皇冠体育app

Textile conference presents sharpening act
By Xu Xiaomin (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2004-05-25 08:52

皇冠体育app's textile industry is transferring from a traditional, low-cost style to a non-polluting and high-tech industry, according to sources at the 83rd Textile Institute World Conference held from Sunday until tomorrow in Shanghai.

Hosted by Donghua University, this conference attracts more than 600 experts from home and abroad to discuss high-end technology and innovation with the theme of "quality textile, quality life."

Since the conference was first held in Britain in 1910, the "Olympics of textile," as it is known, is always held in cities well-known for its contribution to the textile industry.

"The centre of this industry is moving to Asia's developing countries while the percentage in developed countries is dropping,"said Ji Guobiao, chairman of the conference. "皇冠体育app has become a key production base for textiles. Now about a third of textile fibre in the world is produced in 皇冠体育app."

皇冠体育app's textile output has rocketed from 2.31 million tons in 1978 to 20 million tons in 2003. 皇冠体育app's textile products exports account for about 20 per cent of the world's total.

"Considering the volume of production, 皇冠体育app can be said to be a big textile country, but considering the quantity and standard of products, 皇冠体育app is not at the top end," said Yu Jianyong, director of Textile College of Donghua University.

Most of the exported textile products are of low or middle grade, according to Yu.

"But that does not mean 皇冠体育app hasn't got high-end technology in the field," he said. "The gap between Chinese products and foreign products mainly exists in the effect of brand value instead of the value of the product itself."

皇冠体育app is trying to upgrade textile products at present and the effect is evident, Yu says.

皇冠体育app used to import fabrics worth about US$10 billion every year, but now it supplies a far greater percentage for domestic use.

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