From March 28th to 30th, the 3rd Chaoshan Textile Garment Exhibition (CTGE) was held at the Chaoshan Expo Center in Shantou, Guangdong province. As the global spotlight once again falls on Shantou, its textile and garment industry is experiencing a "highlight moment" with both opportunities and challenges.

Over the past four decades, Shantou has become one of the most complete and advanced core bases in the global textile and garment industry chain, with a world-class textile and garment industrial cluster poised for growth.

Today, Shantou's textile and garment sales network covers 192 countries and regions worldwide. 40% of underwear around the world comes from Shantou, where the production of underwear and home clothing accounts for around 45% of the national total. Shantou also leads the nation in the number of underwear and home clothing brands, occupying over 75% of the market share. Driven by the development of the underwear industry, Shantou's industrial output value above the designated size has reached 111.8 billion yuan in 2023.

It is reported that the 2024 CTGE covers an area of nearly 100,000 square meters, with 12 exhibition halls and nearly 800 textile and garment companies participating. The exhibition also includes 15 textile and garment industrial clusters, making it a grand annual event in the field of intimate clothing in China.

The CTGE aims to create a showcase platform that combines industry, cultural tourism, and delicacies, allowing visitors to explore Chaoshan fashion trends, enjoy Chaoshan cuisine, and immerse in Chaoshan culture all at the same time. It has also established an exhibition hall for Chaoshan culture, collaborating with renowned Chaoshan artists to interpret the classic culture of the Chaoshan area.

With an annual growth rate of 200%, the CTGE has emerged as the largest original production area exhibition for intimate clothing in China in less than three years. Notably, since 2022, a total of 108 projects in Shantou's textile and garment industry have started, with a total investment of 31.93 billion yuan. Among them, the total investment in industrial infrastructure is 15.8 billion yuan, including a government investment of 3.5 billion yuan to accelerate industrial development.

Furthermore, in the deepening transformation towards digitalization, Shantou's textile and garment industry is leveraging technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy. This aims to achieve the transformation and upgrading of the industry chain and accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces. The digitalization rate of production equipment in Shantou's textile and garment industry has reached 55.6%, with the smart manufacturing rate for raw material processing, weaving, printing and dyeing, and seamless production reaching 75%.

Source:Yangcheng Evening News

潮汕服博会｜让世界感受潮汕纺织魅力

3月28日-30日，第三届CTGE潮汕国际纺织服装博览会（以下简称“潮汕服博会”）在广东·汕头博览中心举办。随着全球客商的目光再一次聚焦汕头，汕头纺织服装产业迎来了机遇与挑战并存的“高光时刻”。

时光穿梭40余载，汕头已成为全球纺织服装产业中产业链最完整、供应链最先进的核心基地之一，世界级的纺织服装产业集群正蓄势待发。

如今，汕头纺织服装销售网络遍布全球192个国家和地区，全球有40%的内衣来自汕头，汕头全市内衣家居服产量约占全国45%，内衣家居服品牌数量位居全国同行业第一，品牌产品占全国75%以上。汕头以“一件内衣”推动区域经济发展，2023年规上工业产值达1118亿元。

据介绍，本届潮汕服博会展会规模近10万平方米，涵盖12大展馆，近800家纺织服装企业参展，15个纺织服装产业集群组团参展，是中国贴身衣物领域年度规模盛会。

逛潮汕服饰，品潮汕美食，赏潮汕文化，潮汕服博会打造“产业+文旅+美食”展示平台，并重点打造潮汕文化展示馆-红馆（纺织+工业），联名多位潮汕著名艺术家，共同演绎潮汕经典文化。

潮汕服博会以每年“翻一番”的增长速度，用不到3年的时间，成长为全国贴身服饰最大的原产地展会。据悉，2022年至今，汕头纺织服装产业共有108个项目开工投产，总投资319.3亿元，其中产业基础设施总投入158亿元，其中政府投入35亿元，加速产业发展步伐。

此外，在深化产业数字化转型方面，汕头纺织服装产业正在借助物联网、人工智能等数字技术，促进数字经济与实体经济深度融合，实现产业链的转型升级，加速发展新质生产力。汕头纺织服装产业生产设备数字化率已达到55.6％，其中从原料加工、织布、印染、无缝产品生产智能制造就绪率达到75％。

文｜记者 陈锴跃 通讯员 汕宣
翻译 | 洪婷