Anxin County Takes Measures To Create "Northern Shoe Capital"

After thirty years of development, the footwear industry in Anxin County of Hebei province has already formed a certain foundation and scale. It has been sold throughout the country with the competitive advantage of low price and fashionable style. Some of its products have been exported to more than 30 countries and regions in North America and central and Eastern Europe, and become a local characteristic industry.

According to introduction, at present, there are 1065 shoe making enterprises in Anxin County, with 45 thousand employees, 140 million pairs of shoes each year, and about 3000000000 Yuan in sales revenue.

In order to standardize the development of footwear industry and promote the upgrading of shoemaking enterprises, the footwear industry economic and social development committee, led by the Standing Committee of the county Party committee and the deputy county magistrate, has been set up, and a comprehensive law enforcement team and a steering group for development are set up, which are specially responsible for the development of the three town shoe industry.

Anxin County, by holding annual training sessions of enterprise leaders and enterprise development seminars, invited experts from the industry to give lectures on laws and regulations such as the product quality law, the trademark law, the interpretation of certain issues concerning the application of specific laws to infringe on intellectual property rights cases, and other well-known manufacturers such as crocodiles, Nike and Adidas to train and educate footwear enterprises, and further enhance the awareness and quality awareness of employees in enterprises.

In 2006, the county established a shoemaking industry association, using the self-discipline of the association to strengthen the internal management of enterprises, and guide enterprises to abide by the law, expand and strengthen the brand.

At present, the county has more than 500 employees in the scale of 15 enterprises, production lines more than 700, to promote the healthy development of the footwear industry.

In view of the lag problem of industrial planning in the industry, An Xin county has planned footwear industrial parks and logistics distribution centers, formulated preferential policies and standards for project admission, strictly screened projects, implemented industrial upgrading and upgrading projects for enterprises entering the park, guided their research and development of high-end products, realized production standardization, product serialization and industrial branding, and called the "An Xin manufacturing" brand in the national shoe making enterprises, making the park a hatchery and gathering area for the dominant backbone enterprises, laying the foundation for creating "North China shoemaking industrial base".