4,200 people and posts revenue around RMB 4 billion. It supplies corrugated, transport and fine packaging plus labels, and runs packaging integration services covering design, third-party procurement, vendor-managed inventory and on-site packing.

    packaging serviceslabelsSZSE listed
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  • 7. Shenzhen Jinjia Group

    Shenzhen, Guangdong · est. 1996

    China’s first listed cigarette-pack printer (002191, 2007 IPO), founded in Shenzhen in 1996 with about 4,200 employees. Jinjia produces cigarette labels, premium folding cartons and laser transfer and composite films and papers, and has diversified into color boxes for consumer electronics, liquor and other fine consumer goods.

    folding cartonslaser filmstobacco packaging
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  • 8. Guangdong DFP New Material Group

    Shantou, Guangdong · est. 1983

    Founded in Shantou in 1983 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (601515), the group was renamed from Shantou Dongfeng Printing to Guangdong DFP in October 2023, then Quzhou DFP in November 2025. It prints packaging for tobacco, wine, pharmaceuticals, food, consumer electronics and energy-storage battery products.

    wine packagingtobacco printSSE listed
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  • 9. Xiamen Hexing Packaging Printing

    Xiamen, Fujian · est. 1993

    A Fujian corrugated giant founded in 1993 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002228), Hexing operates around 60 production bases across China and Southeast Asia with roughly 9,000 employees. Products span corrugated cases and boards, color boxes, pulp molding, honeycomb and cushioning materials for national FMCG and electronics clients.

    corrugated60 plantsFujian
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  • 10. ZRP Printing Group

    Zhongshan, Guangdong · est. 1978

    Zhongshan carton specialist founded in 1978 and listed on Shenzhen’s ChiNext board (301223) in 2022, with nearly 4,000 employees. ZRP supplies folding cartons, rigid boxes, molded pulp and paper bags to personal care, food, healthcare and spirits brands, and won P&G’s Partner of the Year award in 2022 after seven Global EBP Excellence awards.

    FMCG cartonsP&G partnerChiNext listed
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  • 11. Xiamen Jihong Technology

    Xiamen, Fujian · est. 2003

    Established in Xiamen in 2003 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002803) in 2016, Jihong ranked first in China for FMCG paper packaging revenue in 2024 with about 4,300 employees. It supplies color cartons, paper bags, paper cups and QSR food-grade packaging, bundled with design, supply-chain and equipment integration services.

    FMCG leaderQSR packagingone-stop
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  • 12. Shanying International Holdings

    Shanghai · est. 1957

    Tracing its roots to the 1957 Ma’anshan Paper Mill and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600567) since December 2001, Shanying is one of China’s largest containerboard and corrugated packaging groups. It posted RMB 29.2 billion revenue in 2024 with over 13,000 employees, integrating recycled fiber trading, papermaking, packaging and printing.

    containerboardcorrugatedSSE listed
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Company facts compiled from public sources; listing is informational and implies no partnership. Ranks 2-12 are editorial reference names, not clients: we introduce you to the right tier for your volume, giants included when it fits.

China Packaging Market Overview (2026)

  • China’s overall packaging market is estimated at around 218 billion dollars in 2025, and its printing industry, the largest in the world, generated about RMB 1.5 trillion (214 billion dollars) of output value in 2024, up 3.9 percent year on year.
  • Guangdong is the leading packaging province with roughly 36 percent of China’s packaging printing enterprises: Shenzhen and Dongguan form the premium print and rigid-box core (Dongguan alone posted RMB 74.3 billion of print output in 2023), while Zhongshan and Heshan host some of the country’s biggest carton and book plants.
  • Beyond the Pearl River Delta, Zhejiang’s Wenzhou area, home to Longgang, nicknamed China Printing City, specializes in labels and flexible print, Xiamen in Fujian hosts China’s top FMCG carton groups, and Qingdao plus the Yangtze corridor concentrate corrugated box and containerboard capacity.
  • Serious buyers should require FSC chain-of-custody certification for paper sourcing, G7 Master or Fogra PSO color credentials for brand-critical print, GMI certification for retail packaging programs, and BRCGS or an equivalent hygiene standard for any food-contact packaging.
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