A sensational piece of news for textile machinery industry of Shaoxing County——Shaoxing County is approved as the National Special Industrial Base of Textile Machinery in the “Torch Plan” by the Ministry of Science and Technology, which does a lot of good to accelerating the transition and upgrade of textile industry.

　　 At present, there are over 240 textile machinery enterprises in Shaoxing County, among which 25 complete machine manufacturers producing various types of shuttleless looms and pre-spinning equipment of Qixian Assemble and knitting machinery of Keyan Assemble.

　　 As the national industrial base for textile machinery design and production, Shaoxing County has formed a textile machinery assemble with a certain scale and leading enterprises and small and medium enterprises with supplemental functions, whose main platform is Keqiao Economic Development Zone. Shaoxing County has possessed a series of new high-tech enterprises with powerful R&D capability, among which there are 8 high technology enterprises of the “Torch Plan”, 13 provincial high technology enterprises, 30 hi-tech industrialized programs of the “Torch Plan”, 10 national key new products, and 35 provincial new hi-tech products. Up till now, 6 provincial technological centers have been built, and Shaoxing Textile Technology Center has become the national center of textile production advancement.

　　 The special advantageous products of Shaoxing County in the textile machinery industry enjoy a very high position nationwide. Rapier looms and pre-spinning equipment account for a large share in the domestic market. Textile machinery technology as textile CAD design software and automotive color separation software have been ranked as the top ones. Machinery producing gloves and socks accounts for over 50% in China.

　　 According to some statistics, there are over 4,000 persons working in textile machinery industry, with a production of over 50,000 complete textile machines have and the sales volume of 3.8 billion Yuan.

　　 According to the proposal, Shaoxing County will form a textile industry assemble in 2012 whose main platform is Keqiao Economic Development Zone and the industrial output value hit 10.5 billion Yuan which accounts for 25% of the total of Keqiao Economic Development Zone and over 10% in China.