In a not-so-distant future, brands like Xiaomi and Huawei were considered low-quality Made In China products. As time passed, they were able to break stereotypes and gain trust and popularity.

AliExpress has a ton of stores and brands: some good, some – not so much. In this post we decided to compile a list of up and coming Chinese brands that are less-known, but which definitely deserve recognition.

We picked them and their products based on the feedback from the buyers.

Best TECH / GADGETS Stores on AliExpress

XIAOMI (MIJIA 3C STORE)

📊 97.9% Rating
👥 1.6M+ Followers

Xiaomi is probably the best-known brand in China, except for Huawei. The quality of products is as good as any other big-name mainstream brands, but the prices are much lower than what you’d see in retail.

In this store you can find a variety of Xiaomi products like earphones, smartphones, MiBand fitness trackers and accessories for them, and other various home accessories.

BASEUS

📊 98.6% Rating
👥 1.28M+ Followers

Go to BASEUS store for all things power: portable power banks, cables, QI charging docks and fastcharge blocks.

Good quality like FLOVEME, but different designs. Much better than going no-name.

INSTA360

📊 97.6% Rating
👥 21,000+ Followers

Insta360 is a globally-known brand of 360 cameras.

But their product lineup goes beyond that: they are releasing action cameras, POV cameras, camera accessories – like gimbals, and even super versatile true-4K webcams.

QCY

📊 97.5% Rating
👥 1.5M+ Followers

QCY at this time is, without a doubt, a leader in True Wireless (TWS) earphones.

There is just too many models to name – make your pick based on the shape and size preference. Personally, I would recommend Melobuds Pro because of their specs.

SJCAM

📊 97.7% Rating
👥 107,000+ Followers

If you are looking for a budget action camera and don’t want to buy off-brand, SJCAM is your go-to store.

They have interlaced 4K cameras, some great waterproof ones that don’t require a case and a full specter of accessories for them.

BLACKVIEW

📊 97.7% Rating
👥 696,000+ Followers

Budget smartphones is what Blackview is known for, but they also started making smart watches, tablets and TV boxes.

I’ve briefly used their $90 A80Pro smartphone, and it was pretty good!

UGREEN

📊 98.9% Rating
👥 1.16M+ Followers

UGREEN is another well-known manufacturer of cables.

They also started producing SSD cases, USB hubs (this type-C USB 3.0 is the best-selling model), and charging blocks

ESSAGER

📊 96.8% Rating
👥 553,000+ Followers

Essager is a relative newcomer to the scene, that is making pretty big moves.

Known for high-quality charging cables, power banks, USB 3.0 hubs and quick charger power blocks.

Already rated with a PLUS rating (among the highest-rated stores on the platform).

TOPK

📊 98.5% Rating
👥 547,000+ Followers

TOPK has a variety of different gadgets, but their best products are heavy-duty cables.

MI AQUARA/YEELIGHT

📊 97.5% Rating
👥 14,400+ Followers

MIJIA / Yee are also related to Xiaomi. Yee makes smart lights (I have one – review here) and smart home electronics, but they go much more beyond than that – there are too many products to list.

They all have one thing in common though: simplistic design and impeccable quality.

XIAOMI YI

📊 97.8% Rating
👥 862,000+ Followers

YI is another Xiaomi’s subdivision. It makes action cameras (I have a YI 4K – video review), dash cameras and webcams. All are well-rated by the buyers.

XIAOMI YI

📊 97.8% Rating
👥 862,000+ Followers

YI is another Xiaomi’s subdivision. It makes action cameras (I have a YI 4K – video review), dash cameras and webcams. All are well-rated by the buyers.

FIIO

📊 98.8% Rating
👥 26,000+ Followers

This is more of a niche product: FiiO makes audio accessories that help you get the most out of your music and music devices.

There are portable amps, lossless MP3 music players that make your music sound really good and $300 earphones (that people actually buy!).

MIFA

📊 97.9% Rating
👥 1.1M+ Followers

MIFA is known for their graffiti-style design speakers and the rugged outdoor-oriented IP67-rated Mifa Tango speaker, but they have a few other models.

Ultimately, your preference in design will help to decide between MIFA and, for example, Tronsmart.

TRONSMART

📊 97.7% Rating
👥 178,800+ Followers

You will definitely hear more about Tronsmart: their marketing team is being very aggressive. It started as a speaker brand, and now is venturing into the TWS earphones.

The best-selling speaker model right now is S100.