China News Service, Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi, December 17 (Jiang Tao Wangfei) On the 16th, 2021 Jiangxi Textile and Clothing Week and the second Gongqing City Down Clothing Week opened in Gongqing City.
The textile and apparel industry chain projects held here were collectively signed, with a total of 43 signed projects, with a total amount of more than 23 billion yuan.
Representatives from various industries including clothing colleges, scientific research institutes, textile and garment industry associations, textile and garment enterprises, terminal platforms, e-commerce, etc. in Jiangxi Province attended the event.
This year, the China National Textile and Apparel Council issued the "Fourteenth Five-Year Development Program for the Textile Industry" to determine the industry’s new positioning in the entire national economy, that is, "the pillar industry for national economic and social development, and the foundation for solving people’s livelihood and beautifying life." Industry, international cooperation and advantageous industries for integrated development".
Clothing design display.
Photo by Li Xun
Chen Weikang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the China Textile Industry Federation, said in his speech that all parties in the industry must focus on the new positioning of the industry, guide the textile industry to accelerate transformation and upgrading, and achieve high-quality development of the entire industry chain.
"It is hoped that through this clothing week activity, while promoting Jiangxi textiles, highlighting regional characteristics, expanding markets, and displaying local enterprises and products, Jiangxi textiles will accelerate its integration into the new development pattern of the national textile and garment industry, based in East China, facing the whole country, and accessible. Play a special and important role in realizing new development in the world."
According to Xie Zhifeng, deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the textile and garment industry is a traditional pillar industry and an important civilian production industry in Jiangxi Province. It plays an important role in expanding exports, absorbing employment, and promoting urbanization.
From January to October this year, enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 149.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%; realized profits of 10 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%, and the industry achieved bucking the trend.
Liu Yangqing, deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee and Mayor, said in his speech that from 98 Shanghai youths and 30 sewing machines in 1955 to the first batch of down vests in my country in 1972 at the Canton Fair, the Communist Youth League created China. The pioneer in the down apparel industry has successively won the "China Down Clothing City", "China Textile Industry Cluster Pilot Area", "National New Industrialized Industry Demonstration Base" and other golden signs, becoming the country's largest professional down apparel production and processing base.
Exhibitors exchanged at the event site.
Photo by Pan Xijia
In addition, in the dream "fashion capital, clothing city", Gongqingcheng has built a high-end platform and has successively introduced more than 10 professional platforms such as the Down National Inspection Center and the Provincial Fiber Monitoring Center; a high-standard clothing town has been established. There are 65 apparel companies, 180 e-commerce companies, and 210 flour accessories suppliers.
In the past three years, more than 80 industrial chain projects have been introduced, forming an industrial system integrating creative design, talent training, intelligent production, and sales exhibitions.
The theme of this clothing week is "New Jiangxi, New Fashion" and lasts for 3 days.
During the period, there will also be supporting activities such as the summit forum for the high-quality development of the textile and garment industry, the forum for young scientists, the industry chain talent matchmaking meeting, and the award ceremony of the second Jiangxi Top Ten Fashion Designers Contest.
The main exhibition area of the event is located in the clothing town of Gongqing City. There are "11+1" local pavilions with an area of more than 8,000 square meters. There are more than 130 exhibiting companies. The products cover down clothing, four seasons clothing, home textiles, textile machinery, etc. All categories of textile and apparel industry.
While promoting Jiangxi textiles, highlighting regional characteristics, and displaying local products, it also promotes brand building, fashion creativity, technological innovation, and corporate exchanges and cooperation in Jiangxi's textile and apparel industry.
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