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Xingcheng named China's Famous Swimsuit City

By Wang Yanfang: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, July 7, 2011

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Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province, won the title of ‘China's Famous Swimsuit City' at the 2010 China (Dalian) International Garment and Textile Fair on September 5, 2010.

Xingcheng named China's Famous Swimsuit City

Chen Shujin, deputy director of China Textile Industry Association, confers the signboardChen with the title of "China's Famous Swimsuit City" on Xingcheng City.

Xingcheng is the first city in China awarded this title by the China Textile Industry Association and China Garment Association. Chen Shujin, deputy director of China Textile Industry Association, Jiang Hengjie, standing deputy director of China Garment Association, and Shi Wenguang, deputy mayor of the city, were present at the awarding ceremony.

Xingcheng's swimsuit industry started in the 1980s. Currently, the city has its own industry chain and sales channels. 71 registered trademarks in swimsuit industry are owned now by the city, and among them over 30 are for export.

A total of over 60 million swimsuits are produced in the city each year. They represent over 33.3% of the total production in the country and 20% in the world. They are sold in 25 countries and regions, including U.S., Canada, UK, France, Italy and Russia.

By July 2010, there were more than 120 enterprises producing swimsuits in Xingcheng. Out of the 120, 30 enterprises' sales are above 5 million yuan.

Xingcheng, together with Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, and Jinjiang, Fujian Province, are regarded as the three swimsuit production bases in the country.