Jenny Chan 陳詠欣
May 10, 2017

Today is 'Chinese Brands Day', because China says so

To celebrate the day, officially decreed by China's State Council, we look at some long-enduring brands you might not have heard of before.

Wangyi Pinzhuang Pen is a Chinese pen, well, brush brand founded during the Qing dynasty in 1741. Did you know that the brand's fame rose after a 'pensmith' surnamed Wang sold one of his products to a Chinese scholar who scored in the imperial exam?

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