The largest textile industry cluster in China---Shaoxing County, China
The only international textile expo with market, industry and influence in China---Keqiao Textile Expo

Shaoxing County is located on the “South Golden Wing”of Yangtze River Delta. It is more 20 km away from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport on the west, 150 km from Ningbo Bay on the east, 220 km from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on the north. The county has 1177 km2 in area., 710000 in population. The location is Keqiao. The county is the largest textile industry cluster in China. In the county, the annual output of various chemical fibers reaches 2.27 million tons, chemical fiber fabric 5.6 billion meters, printing and dyeing fabrics 13.9 billion meters, garment 0.22 billion pieces; it has 35000 sets of advanced non-woven weaving machines, and the technical equipments level is the world-class level. The textile industriy economic output accounts for 4.2% in the whole county. It has already formed the complete industrial chain from the former process PTA to weaving to clothes making. The cluster advantage is very obvious.

The largest textile trade center in the world---China Textile City
To be the most professional, efficient and powerful international textile expo

The building area of China Textile City’s market reached to 2380000 square meters, more than 12000 dealers dealing with over 30000 kinds of fabrics. The daily customer visit is 100000 times. The sales network expended to 187 countries and regions. The turnover in 2007 is 57.498 billion yuan.

Professional More than 500 global textile manufacturers show their products on the spot. Above 8000 textile enterprises in Shaoxing County welcome all the buyers to visit here.

Efficient Overseas buyers from Europe, America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and other regions, professional wholesalers of domestic key markets on Yangtze River Delta, the Pan-Pearl River Delta, Bohai Bay and other professional customer group will attend the expo for souring textiles.

Influencial The expo firmly cooperated with business agencies at home and abroad to build a powerful promotion platform. TV media such as CCTV, Phoenix TV, Zhejiang TV and professional media including China Textile Newpaper, Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, textile and garment magazine, China Exhibition, and professional websites of textile industry, professional markets, manufacturing base, and specialized exhibitions promote the expo constantly and relatively on large scales.

2008 Spring Fabric Expo

This expo is the first spring textile expo held in our county. The original plan is setting up 420 international standard booths, 14000 square meters in exhibition area. After adjusted expansion, the number of booths actually reached 686, the exhibition area is 24000 square meters, and 302 exhibitors will attend the expo. There are three exhibition areas (fabrics and accessories area, home textiles area and textile machines area) .

During three days of exhibition, the statistic on registered professional buyers is up to 12107, 62332 visits, including 2857 overseas buyers from 21 countries, such as America, Canada, Germany, Russia, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran etc. This expo achieved the turnover of 3.12 billion yuan, involving contract signing volume 1.079 billion yuan, targeted trade volume 2.041 billion yuan.

1. Former Textile Expo Review
The expo is organized by Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, China Council for the promotion of International Trade, China Textile Industry Association, China General Chamber of Commerce, supported by China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Textiles and Hong Kong Trade Development Council, undertaken by Shaoxing County People’s Government, China International Trade Promotion Committee Zhejiang Branch, consecutively held for 8 times since 1999.

(1) 1999 the First Textile Expo
The first China Textile City Textile Expo was held in April 1999, having textile fabrics area, garment and fashion accessories area and bedding area with 333 standard booths. 250 enterprises from eight countries attended the expo. Until Nov. 2004, the fifth textile expo changed the name as “China (Shaoxing) International Textile Expo” officially. The expo had 650 exhibition booths, and attracted professional buyers from more than 10 countries and regions. The expo had 37500 visitors. The product turnover was 1.33 billion yuan, the targeted trade volume 0.25 billion yuan.

(2) 2005 the Sixth Textile expo
A. This expo sets up 800 booths, 52000 visitors including 11000 professional customers. 4300 visitors among them were from America, France, Italy, Poland, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong, Macao and Tai Wan.
B. During the expo, the turnover reached 1.678 billion yuan, targeted trade volume 0.33715 billion. The number of cooperation projects was 22, 13 projects invested by foreign companies included. The total investment as planned was 0.175 billion dollars, introduced investment 90.33 million dollars; there were 5 cooperation projects of domestic investment, with the total investment of 0.94 billion yuan as planned, introduced investment 0.755 billion yuan and 4 technology projects.

(3) 2006 the Seventh Textile Expo
A. The expo set up 864 booths with 296 exhibitors. 76000 visitors attended the expo, including 28000 professional buyers; among them, 6700 overseas buyers was involved.
B. During the exp, the product turnover reached 2.751 billon yuan, including 0.702 billion yuan on foreign trade and 0.95 billion yuan on targeted trade.
C. During the expo, on the ceremony of investment environment promotion and signing the contacts, 30 cooperation projects were signed, and the total investment volume was up to 3.5 billon yuan, among them, 12 foreign-invested projects, the total planned investment 0.20336 billion yuan, introduced investment 0.1231 billion dollars, 14 domestic investment projects, the total investment 1.878 billion, introduced investment 1.678 billion yuan, 4 technology projects.

(4)2007 the Eighth Textile Expo
1. 2007 exhibition has 32000 m2 in the main area, 1229 standard booths, and 466 enterprise exhibitors, including 214 exhibitors from other cities and 15 overseas companies from more than 10 developed countries and regions, such as Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong and the like. There are some well-known companies attending the exhibition for the first time, Japan’s Itochu Group and Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group companies, which are the World’s TOP 500 enterprises, and other 5 professional textile design firms from America, Britain, German and Italy. This is a great breakthrough for such companies’ attendance..
2. 1487 foreign buyers from 23 countries and regions, such as Europe, the United States, Asia- pacific nations and the Middle East area were invited to attend the exhibition, 1706 professional wholesalers from domestic key marketplaces along Yangtze River Delta, Pan-pearl River Delta and Bohai Bay, and 3193 professional visitors at home and abroad. 15520 professional buyers entered by tickets, including 2505 foreign buyers, 13015 domestic buyers. The total number of professional buyers is 18713 in this exhibition, 131600 entrance times for purchasing. Compared with the former exhibition, the figures were up 167% and 73% separately.
3. During 2007 exhibition, the transaction volume was 3.858 billion yuan, which grew 40% comparing with the former. The export volume of textiles was 967 million yuan, 38% higher than the former, Negotiation volume is 1.423 billion yuan, 50% higher than the former. In that period, 12 investment cooperation projects were achieved, total investment up to 1.39 billion yuan. There was two transnational framework cooperation agreements; two provincial college science and technology cooperation projects; seven foreign cooperation projects, investment amount 172 million dollars, negotiated investment 78.549 million dollars; one domestic investment cooperation project, total amount 104.2 million dollars, negotiated investment 104.2 million dollars.

2. Advantage Analysis
(1) Powerful economic development: The production output in Shaoxing County in 2006 is 45.12 billion yuan, GDP 8047 dollars per capita, annual income per capita of the farmers 10438 yuan, 5.21 billion yuan of fiscal revenue. The county ranked in the top 10 powerful county for 6 consecutive years. According to the latest listing on comprehensive economic strength counties on the national scales, Shaoxing County ranks seventh.

(2)Industry Advantage: Shaoxing County has a long history on textile, which is famous for textiles. It is also a well-known county of textile industry in China, with a good fame at home and abroad. As the important textile manufacturing base in China, Shaoxing produces large volumes of textiles, distinguished for its cluster advantages. In 2006, the annual chemical fiber production reaches 1.47 million tons., which is 18.1% of the amount of the province, and 7.3% of the nation; chemical fiber fabrics 5.3 billion meters, which is 28% of the province, 8.4% of the nation; printing and dyeing fabric 12.5 billion meters, 58% of the province, 27.7% of the nation; the total production volume of textile industry accounts for 5% of the country. The whole county has more than 6700 textile manufactories, about 35000 sets of advanced shuttleless weaving machines, and the technique level is ahead of the world. Now, it has already formed the complete industrial chain from the former process PTA to weaving to clothes making. The textile industrial economic output accounts for 75% of the whole county, therefore, Shaoxing county is awarded as “the powerful economic county based on a cloth”.

(3) Market Advantage: Keqiao of Shaoxing county owns the largest textile center in Asia—China Textile City. China Textile City has 2.20 million square meters of market area, 15000 business shops, more than 10000 business operators, above 30000 kinds of fabrics, and over 100000 daily visitors. The sales network is covered to 187 countries and regions on the globe. There have 388 permanent representative agencies of overseas companies and more than 3500 overseas purchasers. One quarter of chemical fiber fabrics in the world is transacted here every year. Nearly a half of textile manufactories of the nation have established business relationship with the market. In 2006, the annual market turnover is up to RMB 50 billion. The market is consecutively entitled as the second professional market for 14 years on the national list.

(4) Convenient Traffic: Keqiao of Shaoxing county, which is on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay, is located on the “South Golden Wing”of Yangtze River Delta. Shanghai is on its north, 230 km away from it provincial city Hangzhou is on its west, 45 km away from it; Ningbo is on its east, 120 km away from it; it is very close to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, 23 km away from it. It is a very obvious advantage on the location by air, road or ship.

(5) Excellent Government Policy: While economy developing, we emphasize on optimizing the investment development environment, setting up the administration approval service center and foreign investment service center in order to providing normalized, clear and convenient services. Meanwhile, we also focus on the administration efficiency and work performance to complete the operation system on public rights and construct law-ruling, service-oriented and credit government, and make great efforts to create good business environment.