The leather industry in Quanzhou is an important force in the rapid development of the footwear industry cluster. In 2007, it began to walk out of its own industrialization and branding way by participating in the national standard approval, examining Vietnam's active concrete measures to seek international cooperation and global development space, and preparing for listing.

Condensing the strength of the industry and enhancing the competitiveness of the industry are the thoughts of many leather enterprises in Quanzhou.

In 2007, the leather industry in Quanzhou held a symposium on synthetic leather and artificial leather industry for many times. Through the Convention on talents of leather industry in Quanzhou, the seminar on price of synthetic leather and synthetic leather was held according to the problem of rising raw materials. A well-known domestic expert professor was invited to organize lectures on marketing management issues, discuss the technical standards and quality of 2007 leather and shoes in Quanzhou, and jointly establish the "Quanzhou leather industry product quality testing base" with the Fujian footwear quality inspection center.

The establishment of the base promotes the standardization and standardization of leather industry in Quanzhou and becomes an important complement to Quanzhou shoe industry cluster.

In April 2007, the national standard "furniture leather", light industry standard "test method for the rubbing fastness of leather surface color" and "three methods for the determination of leather permeability" will be approved by the expert group in Quanzhou.

Xingye leather Polytron Technologies Inc is the contractor of the high specification Certification Committee.

China leather and footwear industry research institute, China Leather Association, the national leather industry standardization technology committee, the national leather products quality supervision and inspection center, the national leather quality supervision and inspection center and other units also sent people to participate in this activity.

Wu Huachun, chairman of Xingye, said: "once we have the opportunity, we will actively participate in the formulation of the national standard for shoe upper leather."

In response to the current international background, Quanzhou leather enterprises accelerated their integration with the international market in 2007. A group of enterprises of a certain scale went to Vietnam for business inspection in the second half of the year, seeking to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with their counterparts at home and abroad.

Feng an (China) Leather Co., Ltd. plans to set up factories in Vietnam and India this year, and accelerate the pace of building factories overseas.

At the same time, the two leading enterprises of the industry, Feng an leather and Jinjiang Xingye, have listed the listing schedule in the next year.

The preparatory work has been carried out in an orderly and orderly manner.

The powerful footwear industry chain in Quanzhou has already enabled shoe manufacturers to complete the whole process of production to sales without leaving home. Jinjiang, Chen Dai, Jinjiang Anhai, leather manufacturing city and Quangang Pu an leather centralized control zone have developed into one of the main tanning production bases in the country.

There are nearly 200 leather production enterprises in Quanzhou, which mainly produce natural leather, artificial leather and chemical products, providing reliable guarantee for the development of Quanzhou's clothing and footwear industry chain.

Chen Tai shoe material market, which has gathered a large number of leather products, started from the end of the last century in 80s. It has grown into a specialized shoe material market, which integrates shoes, raw materials, wholesale and retail, storage and pportation, shoe machine sales, etc., with an annual turnover of 8 billion yuan. It is one of the largest shoe material markets in China.

According to Chen Ronghui, chairman of the Quanzhou Leather Industry Association's first president and Feng an (China) Leather Co., Ltd., among the many leather products, the advantages of Quanzhou's cattle skin and two layers of leather have become obvious recently.

The matching radius of Quanzhou leather has also expanded from the footwear industry in Quanzhou to Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Chengdu. Some of the products have also entered the international market, showing the international glory.

Related links: Quanzhou Leather Industry Association

Quanzhou Leather Industry Association, which is a social organization with independent legal person qualifications, has been established and established in December 4, 2006. It is a social organization consisting of two kinds of leather products, including ox head, skin, synthetic leather, synthetic leather, leather, leather, chemical and other leather products. It was established in December 4, 2006. There are nearly 100 group members, accounting for more than 50% of the leather industry in Quanzhou.