2007-11-27

　　International Buyers Delegation Visit the city of Zhongshan 

 

　　On Oct. 25^th-27^th, the international buyers group of Shanghaimart, invited by the organization committee of the eighth China’s Casual Wear Fair, visited the city of Zhongshan in Guangdong province and took part in the expo. The delegation consisted of 29 members, mainly from eight European and American enterprises, seven Japanese and Korean enterprises, and three corporations from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland of PRC.

 

　　It was the third time for Shanghaimart to organize these buyers delegation to visit textile industrial clusters in China: during the first time, on January 22^nd, 12 Japanese enterprises (22 members) paid a visit to the Zhejiang Haining Warp Knitting Industrial Zone; on April 17^th-19^th, during the second time, 13 international enterprises (nearly 19 members) reached the city of Shishi in Fujian Province and took part in the Straits Textile Clothing Fair.     

 

　　During this visit, the buyers group attended the Opening Ceremony of the eighth China’s Casual Wear Fair, the Reception by Zhongshan Municipal People’s Government, the Opening Soiree for the Fair and some other activities. Meanwhile, the fair also provided a opportunity for the buyers Group to have a face-to-face talk with Mr. Yang Donghui (the vice president of China National Textile & Apparel Council), Mr. Li Qihong (the mayor of Zhongshan city) and Mr. Wei Lin (the vice president of China Garment Association), exchanging views on the textile industrial and economic development in the city of Zhongshan.

 

　　Furthermore, the international buyers’ delegation visited the Zhongshan Royal Family Garment Co., Ltd, Zhongshan Tonvex Computing Textile Factory and took part in the Business Symposium, organized by Zhongshan Economy & Trade Bureau and Shaxi Government, on October 27th, in which the representative from British MARKS & SPENCER, Korean Sumsung, Japanese Sojitz Corporation, American HanesbrandsInc and the Netherlandish Berly gave brilliant presentations respectively.

      

　　After this commercial visit, the international buyers’ delegation praised this service program of Shanghaimart significantly, and put forward several suggestions for a better and further cooperation in the future. Besides, the government and textile clusters admired the mode of this buyers group, which has already been paid highly attention in the textile industrial field, and showed their willing to Shanghaimart to cooperate on this effective business behavior continuously. Nowadays, the international buyers group has become one of the brands for ShanghaiMart markedly.       

 

　　Investigation on Bestseller Fabrics 2008 

 

　　Started on the day of June 1^st, the Investigation on Bestseller Fabrics 2008, organized by China Textile News Agency and Shanghaimart, has concluded on October 26^th successfully, in which nearly 35 superior fabrics provided by 32 enterprises stood out from 500 selective products and awarded the prize eventually.    

 

　　The schedule of the competition is mainly as follows:

 

　　August 8^th- 10^th, 500 fabrics provided by enterprises exhibited during the eighth Shanghai International Fabrics & Accessories Trade Fair. 800 buyers voted for their choice, and 307 fabrics passed the public appraisal during this elementary selection at last;

 

　　September 6^th, the expert appraisal group, consisted of two fabric experts, three garment designers and one overseas buyer representative, made a detailed and comprehensive analysis and comparison on those 307 fabrics, and decided the final Name List, including 20 Market Bestseller Award, five New Fiber Award, five Fashion Pattern Award, and five Technical Innovation Award.     

 

　　The organizing committee invited textile industrial experts, such as Prof. Cheng Longdi (Dr. Tutor of National Donghua University in Shanghai), Jiang Xinqing (Director of Design Center of Shanghai Garment Group), Wu Jianying, Zhang Zilin, Min Xiaoyan (well-known fashion designers), and Liu Hong (Purchasing Department Manager of American Perry Ellis Shanghai Office), and so on, to judge and made the final comment.

   

　　According to the experts, this investigation could create an opportunity to master the fashion trend, to apply new fiber, to exploit new technology, which would be useful and helpful to develop new fabrics products. Comparing with the fabrics exhibited in the early investigations, the fabrics, with the natural fiber as the bases, would become the main trend and realize a high-end production.  

　　

　　For those awarded enterprises, self-innovation is the right choice to make a success. And they believed that this kind of investigation could help them to know the market demand and fashion trend, which would be meaningful for research and development in the future.    

 

　　source:zhong guo fang zhi