One Of The Hundred Pairs Of Shoes In The World Is Produced In Chengdu.

According to sources from the China Leather Association, the global shoe industry now produces about 16 billion pairs of products each year, while Chengdu produces 160 million pairs of shoes a year, accounting for one percent of the global shoe industry output. "Sichuan shoes" attracted the attention of the world shoe industry.

In October this year, the shoemaker Kingdom Italy, the shoemaking powerhouse Spain and the big shoe making country will be unveiled at Chengdu's "2007 China Women's shoes capital international procurement Festival". At the same time, there will be more than 200 international famous shoe brand manufacturers to demonstrate the new shoes at the scene.

In 2006, China's footwear exports amounted to nearly 19 billion yuan, accounting for 60% of global exports.

Recently, the China Leather Association and the Sichuan provincial chamber of Commerce jointly held a press conference on "2007 China Women's shoes capital international procurement Festival".

Experts believe that China's footwear industry has great advantages in terms of labor resources, raw material resources and basic equipment. But in terms of design, research and development and brand recognition, it has a gap with European counterparts represented by Italy. Through cooperation, the harmonious development of trade can be achieved. China can help high-end leather shoes in Europe to develop high-end market in China, and European countries can also meet the needs of consumers by supporting the Chinese shoe industry to enter the European market.

According to the introduction, in 2006, there were about 2000 shoe making enterprises in Sichuan, of which nearly 1700 were in Chengdu, and Wuhou District, a shoe industry center in Chengdu, gathered 80% of the shoe making enterprises in Sichuan and 90% of the supporting enterprises.

At present, the footwear industry in Chengdu has formed nearly 150 thousand employees, with an annual output of 160 million pairs of leather shoes and an annual production value of 15 billion yuan.

Chengdu footwear is dominated by women's shoes, and there are about 1300 women's shoes manufacturers in the city, with an annual output of 140 million pairs.

In 2006, China Light Industry Federation and China Leather Association awarded the title of "China Women's shoes capital" in Wuhou District.