This forum, themed “The Future Path of Textiles,” ushers in a new dialogue on textile industry cooperation between the Asian continent and the Mediterranean region—a theme that aligns seamlessly with the overarching theme of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing over the past two days: “Strengthening International Cooperation, Jointly Building the Belt and Road, and Achieving Win-Win Development.” At the Forum, President Xi Jinping emphasized that we must build the Belt and Road into a road of peace, prosperity, openness, innovation, and cultural exchange. This vision has also provided the guiding theme for our current forum.
Dec 29,2025
On the morning of September 21, the inaugural meeting and first general assembly of the Jiangshan City Textile and Apparel Industry Association were held. Wang Liyun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and head of the Publicity Department, attended the event. The meeting adopted the association’s articles of association and industry codes of conduct and elected Jiang Feng, director of Zhejiang Jiansheng Group Co., Ltd. and general manager of the Jiangshan base, as the association’s president. At present, the Jiangshan City Textile and Apparel Industry Association has 60 member units.
Dec 29,2025
From September 22 to 24, the 2017 Hunan Apparel Industry Expo and Lushong Apparel Festival, themed “Coming Together in Unity—Jointly Driving New Development in the Apparel Industry,” was held. On the opening day of the festival, a high-level forum on apparel industry development was convened, under the guidance of the China National Textile and Apparel Council and co-hosted by the Council’s Circulation Branch, the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, and the Zhuzhou Municipal People’s Government, with support and co-organization from local governments and numerous industry associations.
Dec 29,2025
Against the backdrop of the Chinese textile and apparel industry’s deepening transformation and upgrading and its proactive implementation of structural adjustments, Liaoning Province’s textile and apparel sector is also seeking new avenues for development, innovation, and transformation, with several industrial clusters and leading enterprises steadily emerging. As reported yesterday at the Liaoning Provincial Textile and Apparel Conference and the “Responding to New Retail, Looking Ahead to a Bright Future—2017 Textile and Apparel Summit,” from 2016 to 2017, in order to actively support regions that possess comparative advantages, favorable conditions, and strong demand in developing specialized regional textile and apparel economies and to foster the formation of distinctive, advantage-driven agglomerations of textile and apparel industries across the province, the Liaoning Textile and Apparel Association organized relevant industry experts and scholars to carry out pilot projects for regional brands (industrial clusters) in textile and apparel cluster areas that met the application criteria. These efforts were guided by the principles of rigorous selection, prioritizing excellence, rational spatial planning, and a commitment to quality over quantity, with the aim of supporting the cultivation and development of emerging, distinctive regional brands.
Dec 29,2025
China’s Ministry of Commerce: Comprehensive Ban on Imports of Textiles from North Korea
According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry has issued an announcement jointly with the General Administration of Customs on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375. Effective from the date of publication of the announcement, imports of textile products from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are comprehensively prohibited; exports of condensate and liquefied natural gas to the DPRK are prohibited; and, starting October 1, 2017, exports of refined petroleum products to the DPRK will be restricted. This announcement shall take effect as of September 23, 2017.
Nov 12,2021