History Of Toy Development

Products for fun and games for people, especially children. There are dolls made of materials such as clay, wood, animal bones and ivory in the ancient Egyptian cultural relics dating back about 5,000 years ago, and there are small drinking utensils and living utensils in children's tombs. Pulling toys with round wheels were found in Persian cultural relics about 3,000 years ago. In ancient Greece, there were sounding tops and animal figure toys activated by strings. Ivory statues with movable limbs were unearthed in ancient Roman tombs. In the 18th century, Nuremberg, Germany became the center of toy production in Europe. The doll adopts die-printing technology, and mechanical parts are installed in the body, which can perform actions such as crying and walking. Musical toys and clockwork toys are also produced. In the 19th century, the new achievements of science and technology were applied to the design and production of toys, which promoted the development of toy production, and optical toys such as moving pictures, dioramas, and slide lanterns appeared. In 1878, American scientist T.A. Edison used the phonograph to make talking and singing dolls. In the 1890s, the United States successively produced small electric fans and small electric rail trains. Chinese toys also have a long history. Small pottery pigs were found at the Dawenkou site in Ningyang, Shandong, about 5,500 years ago. There are also pottery toys and bells among the Qijia cultural relics dating back about 3,800 years. Kites and ball games also have a history of more than 2,000 years. Diabolos, windmills, rolling rings, jigsaw puzzles, and nine chains have become traditional Chinese folk toys. After the 20th century, toy manufacturing has become an important industry. In the 1930s, German toy production and export ranked first in the world. In the 1940s, the toy production in the United States developed rapidly, and its production, consumption and import jumped to the top of the world. In the 1950s, the Japanese toy industry rose, and its export volume caught up with Germany. At the end of the 1950s, China's toy industry was formed, with Beijing and Shanghai as the main production areas. There are more than 7,000 kinds of toys. In the 1960s, the toy industry in Hong Kong rose, and after the 1980s, the toy industry in Taiwan developed greatly.
With the continuous improvement and standardization of the domestic sales market, coupled with the country's policy inclination and strong support for "creative industries" such as toys, animation, and games, the domestic toy industry will enter an unprecedented golden period, and the development speed will accelerate. Efficiency improvement.
At the end of 2011, there were 1,172 toy manufacturing enterprises in my country, and the total assets of the industry reached 66.426 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.29%. Relevant data show that in 2011, toy manufacturing industrial enterprises above designated size in my country achieved a main business income of 145.277 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.23%; realized a total profit of 6.648 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.93%.