Chinese Fabric Town, Nanhai City, Guangdong Province, Xiqiao Area

  Xiqiao Mountain Tourist Resort is located in Nanhaias raw materials, auxiliary materials, freight yards and
City, Guangdong Province, is a national "4A"-classother areas, supporting more than 30 industrial and
scenic areas, Guangdong Province, the professionalcommercial services. By the textile experts and
pilot units in the town of technological innovation, anbusiness people, is praised as the best environment,
area of 177 square kilometers, resident population 14the highest grade of a wholesale market for textiles. In
million people, mobile population of about 7 million2001, the market turnover is 16.0 billion, at the National
people. Is only 45 kilometers away from Guangzhou,Bureau of Statistics released the "National hundred
land and water transportation is convenient. The textilemarket", the Xiqiao Textile City is the third market,
industry as a pillar industry Xiqiao area, in 2001, Xiqiaotextile, at a wholesale market, ranked second. In 2002,
region's textile industrial output value accounted forXiqiao Textile City, Guangdong Province Economic and
81.2%; promoting employment 70000 persons; drive theTrade Commission was again recommended as the
development of tertiary industry more than 500 millionGuangdong Province, one of the five key markets.
yuan; 2002 export more than 100 million U.S. dollars.Products are sold to Europe and the United States
    Xiqiao textile industry has a long history, duringSouth Korea and Japan, Southeast Asia and
the Qin and Han is on raising base in southernthroughout the country. In the industry to be "high-grade
Guangdong, sericulture, Ming Jiajing would enjoy "broadfabrics in the Xiqiao" reputation, and many well-known
yarn under heaven" in the world. In modern times, wasclothing brands enterprises were represented in Xiqiao
born in the village of Xiqiao Jane Mr. Chen Qiyuan,purchasing fabric.
founded in his hometown following the Changlong    Adhering to the father of Mr. Chen Qiyuan
mechanical filature, led to the development of theTextiles of the spirit of reform and innovation in recent
textile industry. After the reforms, the private mills areyears, great efforts to carry out information Xiqiao
springing development, and will soon form a "1000construction, the first to establish the nation's first open
Factory, 1000 shops, 10000 Taiwan Machineryan industry-wide social service south of technological
Manufacturing, 100 million meters of fabric," theinnovation centers, and to promote the establishment
production and marketing pattern of 90 years toof the enterprise more than 100 research laboratories
become the nation's largest chemical fiber textilemonths, the introduction of more than 1,000 scientific
production and marketing base.and technical personnel; successfully enhanced the
    Xiqiao textile industry with a complete industrialquality and grade of textile Xiqiao get customers and
chain, from product development, raw materialmarket recognition. More prominent due to the
production, weaving dyeing to clothing garments, haveeffectiveness of technological innovation, President
a mature technology and ancillary. The existing textileJiang Zemin in November 2001 also looks at the South
enterprises 1360, looms more than 30,000 sets ofCenter for Technological Innovation of the product
shuttleless rate of five times the national average; andevelopment system. Li Peng, Zhu Rongji and other
annual output of 1 billion meters of various fabrics. Tonational leaders as well as the ministerial-level leaders
adapt to market development in recent years, thein 38 countries visited the area after information
introduction of advanced jacquard machine,technology are the use of information on innovative
embroidery machine, maximum 3.4 meters wide.approaches to enhance the successful experience of
    Now, Xiqiao textile industry in southern Chinatraditional industries has given high marks. The
has become the largest textile production and salesGuangdong Provincial Party Committee, the provincial
base. 97 years in the relocation of Guangdong Xiqiaogovernment and relevant departments attach great
textile city market area 1000 acres, with more thanimportance, at present, the center as the "Guangdong
3,000 shops, the sub-fabric (women's and men fashionProvince Textile Engineering Technology Research
fabrics and casual fabrics), denim, fabrics (all kinds ofand Development Center", becoming the nation's first
curtain and sofa fabric) the three main areas, as wellsuch works in the center.