On January 10, our city held the "Gather Overseas Chinese to Prosper Shantou and Weave a Dream of the Future" China (Shantou) Textile and Garment Industry High Quality Development Conference. Wen Zhanbin, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association attended the event and delivered speeches.

Wen Zhanbin, on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, expressed his heartfelt thanks to people from all walks of life who have always cared about and supported Shantou's work, especially the development of the textile and clothing industry. He pointed out that in recent years, Shantou has anchored to build a textile and clothing industry cluster of more than 200 billion yuan, insisted on promoting industry through trade, promoting trade through industry, and promoting industry and commerce simultaneously, the government and enterprises worked together to accelerate the construction of "four major projects", held textile and clothing fairs at a high level, continued to polish the "Shantou Weaving" brand, and realized the most complete industrial chain in the world. The Municipal Textile and Garment Industry Association is closely linked with the solidarity industry enterprises, leading the textile and garment industry to cluster, high-end and international development. It is hoped that the textile and clothing industry association of Shantou will work together to hold this year's clothing expo, speed up the construction of Shantou International Textile City and its supporting facilities, promote the construction of Chaonan professional home clothing market, and contribute to the high-quality development of Shantou's textile and clothing industry. The municipal party committee and the municipal government will unswervingly support the textile and clothing industry to become bigger and stronger, fully support the association's cohesion, seek development, and be the pioneer of high-quality development in the city. It is hoped that the leaders and entrepreneurs present at the meeting will give more advice and suggestions for Shantou, invest more in Shantou, share more development dividends and produce more win-win results.

Lin Yunfeng, on behalf of China Knitting Industry Association, congratulated Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association on its fruitful achievements since its establishment. He pointed out that the development of Shantou's textile and clothing industry has created a new situation under the high-level promotion of the Shantou Municipal Party Committee and the Shantou Municipal Government and the solidarity, cooperation and hard work of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association. It is hoped that Shantou will continue to carry forward the spirit of "red ship", base itself on the industrial foundation and overseas Chinese business resources, take the promotion of the construction of "four major projects" as an important starting point, integrate high-quality resources, forge strengths and fill weaknesses, and constantly open up new fields and new tracks to promote the high-quality economic and social development of Shantou by promoting supply chain coordination, intelligent transformation, green transformation and cluster development, Contribute to the construction of China's modern knitting industry system.

The conference is the newly established president unit of Pants Branch and Seamless Branch of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association, the new vice president of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association, the 2023 best e-commerce platform for Shantou textile and clothing industry, and the 2023 best cross-border platform for Shantou textile and clothing industry; Sign the strategic cooperation agreement of "Jointly Assist the Global Textile Products Trading Hub". Industry experts and scholars shared the theme and exchanged views on the future development direction of the industry and the analysis of the advantages of Shantou's industrial chain.

Peng Congen, the municipal leader, Xu Yingxin, the vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, Lu Zhongyuan, the former vice director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, Liu Jiaqiang, the president of China Wool Textile Industry Association, and others attended the event.