Wenchuan Earthquake Will Not Impede Shoemaking Industry To Sichuan

The 7.8 strong earthquake suddenly hit Sichuan Wenchuan County, which not only caused the direct loss of people's lives and property, but also caused great or small impact on the local industry and company. Many factories collapsed and casualties were caused.

In the face of disasters, many companies have been active in putting them into disaster relief to minimize losses.

Experts believe that the earthquake is only a temporary factor, rather than a long-term factor, which may postpone the industrial gradient pfer plan, but there will be no fundamental change. Sichuan's advantages in undertaking industrial pfer still exist.

"The earthquake is only a temporary factor, rather than a long-term factor, which may postpone the industrial gradient pfer plan, but there will be no fundamental change. Sichuan's advantages in undertaking industrial pfer still exist."

Cao Xinyu, vice president of the China Textiles Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday in an interview with the first Financial Daily reporters.

The comparative advantage of the eastern coastal areas is gradually weakening. Land use, employment, electricity shortage and various costs have risen sharply, and the pressure of business operation is increasing.

The State encourages enterprises to invest in the central and western regions and promote industrial gradient pfer.

China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce recently organized more than 100 textile enterprises to investigate in Chengdu, Sichuan.

Sichuan is the first place for the chamber to promote the industrial pfer plan. Next, enterprises will be organized to inspect other central and western provinces and cities.

"The best place for Sichuan to undertake the gradient pfer of textile industry is because the investment environment is the most competitive, the energy is relatively abundant, the land cost and labor cost are lower than the eastern coastal areas, and has a certain foundation in supporting production in the textile industry, coupled with the continuous improvement of infrastructure such as highways and pportation, which are favorable conditions for the pfer of the Eastern Textile Industry."

Cao Xinyu said, "for example, the average wage of the textile workers in the Pearl River Delta is 1600~1800 yuan, while that in Chengdu, Sichuan is only 1000~1200 yuan. In addition, the energy in the Pearl River Delta is relatively tight, and electricity consumption in Dongguan and other places has already stopped three to four, while the situation of electricity consumption in Sichuan will be better."

At present, there are already more than 20 textile enterprises intending to invest in Sichuan, and are in contact with Chengdu and Chengdu's neighboring cities and counties.

Cao Xinyu believes that the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta and other coastal areas of the textile industry is relatively saturated, the pfer of industry to the Midwest is a major trend, and will not be interrupted because of the earthquake. With the further improvement of industrial support in Sichuan, the overall operating costs will further decline.

In an interview with our reporter yesterday, a spokesman for AOKANG group said that the information returned by employees in the western part of the enterprise was felt shaking when the earthquake happened, and after that, communications such as telephone were temporarily interrupted, but the impact was not great.

The group will not change the development plan in the West because of the temporary disaster of the earthquake. The fourth China western international footwear exposition hosted by AOKANG group will be held in Bishan, Chongqing on the 18 th of this month. When the Western Development Office of the State Council is awarded the "Chongqing West Interactive Cooperation Demonstration zone" in Bishan County, the seminar on the development of the western footwear industry will also be held during the Expo.

It is understood that after many years of development, the footwear industry in Western China has entered a new stage of development. The production scale of about 60000000 pairs of leather shoes is more than 1300, and the output value reaches 4 billion 570 million yuan, with nearly 40 brands.