The 4Th Chaoshan International Textile And Garment Expo Was Grandly Opened

On the morning of March 18, the 4th Chaoshan International Textile and Clothing Expo (hereinafter referred to as "Chaoshan International Textile and Clothing Expo") opened in Shantou International Convention and Exhibition Center. With the theme of "Returning to the Tide", this Chaoshan Fashion Expo not only achieved leapfrog growth in scale, but also showed a strong leading role in mode innovation, industrial linkage, consumption promotion and other aspects. It has become an important platform to help high-quality development of China's private economy and promote the upgrading of local industries. At the same time, it has injected strong power into Shantou to promote consumption and help the economy.

Wen Zhanbin, Secretary of Shantou Municipal Party Committee, Chen Tao, Deputy Secretary of Shantou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Shantou, Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, George Collins Onwukoe, Consul General of Nigeria in Guangzhou, Hattib Makenga, Consul General of Tanzania in Guangzhou, Bin Dega, Consul General of Indonesia in Guangzhou, and Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association, Zhuang Lecong, the second level inspector of Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Chen Hu, the second level inspector of Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, and other leaders, as well as representatives of entrepreneurs from the national textile and clothing industry, and nearly 1000 people from various industrial clusters, professional markets, channel merchants, and online celebrities attended the opening ceremony.

Sun Ruizhe, president of the China Textile Industry Federation, said that at present, China's textile industry is focusing on science and technology, fashion, green and healthy positioning, developing new quality productivity and building a modern industrial system. This is highly consistent with Shantou's "three new, two special and one big" industrial layout, with the same direction and frequency. It is hoped that Shantou textile industry will take this Expo as an opportunity to play a greater role in the new era. First, we must uphold innovation and create new manufacturing advantages; Second, cultural empowerment is needed to build a new highland of fashion; Third, look ahead and lead, and open up a new blue ocean of industry; Fourth, we need to develop globally and build a new space of value.

Wen Zhanbin, Secretary of Shantou Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech at the opening ceremony that Shantou has achieved the most complete industrial chain in the world from a drop of crude oil, to a piece of yarn, to a piece of clothing within 50 kilometers by forging "one chain" with great effort; Carefully create a "meeting" to play the strongest voice of the development of the global intimate clothing industry; We will work hard to build a "city" and become a global hub of textile and clothing industry integrating technology research and development, production and manufacturing, product exhibition, and smart cloud warehouse. Next, Shantou will focus on the primary task of high-quality development, take textile and clothing as one of the main directions to cultivate new quality productivity, continue to work hard for a long time, and accelerate to build a "China textile and clothing industry base" with international influence.

Weng Chuangjie, chairman of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association, said that Shantou textile and clothing industry fully reflects the strong vitality of the new development model of "government guidance+association coordination+market driven". Standing at a new historical starting point, only open cooperation can win the future. We will always adhere to the purpose of "serving enterprises, linking resources and enabling industries", promote collaborative innovation in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, accelerate digital transformation, deepen green and sustainable development, and create an industrial ecosystem with more international competitiveness.

As the opening exhibition of the domestic textile and clothing clothing industry in 2025, the 4th Chaoshan Clothing Expo pays more attention to the docking effect between exhibitors and buyers, and is more committed to building an efficient and pragmatic exchange and cooperation platform to promote transactions and achieve win-win results.

In order to further enhance the comprehensive strength of the industry, Peng Congen, Vice Mayor of Shantou Municipal People's Government, announced the "four new projects" of Shantou's textile and clothing industry at the opening ceremony. Shantou will focus on building a textile and clothing industry highland with global influence, benchmarking "domestic leading and world-class", vigorously implement the new "four major projects", build "double bases and double centers" (new fabric manufacturing base, international textile digital trade base, intelligent cloud warehouse center, talent innovation center), and improve "source+cluster, stock+growth, productivity+technology" The superimposed effect of, form a closed-loop from fabric research and development to brand sales, do large-scale, do quality, do wide channels, do strong ecology, and weave high-quality development vitality with the "beautiful cause".

At the meeting, Ma Qingxuan, Executive Vice President of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, introduced the 5000 mu industrial layout project of Shantou International Textile City, saying that a global textile industry hub integrating technology research and development, production and manufacturing, product exhibition, domestic and foreign sales, smart logistics cloud warehouse and other functions would be formed here, leading the development trend of the global textile industry, It has become a national demonstration benchmark for industrial upgrading and a new highland for the global textile industry.

A series of signing and launching ceremonies were also held at the 4th Chaoshan Clothing Expo. In the future, Shantou's textile and clothing industry will make every effort to build a million ton nylon manufacturing base, and continue to improve the market competitiveness and sustainable development ability of Shantou's elastic fabrics. It is worth mentioning that up to now, more than 40 domestic and foreign purchasers have reached intentional procurement cooperation with many enterprises in Shantou's industrial cluster.

In the journey of promoting the high-quality development of the textile and clothing industry and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, Shantou is pleased to welcome the implementation of two major achievements. Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association and Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Chemistry and Fine Chemicals jointly build a textile materials innovation center, and jointly set up Shantou Textile and Clothing College with Shantou Vocational and Technical College, "One college, one center" will gather the strength of the whole industry to build a national leading platform for talent cultivation and scientific and technological innovation in the textile and clothing industry. More and more talents and innovative achievements will take root in Shantou, and bear fruit.

The "Shantou Digital Trade Base E-Commerce Industrial Town Cluster Project Centralized Launching Ceremony" was also held on the site. A series of cluster projects will develop new quality productivity according to local conditions in the future, supporting Shantou's textile and clothing industry to become world-class.

　 |The exhibition is upgraded, and thousands of businesses gather to start a new journey

Chaoshan Garment Expo has become a key hub in the "double circulation" pattern of China's textile and garment industry. The 4th Chaoshan Garment Expo covers an exhibition area of 130000 square meters, covering 12 exhibition areas, 16 exhibition halls, more than 1000 enterprises, and 17 industrial clusters from Zhongshan Xiaolan, Yiwu, Fujian Changle, Keqiao, Huludao, Changle, Qingdao, Puning, Foshan Yanbu, etc. have participated in the exhibition, with more than 100 types of products and 200000 new products, covering underwear, home clothes, thermal underwear, sports yoga The whole industry chain categories such as surface materials, machinery and equipment. Local exhibitors accounted for 52.84%, and foreign exhibitors accounted for 47.16%. More than 1000 underwear chain enterprises and e-commerce institutions formed teams to watch the exhibition.

|Diversified event, unlocking new business opportunities

During the exhibition, there will be more than 20 fashion shows, more than 50 brand release shows, 5 theme forums and 3 product matching meetings. In addition, the "Red Head Boat Cup" international intimate clothing design competition, "Red Head Boat Award" textile clothing industry award ceremony, Shantou International intimate clothing fashion week, China Home Fashion Culture Week, China Panties Culture Festival and other activities were carried out at the same time, bringing exhibitors and purchasers a textile clothing industry event gathering national underwear, home clothes, sweater enterprises and global merchants.

The spring tide surges up and sets out on a new journey. As an important force of China's private economy, the close fitting apparel industry cluster enterprises from all over the country shine brilliantly at the 4th Chaoshan Garment Expo, and the development of industry and commerce is brilliant. In the rhythm of spring, they jointly compose today's chapter.