2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference guests visited the textile industry in Keqiao

Nov 06, 2018  |  by Flora
Recently, “2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference” (hereinafter abbreviated as the Conference) was held in Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. The two-day event comprised a theme conference, a round-table conference, four parallel forums on openness, technology, fashion and sustainability, and industry visit sections. More than 1,100 people from  textile industry associations, research institutes, design institutes, well-known enterprises, e-commerce platforms, domestic and foreign media, enterprises and other representatives from more than 30 countries and regions, including China, Switzerland, Kenya, Thailand, France, Canada, Italy, Germany, Belgium, UK, Sweden, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine, attended the Conference.
 
This Conference was hosted by Shaoxing Municipal People’s Government, Promotion Department of China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), External Liaison Committee of China General Chamber of Commerce, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel - Apparel Branch and Fabric Branch, and Keqiao District People’s Government, co-organized by China Textile Information Center, CNTAC Social Responsibility Office, China Textile International Exchange Center, China Textiles Development Center, China Textile Engineering Society, China Textile City Construction Management Committee of Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, advised by CNTAC, China General Chamber of Commerce, and China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel, and supported by ITMF, FAPRA, and the International Apparel Union.




On the second day of the event, the guests visited China Keqiao Textile Expo, China Textile CBD, the Science and Technology Park in Keqiao District, and had a new understanding and perception of the booming textile industry in Keqiao.


 
“Venice of the East” : A holy land for textile and apparel industry
Keqiao, located in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, is known as the “Venice of the East”. In 2017, the total production value of Keqiao District was 135.1 billion yuan, and its comprehensive strength ranked 13th in the top 100 national parks. It was ranked as “China's Top 10 Well-off Demonstration Zones” for nine consecutive times. Per capita GDP ranks first in Zhejiang Province. There are nearly 1,200 industrial enterprises above designated size, nearly 1,000 commercial enterprises and 15 listed companies. The textile industry is Keqiao’s traditional industry, leading industry and advantageous industry. It has the most complete textile industry chain, the strongest textile production capacity, and the largest professional market in China. It has established a complete industrial chain and market production and marketing system including polyester and chemical fiber raw materials, weaving and dyeing, apparel, home textiles and textile market.



In recent years, the textile industry in Keqiao has fully implemented the new development concept, and has continued to aim at the goal of “sustainable, high-end, and world-leading”, and actively increased the pilot effect of the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the dyeing and printing industry. Focusing on intelligent manufacturing, it promotes the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, creative design and traditional industries, and strives to lead the “dyeing and printing + market” with “creativity + entity”, to create the international textile capital in the new era. Today’s Keqiao textile industry not only realizes the coordinated development of the regional supply chain system, but also highlights its indispensable role in the national and global supply chain system.



The guests from the Conference praised Keqiao textile industry
At 2018 Keqiao Textile Expo (autumn), more than 500 exhibiting companies with 1,400 booths and a dazzling array of technological innovations made the guests from all over the world feel shocked. They thought highly of the concept of the expo in leading global textile trends, displaying fashion and technology charm, promoting industrial transformation and upgrading, and building a supply and demand trade platform.
 
“I am very impressed by the huge scale of Keqiao textile industry and the prosperity of the market. I will come back to Keqiao next time.” Mr. Christian Schindler, Secretary General of the International Textile Manufacturers Association (ITMF), said in an interview. It is learned that more than 450,000 fashion fabrics were displayed at the expo, including thermo-sensitive fabrics, reflective yarn woven fabrics, antibacterial fabrics, acetate fabrics and other fabrics of technological innovations played the leading role. The boutique display of “2018 Fashion Design Exhibition” also attracted the guests of the Conference for a while. As an industry event that has attracted a lot of attention in the industry, Keqiao Textile Expo has become a perfect platform for many exhibitors to push new products, build brands and win business opportunities after 20 years of development. At the same time, it also creates a good opportunity for buyers to look at new products, watch the trend, and find good business. It has become one of the three well-known fabric exhibitions in China, which is put on a par with Intertextile Shanghai and Canton Fair Fabric Exhibition.



 
The guests also visited China Textile CBD “Oriental Milan Fashion International Fashion Release Center”, Zhejiang Thousand Talents Program Shaoxing Industrial Park, etc., and had a better understanding of Keqiao’s Location advantages, talent policies, and scientific and technological innovation services, etc., expressed appreciation for Keqiao District’s efforts to grasp the drive for scientific and technological innovation, build the optimal ecological environment for talents, and create an international textile capital in the new era.


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