Most lists of brake shoe manufacturers in China are written by one of the companies on them, and the order usually says more about the author than about the industry. This guide takes a different approach. We started from the evidence a buyer can check without visiting China, stock-exchange filings, the industry association’s own ranking and the capacity each company publishes, and kept the ten companies with the strongest proof that they make brake shoes at scale.
There is no official ranking of brake shoe makers in China, so we explain exactly how we built this one, which companies we checked and left out, and why. Every fact links to its source and was checked in October 2026.
Disclosure: this guide is published by Top Brake Parts, a brake pad, rotor and shoe manufacturer in Qingyuan, Guangdong. With 60 employees we do not meet the scale threshold used here, so we are not on the list. No company paid to be included or to be ranked higher.
Key Takeaways
✓No official ranking of Chinese brake shoe manufacturers exists. The most recent industry ranking, the China Friction & Sealing Materials Association’s top 20, covers 2010–2014.
✓The two largest companies on this list are listed on Chinese stock exchanges, and their scale can be checked in annual reports: Zhejiang Asia-Pacific (2024 revenue RMB 4.26 billion) and Shandong Gold Phoenix (RMB 1.74 billion).
✓Six of the ten have independent evidence of scale. The other four are brake shoe specialists whose size rests on figures they publish themselves.
✓Only two of the ten publish a brake shoe MOQ, both at 100 sets. For the rest, minimums are set per inquiry.
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How We Built This List of Brake Shoe Manufacturers
A company had to pass two tests to be considered:
- It makes brake shoes itself. Brake shoes or brake shoe assemblies appear in its own product range, annual report or official profile. Companies that only make friction material and buy in the steel shoe were excluded.
- Its scale can be shown. We looked for, in this order: a stock-exchange listing with audited figures; a place in the China Friction & Sealing Materials Association (CFSMA) 2010–2014 top 20, the association’s most recent published ranking; and published brake shoe capacity.
The list is ordered by the strength of that scale evidence. Companies 1–6 have independent evidence, a listing or an association ranking, and appear in that order. Companies 7–10 rely on figures they publish themselves and are ordered by stated brake shoe capacity. The order is about verifiable size, not product quality.
How We Checked These Facts
We reviewed more than 20 companies, starting from the CFSMA top 20 and the Chinese brake shoe manufacturers that buyers and AI search tools mention most often. For each we read the company’s own website and, where one exists, an independent source such as an annual report, the association list or a court notice.
Facts marked “states” are what the company says about itself. Where two of a company’s own pages disagree, we show both figures and flag them. Chinese-language sources are marked “(Chinese)”.
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China’s Brake Shoe Manufacturers at a Glance
CFSMA = China Friction & Sealing Materials Association, 2010–2014 top 20 friction material enterprises. SZSE / SSE = Shenzhen / Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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Top 10 Brake Shoe Manufacturers in China
Each profile follows the same structure: a short snapshot, a core fact sheet with the same eight fields, the sources we checked, and two practical notes on who the company suits and what to confirm before ordering.
Manufacturers With Independent Evidence of Scale
These six companies are either listed on a Chinese stock exchange or ranked in the industry association’s top 20. Their size can be checked in documents they did not write themselves.
1. Zhejiang Asia-Pacific — Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Company Snapshot: Zhejiang Asia-Pacific Mechanical & Electronic is one of China’s largest brake system makers and the largest company on this list by revenue. It builds complete disc and drum brakes for vehicle makers and runs its own production lines for the steel parts of the brake shoe, which is why it qualifies as a brake shoe manufacturer.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: No. 1399 Yatai Road, Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Independent Evidence: listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since August 28, 2009 (stock code 002284)
- Brake Shoe Evidence: an automatic stamping line for brake shoe webs and rims (400-tonne press with progressive dies, 16+ parts per minute) and automatic projection welding of shoes, as described in its 2024 annual report
- Scale: 2024 revenue of RMB 4.26 billion
- Main Products: disc and drum brakes, vacuum boosters, master and wheel cylinders, ABS, ESC/EPB and brake-by-wire systems
- Customers: domestic vehicle makers account for over 90% of main business revenue; exports and aftermarket are a small share
- Certifications: not listed on the pages we checked; ask for the current IATF 16949 certificate
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: 2024 annual report (Chinese) and company website (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: vehicle makers and OE programs that need complete drum brake assemblies.
What to Verify: aftermarket and export sales are a small part of its business, so confirm whether it will supply loose replacement shoes and in what quantities.
2. Shandong Gold Phoenix — Leling, Shandong
Company Snapshot: Gold Phoenix ranked first in the association’s 2010–2014 top 20 and was named the industry’s leading enterprise for that period. It is the largest pure friction-material company on this list, and most of its output is exported.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: 999 Fule Road, Leling, Shandong (Shandong Gold Phoenix Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since 2017 (stock code 603586); CFSMA 2010–2014 #1
- Brake Shoe Evidence: states a combined capacity of 30 million sets of brake pads and shoes per year and 6,500+ pad and shoe SKUs
- Scale: 2024 revenue of RMB 1.74 billion
- Main Products: brake pads and brake discs, which its annual report lists as main products, plus brake shoes
- Customers: over 80% of braking products exported to 70+ countries
- Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, CNAS-accredited ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: 2024 annual report summary (Chinese), company profile and CFSMA top 20 (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: importers and private-label programs buying shoes together with pads and discs at volume.
What to Verify: the annual report names brake pads and discs as main products and does not split out brake shoes, so ask for the shoe share of capacity and the shoe part-number count.
3. Xinyi — Dongying, Shandong
Company Snapshot: Xinyi ranked second in the association’s 2010–2014 top 20 and was long one of China’s largest brake pad and disc makers, with OE supply to domestic vehicle makers. The original group entered a court-supervised restructuring in 2019 and resumed production in 2020. The operating company is now Shandong Xinyi Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Dawang Economic Development Zone, Guangrao County, Dongying, Shandong
- Independent Evidence: CFSMA 2010–2014 #2; restructuring and restart reported by the Guangrao county court
- Brake Shoe Evidence: 1,400+ drum brake models alongside 3,000+ disc pad models (2019 figures)
- Scale: 300,000 m² site with 12 automated pad lines; 20 million sets of pads and 2 million discs per year; a RMB 1.6 billion project announced in 2023 targets 50 million sets of pads and discs per year
- Main Products: brake pads, brake discs, drum brake shoes and brake assemblies
- Customers: OE supply to domestic vehicle makers; exports not listed by country
- Certifications: not confirmed for the current operating company
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: CFSMA top 20 (Chinese), Guangrao court notice (Chinese), 2023 project report (Chinese) and company encyclopedia entry (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: buyers looking for a large Shandong friction maker with long OE experience.
What to Verify: which legal entity you will contract with after the restructuring, its current certificates, and the current brake shoe range.
4. Hubei Feilong — Zaoyang, Hubei
Company Snapshot: Hubei Feilong has the longest history on this list and ranked third in the association’s 2010–2014 top 20. It concentrates on commercial vehicles, with separate workshops for brake linings, brake pads and brake shoe assemblies, and supplies most of China’s major truck makers.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: No. 78 Xinhua Road, Zaoyang, Hubei (Hubei Feilong Friction & Sealing Materials Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: CFSMA 2010–2014 #3
- Brake Shoe Evidence: a dedicated brake shoe workshop and brake shoe assemblies for trucks and trailers
- Scale: founded 1970; 120,000 m² of workshops, 1,000 workers and 300 R&D staff; 1.5 million brake linings per month
- Main Products: brake linings, brake pads and brake shoe assemblies for commercial vehicles
- Customers: FAW, Dongfeng, Sinotruk, Shaanxi Auto, Sany, JAC, Foton, SAIC and Sichuan Auto; exports to Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Certifications: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ECE R90 (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: Hubei Feilong about page, lining workshop page and CFSMA top 20 (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: heavy-duty distributors and fleet suppliers buying truck and trailer shoes and linings.
What to Verify: brake shoe capacity is not published on its website; ask for it, along with MOQ and lead time.
5. Dongying Baofeng — Dongying, Shandong
Company Snapshot: Baofeng is the youngest company in the association’s top 20, founded in 2011 and ranked sixth for 2010–2014. It is best known for brake pads supplied to vehicle makers and large US retailers, and lists brake shoes in its commercial-vehicle range.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: No. 66 Shengxing Road, Kenli District, Dongying, Shandong (Dongying Baofeng Auto Parts Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: CFSMA 2010–2014 #6; recognized as a national specialized “Little Giant” enterprise (states)
- Brake Shoe Evidence: brake shoes listed in its commercial-vehicle product range
- Scale: registered capital RMB 168 million; 20 million sets of brake pads per year; 5,000+ models, 3,100+ with ECE approval
- Main Products: disc and drum brake pads, brake calipers, brake discs and brake shoes
- Customers: OE supply to Chrysler, GM, Nissan, Leapmotor and Great Wall; supplies Federal-Mogul and AutoZone; 60+ countries
- Certifications: IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: Baofeng about page and brake shoe page (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: importers that want a pad-led supplier with large-retailer experience and add commercial-vehicle shoes to the order.
What to Verify: brake shoes appear only in the commercial-vehicle range and shoe capacity is not published; confirm passenger-car shoe availability.
6. Hebei Xingyue — Gucheng County, Hebei
Company Snapshot: Xingyue is based in Gucheng County, Hebei, one of China’s main brake-parts clusters, and ranked 17th in the association’s 2010–2014 top 20. It makes brake pads, brake shoes and complete brake assemblies, and exports brake assemblies for RVs and trailers.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Gucheng County, Hengshui, Hebei (Hebei Xingyue Brake Components Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: CFSMA 2010–2014 #17
- Brake Shoe Evidence: brake shoes and brake assemblies listed as main products
- Scale: 30+ years in brake materials; describes itself as a 15-million-set brake pad production base
- Main Products: brake pads, brake shoes, brake assemblies, including RV and trailer brake assemblies for export
- Customers: OE customers not listed; one of the drafting units of China’s passenger-car brake performance and dynamometer test standard (states)
- Certifications: ISO/TS 16949 (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: Xingyue company page (Chinese) and CFSMA top 20 (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: buyers of RV and trailer brake assemblies, and passenger-car shoes from the Gucheng cluster.
What to Verify: ISO/TS 16949 has been replaced by IATF 16949, so ask for the current certificate, and ask for brake shoe capacity.
Brake Shoe Specialists With Company-Stated Capacity
These four companies publish brake shoe capacity or model counts but have no listing or association ranking to confirm their size. They are ordered by stated brake shoe output.
7. Jindon Brake — Dezhou, Shandong
Company Snapshot: Jindon is a friction specialist making brake pads and brake shoes for cars and commercial vehicles. It publishes the highest brake-shoe-specific output among the companies we checked.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Luquantun Development Zone, Dezhou, Shandong
- Independent Evidence: none found; figures are company-stated
- Brake Shoe Evidence: 1,000+ brake shoe models
- Scale: 26,000+ m² plant; 200,000+ sets of brake shoes per month; 20+ years in friction materials
- Main Products: brake pads and brake shoes for cars, SUVs, trucks, buses, tractors and trailers
- Customers: not listed
- Certifications: IATF 16949, AMECA, LeafMark, ECE R90 (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Sources: Jindon about page and brake shoe page, checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: distributors carrying both car and truck brake shoes from one friction supplier.
What to Verify: the full legal name on the business license, MOQ and lead time.
8. Zhejiang Bangchi — Haining, Zhejiang
Company Snapshot: Bangchi is a dedicated heavy-truck brake shoe maker founded in 2016 by a team with 20+ years in brake products. Its range covers stamped and cast shoes for European and American axle types, plus repair kits.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Chang’an Town, Haining, Zhejiang (Zhejiang Bangchi Auto Parts Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: none found; figures are company-stated
- Brake Shoe Evidence: heavy-truck brake shoes and shoe assemblies are its only product line
- Scale: production line rated at 2 million brake shoes per year; annual output value over RMB 100 million
- Main Products: stamped and cast brake shoes (4707Q, 4515Q, BPW 200, DAF, MAN 220 and others) and repair kits
- Customers: not listed
- Certifications: quality system run to IATF 16949 requirements (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: not published
Source: Bangchi website (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: heavy-duty distributors and reliners stocking truck and trailer shoe cores.
What to Verify: whether the IATF 16949 certificate has been issued (the site says the system follows its requirements), and recent export references, since the website’s news section has not been updated recently.
9. Hengshui Tongda — Gucheng County, Hebei
Company Snapshot: Tongda is a Gucheng County brake maker that produces its own steel brake shoes (“shoe irons”) as well as friction material, a sign of in-house shoe manufacturing rather than assembly from bought-in parts.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Qinghan Industrial District, Gucheng County, Hengshui, Hebei (Hengshui Tongda Brake Material Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: none found; figures are company-stated
- Brake Shoe Evidence: makes disc pads, drum brake linings and steel brake shoes, and sells steel backs and shoe irons
- Scale: 2 million sets per year on its Chinese site and 3 million sets per year on its English site, pads and shoes combined
- Main Products: disc brake pads, drum brake shoes for cars, buses and trucks, linings and steel backs
- Customers: not listed
- Certifications: not listed
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: 100 sets
Sources: Tongda about page, brake shoe page and Chinese company page (Chinese), checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: buyers who want shoes from a plant that makes its own steel shoes.
What to Verify: the two capacity figures, the brake shoe share of that capacity, and its quality-system certificate.
10. GDST — Wuhu, Anhui
Company Snapshot: GDST began as a brake cylinder maker in 1995 and has produced brake shoes in its own plant since 2000. It publishes the largest brake shoe catalog among the companies we checked and sells a wider range of brake and non-brake parts through partner factories.
Core Fact Sheet:
- Headquarters: Yijiang District, Wuhu, Anhui (Wuhu GDST Auto Parts Co., Ltd.)
- Independent Evidence: none found; figures are company-stated
- Brake Shoe Evidence: brake shoe production since 2000; 2,000+ brake shoe models
- Scale: brake shoe plant of 20,000+ m² with 110+ workers
- Main Products: brake shoes and cylinders made in-house, plus pads, discs, drums, calipers and other parts
- Customers: 80+ countries, including North America
- Certifications: ISO and IATF 16949 (states)
- Published Brake Shoe MOQ: 100 sets per model (50 sets for new customers); about 45 days
Sources: GDST brake shoe page and about page, checked October 15, 2026.
Best For: buyers that need wide brake shoe coverage plus cylinders in the same order.
What to Verify: brake shoes are made in GDST’s own plant, but other categories come from 300+ cooperative factories, so ask which plant makes each part.
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Companies We Checked but Did Not Include
Leaving a company off this list does not mean it is a poor supplier. It means we could not show, from public sources, that it makes brake shoes itself at a scale comparable to the ten above.
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Passenger Car vs Truck Brake Shoes: Which Supplier Do You Need?
The first sorting question for any brake shoe supplier is vehicle type. Passenger-car and commercial-vehicle shoes are built, sold and certified differently, and several companies on this list specialize in one.
Bonded or riveted? Bonded shoes have the lining glued and cured onto the steel shoe, with no rivet heads in the friction surface. Riveted shoes fix the lining with rivets, which lets truck fleets replace worn linings and reuse the shoe. When you send an inquiry, state which type the original part uses so the supplier quotes the right construction.
Service or parking shoe? Many cars with rear disc brakes still use a small parking brake shoe inside the rotor hat. List the position, service or parking, for every part number on your inquiry, since a mix-up between the two is one of the most common causes of drum brake returns.
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What to Check Before Ordering Brake Shoes From China
A list built from public evidence still needs supplier-level checks.
Six steps catch most brake shoe problems before the first purchase order
- Ask for a bond shear strength report for bonded shoes, so you know the lining will stay on the steel shoe under heat.
- Check lining width, thickness and arc against the OE reference, since a poor arc match causes low pedal and noise until the shoes bed in.
- Ask how the steel shoe is protected against rust, coating type and packaging, for sea freight to humid markets.
- Confirm whether springs, adjusters and other hardware are included or sold as separate kits.
- Request the ECE R90 approval for each part number in markets that require it, and an asbestos-free test report from an accredited laboratory.
- Order samples across several part numbers and fit them before you place the first bulk order.
For a step-by-step method that applies to any brake supplier, read our guide on how to verify a Chinese brake pad manufacturer. It covers business licenses, IATF 16949 lookups and golden samples.
To see what these checks look like on a production floor, read our brake parts quality inspection process.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Brake Shoe Manufacturers
Who are the largest brake shoe manufacturers in China?
By verifiable scale, the largest are Zhejiang Asia-Pacific, a listed brake system maker with 2024 revenue of RMB 4.26 billion and its own shoe stamping lines, and Shandong Gold Phoenix, a listed friction maker with RMB 1.74 billion. Xinyi, Hubei Feilong and Dongying Baofeng follow, based on the industry association’s top 20.
Is there an official ranking of brake shoe manufacturers in China?
No. The China Friction & Sealing Materials Association published a top 20 of friction material companies for 2010–2014, but it covers all friction products, not brake shoes alone, and has not been updated since. This guide combines that ranking with stock-exchange filings and published brake shoe capacity.
Which Chinese manufacturers specialize in truck and trailer brake shoes?
Hubei Feilong is the largest commercial-vehicle specialist on this list, with 1,000 workers and OE supply to FAW, Dongfeng and Sinotruk. Zhejiang Bangchi makes only heavy-truck brake shoes, and Jindon, Tongda and GDST cover both trucks and cars.
What is the typical MOQ for brake shoes from a Chinese factory?
Only two of the ten publish a brake shoe minimum: Hengshui Tongda at 100 sets and GDST at 100 sets per model, or 50 sets for new customers. The others do not publish a brake shoe minimum, so ask for it with your part-number list.
What certifications should a brake shoe manufacturer have?
Look for IATF 16949 for the quality system, ECE R90 approvals for the specific part numbers you will sell in markets that require them, and an asbestos-free test report. For linings sold in US states with brake friction rules, also ask about AMECA registration.
If you are also comparing brake pad suppliers, see our list of top brake pad manufacturers in China. For questions about this guide or our own drum brake shoes, use our contact page.
