It is no secret that many of the best basketball shoes are made in China. In fact, some of the most popular brands such as Nike and Adidas have factories located in China. While there are many great Chinese basketball shoe brands, these are five of the best.
Chinese Basketball Shoes Brands
 | 1990 - Present Lining 李宁 BeiJing | 1 NO. |
 | 1994 - Present Anta 安踏 FuJian, JinJiang City | 2 NO. |
 | 1989 - Present Peak 匹克 FuJian, QuanZhou City | 3 NO. |
 | 2000 - Present Qiaodan 乔丹 FuJian, QuanZhou City | 4 NO. |
 | 2001 - Present 361 FuJian, JinJiang City | 5 NO. |
 | 2001 - Present XTEP 特步 FuJian, JinJiang City | 6 NO. |
 | 2000 - Present ERKE 鸿星尔克 FuJian, Xiamen City | 7 NO. |
 | 2004 - Present Guirenniao 贵人鸟 FuJian, JinJiang City | 8 NO. |
Through this list, we’ll find 90% Chinese Basketball shoes come from Fujian, that’s very interesting, because the owners of the shoe factories in Fujian are friends and relatives, they help each other and together they make the shoes brand bigger.
Lining 李宁
The Li Ning brand was founded by the gymnastics prince Li Ning, and they have signed the famous basketball star Wade as their brand spokesman.
Anta 安踏
Anta is another famous sports brand manufacturer in China, their basketball shoes are also of good quality and high cost performance, currently 2022 Anta’s profit has surpassed Li Ning, and it is widely considered in the industry that Anta is currently the number one sports brand in China.
Peak 匹克
Peak is also a sports brand from Fujian, and they have signed NBA stars Howard and Tony Parker. In the 2020 Summer Olympics, Pico sponsored the Brazilian national team.
Qiaodan 乔丹
Qiaodan is the Chinese name of the famous NBA star Michael Jordan, although the trademark has been registered by a Fujian businessman before 2000. Back in 2012, Michael Jordan had a lawsuit against Qiaodan. It was not until 2020 that China’s Supreme Court banned Qiaodan from using the brand name for commercial purposes, and the company has now changed its name to ZhongQiao.
361°
361’s full name is 361 degrees, also a brand from Fujian province. 361 degrees has sponsored Chinese swimming champion Sun Yang, as well as swimming gold medalist Giovani Della Valentina.
XTEP 特步
XTEP is the first Chinese sneaker brand to sign up entertainment stars, they signed up star Nicholas Tse from Hong Kong, also a brand from Fujian province. XTEP produced wind and fire shoes that once sold over 1.2 million pairs. However, XTEP is currently not as hot as it was back then, and its market share has been squeezed. In 2019, they signed NBA star Jeremy Lin to start building a basketball brand.
ERKE 鸿星尔克
ERKE’s slogan is very memorable, To be NO.1. also from Fujian Province, the brand, they focus on the field of tennis, but in 2020, ERKE annual losses reached more than 30 million dollars. However, in 2021, ERKE started to fire up the internet for donating to the Zhengzhou floods, and their products were snapped up on Douyin.
Guirenniao 贵人鸟
Guirenniao is also a brand from Fujian, and their logo somewhat resembles a flying bird, though some claim the logo references Nike’s inspiration. In recent years, Guirenniao has been losing money every year and donated $4 million for the Zhengzhou floods in 2021.
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