On June 20, 2014, China light industry federation and China clock association officially awarded linan city of zhejiang province as "the hometown of Chinese clock parts · linan", which is another city that has won such honor after shenzhen city of guangdong province won "the capital of Chinese clock" and zhangzhou city of fujian province won "the city of Chinese clock".
Previously, China light industry federation, China clock association of linan city title attaches great importance to grant application, organize appraisal expert group of linan city clock enterprise has carried on the on-the-spot investigation, related to the local clock parts processing precision, quality grade and standard made a deeper understanding, according to the characteristics of China light industry zone and industry cluster and measures for the administration of and the Chinese clock industry characteristic of industrial cluster and the measures for the administration of industry cluster and the further review, the results accord with the requirement of dub.