Zhoukou, Henan: Build A Shoe Manufacturing Base And Build A Shoe Capital In The Middle

In the past three years, 30 "Pearl River Delta" and Taiwan Shoe making enterprises They have successively settled in Zhoukou City, Henan Province. At present, the city's footwear industry has an annual production capacity of 15.5 million pairs, an annual output value of 1.5 billion yuan, and 40000 employees.

"Throughout the world, we finally settled in Zhoukou. Zhoukou is rich in human resources and has obvious transportation advantages. In the future, more and more enterprises will move here," said Lin Zhaojie, president of the Taiwan Shoe Industry Association.

After clarifying "what Zhoukou industry needs, what may be transferred from developed regions, and what we can undertake", Zhoukou City seized the opportunity of coastal shoemaking enterprises transferring to the mainland, decisively determined the strategy of "building a shoemaking base and building a shoe city in the middle", carried out a large investment attraction activity, and introduced a promotion Shoe industry Preferential policies for development.

As an earlier Taiwan funded shoemaking enterprise settled in Zhoukou, Xihua Kaihong Shoes has exported all brand shoes produced since it was put into production at the end of 2008. At present, seven production lines of Xihua Kaihong Shoes Co., Ltd. have been completed and put into operation, with an annual output of 4 million pairs of high-end fashion women's shoes. In 2011, the export earnings exceeded 20 million dollars.

Taiwan Baocheng International Group moved faster to Zhoukou. In March 2010, Fugou Baochang Shoes was put into operation. At present, the company has 2800 employees, with an annual output of 4 million pairs of high-end tourist shoes, and plans to achieve a monthly output of 1 million pairs within three years.

The rapid development of Kaihong Shoes and Baochang Shoes in Zhoukou has attracted more shoemaking enterprises of the same kind as well as upstream shoemaking enterprises. At present, Zhoukou City has initially formed a leading enterprise with Fugou Baochang Shoes, Xihua Kaihong Shoes, Luyi Xianglong Shoes and Huaiyang Yatai Shoes Shoe industry cluster , all over every county and city. In October 2010, the footwear industry export base of Henan Province was listed, which has put wings on the development of Zhoukou footwear industry.

Zhoukou footwear industry has been developing by leaps and bounds. In 2009, the export volume of footwear products in Zhoukou City was only 1.21 million pairs, with an export volume of 15.35 million US dollars. In 2011, the city exported 8.71 million pairs of footwear products, a year-on-year increase of 148.1%; The export volume was 95.19 million US dollars, an increase of 215.8% year on year, accounting for 36.7% of the total export volume of the city. It became the leading export product, accounting for half of Henan footwear exports.

Since this year, the construction of Zhoukou footwear industry export base has been further accelerated. Focusing on improving the footwear industry chain and improving the level of industrial development, Zhoukou is actively undertaking the overall transfer of footwear enterprises. The Shenzhen Longgang Shoes Industrial Park project with a total investment of 12 billion yuan was settled in Xihua County, and the Aokang Shoes Project with a total investment of 460 million yuan was settled in Shangshui County.

According to the plan, by 2020, Zhoukou City will be built into a "Central Shoes City" integrating shoe production, research and development, and supporting equipment trading, with a total area of 39400 mu and a total area of 39400 mu. More world famous shoes will be "made in Zhoukou".