“We have not directly dealt with Dandong clothing brands before. This is our first step into this market. The on-site interaction between clothing companies and us is very positive. We will keep in touch in the future to further promote orders.” On March 9 The “Silk Road Keqiao·Full the World” held on the same day entered the Dandong Jingwei Matchmaking Conference. Du Jiexin, general manager of Shaoxing Jialilong Textile Co., Ltd., is confident in further exploring the Dandong market.
At the event site, nearly 30 well-known enterprises in Keqiao, including “Zhongduo Holdings”, “Xinlinglong Textile” and “Yangshi Textile”, and “Huayang Textile”, “Xinfei Garment” and “Kunji” “Clothing” and other nearly 100 Dandong clothing brands, clothing processing factories, designers, and fabric wholesalers conducted precise on-site docking to accelerate the interactive cooperation between the two major cluster industries in the north and the south, and further smoothen the domestic textile cycle.
As one of the “Top Ten Garment Enterprises” in Liaoning Province, Dandong “Huayang Textile” mainly purchased knitted, woven and sweater fabrics at this matchmaking meeting. General manager Yu Wenfu said that the company has been cooperating closely with Keqiao. In the knitting department alone, nearly 70% of the suppliers are Keqiao enterprises. “Because we have long-term fixed cooperation partners, we rarely participate in matchmaking meetings. This time we are also interested in the innovation ability and development potential of the Keqiao market. Business managers from different departments on site are actively connecting with Keqiao enterprises.”
In recent years, Keqiao is accelerating the construction of an “international textile capital” that is more modern, more open, more fashionable and more competitive. It insists on taking openness and improvement as the magic weapon to win, and strives to integrate the textile “market + industry” The three major advantages of “+ Science and Technology Innovation” have been cultivated into the “Three Major Highlands”, creating the “Five Major Centers” in the textile field, continuing to promote the “Silk Road Keqiao·Full the World” action, and establishing exchanges and exhibitions with national textile clusters and important textile countries in the world. and a high-quality platform for promotion.
Cluster development is a prominent feature of Liaoning’s textile and apparel industry. Dandong, known as the “Northern Country and Jiangnan”, has in recent years aimed at revitalizing its reputation as a famous light industry city and accelerated the transformation and upgrading of textiles and clothing, a traditional advantageous industry. It is gradually shifting from single-source processing and OEM production to cooperating with well-known brand companies. Cooperate and actively create independent brand transformation, and the entire industry is in a critical stage of upgrading and transformation.
At present, Keqiao and the two major industrial clusters in the south and north of Danda have complementary advantages, and there is an urgent need for collaborative upgrading. During this trip to Dandong, the two parties are moving from a single business negotiation to a multi-faceted exchange of industry, academia and research. The two parties are driving each other, innovating each other, and are committed to bursting out the collaborative effect of 1+1>2. At the event site, China Textile City Construction Management Committee and Dandong Textile and Apparel Association jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and China Textile City West Market Development and Operation Co., Ltd. signed a school-enterprise comprehensive cooperation agreement with the School of Clothing and Textile of Liaodong University.
“The trip to Dandong is an important stop in our “Silk Road Keqiao·Full the World” action this year. Next, we will continue to lead Keqiao enterprises into domestic textile industries such as Zhengzhou, Chongqing, and Wuhan Clusters, further accelerate cluster cooperation, further accelerate domestic circulation, and continue to promote the construction of a modern ‘International Textile City, Hangzhou-Shaoxing Star City’.” said the relevant person in charge of the China Textile City Construction Management Committee.
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