Guangde, Anhui Province, is one of the "Top Ten Bamboo Townships in China" In recent years, Guangde City has actively expanded the channels for increasing income from the intangible cultural heritage industry. Guangde bamboo basket weaving had a wide influence in Liyang, Yixing, Huzhou, Changxing, Anji and other places in present-day Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Wang Hongbin, the fifth-generation inheritor of Wang's fan-making skills, said that the local hairy bamboo used in fan making has the characteristics of slender fiber.