The First Large-Scale Exhibition Of Global Textile And Garment Industry Was Successfully Held In Shanghai This Year

Shanghai, March 22 (Xinhua) thanks to China's successful epidemic prevention and control and sustained market recovery, the first large-scale exhibition of the global textile and garment industry this year closed smoothly in Shanghai on the 19th.

The industry event opened in the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) on the 17th. It consists of five exhibitions, namely, China international textile fabrics and accessories (spring and summer), China International Clothing and apparel Expo (summer), China International Knitting (spring and summer) Expo, China International Home Textiles and accessories (spring and summer) Expo, and China International Textile yarn (spring and summer) exhibition. Among them, an exhibition area of 160000 square meters for surface accessories alone, with nearly 2600 enterprises participating in the exhibition.

"Last year, affected by the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, the spring and Summer Exhibition of noodles and accessories originally planned to be held in Shanghai was cancelled. However, in the second half of the year, Shanghai's exhibition industry gradually recovered, and our autumn and winter exhibitions were held as scheduled. At present, the spring and Summer Exhibition has become the first exhibition of the global surface accessories industry this year, which has attracted the admiration of foreign counterparts Said Wen Ting, senior general manager of Frankfurt Exhibition (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

According to reports, due to the global epidemic continues to rage, the European and American market exhibition basically "stopped.". "In contrast, Shanghai, as the representative of China's economic center, has become the hope and confidence of the global exhibition industry because of the continuous and crowded exhibitions." Wen Ting said.

At the exhibition site of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), the reporter saw that enterprises from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan of China participated in the exhibition in the form of exhibition groups, bringing distinctive products and designs; many mainland enterprises even adopted novel stand design and rich new product exhibitions, signaling that they were marching towards high-quality development in the first year of the 14th five year plan.

According to the statistics of the General Administration of customs, in 2020, the total value of China's import and export exceeded 32 trillion yuan, a record high. China has become the only major economy in the world to achieve positive growth in goods trade. Among them, 7 categories of labor-intensive products, such as textile and clothing, achieved an export of 3.58 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over 2019.