On the morning of March 18th, the Fifth Chaoshan International Textile and Clothing Expo (CTGE) grandly opened. This year's Chaoshan Clothing Expo focused on the theme of "Five Continents Share the Wave". It achieved comprehensive leaps in exhibition scale, industrial linkage capabilities, and business model innovation. As the first major industry event in the Chinese textile and clothing industry in 2026, it injected powerful momentum into the construction of Shantou as a "world-class textile and clothing industrial base" with global influence.
The Secretary of the Communist Party of China Committee of Shantou City, Wen Zhanbin, the Ambassador of Fiji to China, Robert Lee, the Ambassador of Nauru to China, Chitra Talat Jeremiah, the Secretary-General of the China Textile Industry Federation, Xia Lemin, the President of the China Knitting Industry Association, Xie Qing, the Consul General of Sri Lanka, LASHINKA DILINI, the Consul General of Indonesia, Ben Perkasa Drajat, the President of the China Textile Business Association, Ma Zhihui, the President of the China Hemp Textile Industry Association, Xu Honghua, the Vice Mayor and Party Secretary of the High-tech Zone of Shantou City, Li Fei, the Deputy Director of the Shantou Customs, Huang Xin, the Second-level Inspector of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, Chen Youxue, the Third-level Researcher of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, He Bingxiang, the President of the Innerwear Industry Association of Guangdong Province, Lu Shaobo, the President of the Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, Weng Chuangjie, and other leaders, as well as representatives from various textile and garment industrial clusters across the country, heads of core professional markets, leading multi-channel service providers, top overseas and domestic buyers, representatives of the AI industry alliance, and industry leaders, totaling nearly 1,000 people, gathered together to attend this event on the development of the industry.
Weng Chuangjie, the president of the Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association, stated that the successful hosting of this Apparel Expo is yet another exemplary practice of the "government guidance, association as the platform, market as the performer" collaborative development model. The association will always adhere to the principle of "putting enterprise service at the core, prioritizing resource linkage, and fulfilling the responsibility of empowering the industry", continuously promoting collaborative innovation along the industrial chain, accelerating the digital and intelligent transformation of the industry, deepening the green and sustainable development path, and accelerating the construction of a world-class textile and clothing industry ecosystem with greater international competitiveness.
Xia Limin, the Secretary-General of the China Textile Industry Federation, delivered a congratulatory speech at the conference. He pointed out that Shantou has formed a global-leading personal clothing cluster with an output value of over 100 billion yuan and a complete chain of supporting industries, providing a "Shantou model" for the industry's transformation and upgrading. After five years of development, the Chaoshan Clothing Expo has firmly held the position of the largest professional exhibition in China for original personal clothing production. This year's expo has set a new record for scale and has become a core open window for linking global industrial resources. He put forward four expectations for the industry's development: forging new quality productive forces with technology as the core, enhancing global brand discourse power with fashion as the soul, practicing sustainable development with green as the foundation, and linking new spaces for global markets with openness as the wing. Secretary-General Xia Limin also stated that the China Textile Industry Federation will continue to support the development of Shantou's textile and clothing industry and the improvement and upgrading of the clothing expo, jointly promoting high-quality industrial development.
Fiji's Ambassador to China, Robert Lee, highly praised the development achievements of the textile and garment industry in Shantou. He fully affirmed the global core competitiveness of the Shantou industry and its open and inclusive cooperative attitude, expressing a strong desire to carry out multi-field and in-depth international cooperation with Shantou, and willing to work together with Shantou to promote the interconnection and mutual benefit of the global textile and garment industry.
In his speech, Wen Zhanbin, the Secretary of the Shantou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized that Shantou is currently fully committed to the construction of the "New Four Major Projects" in the textile and garment industry, accelerating the formation of a "dual base and dual center" development pattern. They will firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development and regard the textile and garment industry as one of the core offensive directions for cultivating and expanding new productive forces. They will accelerate the establishment of a full-chain industrial loop from high-end fabric research and development to self-owned brand sales, using the "beautiful industry of textiles and garments" to weave a magnificent blueprint for Shantou's high-quality development.
At this year's Chaoshan Clothing Expo, a series of key supplier signing ceremonies were held simultaneously. This event injected strong momentum into the Shantou textile and clothing industry. In the future, it will continue to strengthen the core competitiveness of elastic fabrics, deeply engage in the green and sustainable development track, and consolidate new advantages in industrial development. As of now, more than 50 domestic and foreign leading buyers have reached intention purchase cooperation agreements with Shantou's cluster enterprises. This impressive achievement list fully demonstrates the strong market appeal and vigorous development vitality of the Chaoshan textile and clothing industry.
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