Xu Yong, vice president of China Light Industry Federation and honorary president of China Leather Association, said in Fuzhou 21 days ago that China has established the status of leather producing country, trading power and consumption power in the world. The output of main products ranks among the highest in the world. Among them, leather production is 720 million square meters, accounting for 1 / 5 of the world's total.

Xu Yong participated in the "2008 China Leather Development Forum" held on the 21 day. He said that in recent years, Chinese leather industry enterprises have actively participated in the division and cooperation of international production and trade, and have created their own competitive advantages while giving full play to their comparative advantages.

The output of China's main leather products ranks highest in the world: tannery output is 720 million square meters, accounting for 20% of the world's total, and the output of shoemaking is nearly 10 billion pairs, accounting for more than 50% of the world's total, and about 70000000 leather garments.

Xu Yong said that the leather industry is a large industry covering the main industries such as leather making, shoemaking, leather clothing, fur and its products, leather chemical industry, leather machinery, leather hardware, shoe materials and other supporting industries. It is also an export oriented industry.