China'S Leather Industry Grows From Strength To Strength

The Leather Association of China, founded in 1988, has gone through twenty years.

In July 21st, the China Leather Association was established. 20th anniversary of the veteran comrades in Beijing and the vice chairman of Beijing held a forum at Diaoyutai State Guest House.

With the broadcast of the "China Leather Association 20 years of wind and rain", participants gathered together to review the great achievements of China's leather industry in the past 30 years of reform and opening up and the development process of China Leather Association in the past 20 years.

Zhang Shuhua, director of the China Leather Association, said that in the past 30 years of reform and opening up, China's leather industry has firmly established the status of the world's leather power. At present, due to the influence of many complex factors at home and abroad, the labor-intensive industries including the leather industry are facing a very difficult development environment. This is the objective law of the market economy and global integration. Our leather industry has shown a strong ability to resist risks. In recent years, the industry has maintained a steady growth trend. The gross industrial output value and exports in the 1-5 months of this year still maintained an increase of two figures, but the growth rate has obviously declined and profit margins have dropped significantly. However, we firmly believe that the first twenty years of this century will still be a good opportunity for the development of China's leather industry. China's goal of moving from the world's leather power to a strong country can not be shaken.

Xu Yong, the China Leather Association, said with emotion: with the coming of the Olympic Games, the China Leather Association has also welcomed its 20 year old birthday.

At this moment, let me think of the changes and evolution of Light Industry Department leather company to leather Bureau and Leather Association, and think of the association office from East Fourth six into East Chang'an Avenue six, think of the association from the first few people to the 35 team now, think of from the department management to China Leather Industry Association, cancel the "industry" two words renamed the China Leather Association, realize the whole industry management, and then the association has the right to speak in the international organization, and so on.

Over the past 20 years, the association has grown stronger and stronger.

In a word, the China Leather Association is in line with the state's reform and opening up, and is developing with China's leather industry.

Chen Shineng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and President of the China Light Industry Federation, praised the China Leather Association for its remarkable achievements in promoting the sustained and healthy development of the industry.

He said that the China Leather Association has won wide support and response with pragmatic and efficient style and innovative service.

With Comrade Xu Yong and Comrade Zhang Shuhua as the representatives, we have made every effort to rush to the appeal, study problems and make suggestions, and strive to create a good domestic and foreign development environment for the leather industry. We have built a learning, harmonious and cohesive advanced team with rapid reaction, solidarity and cooperation, keeping pace with the times and developing new ideas.

President Chen summed up the achievements and experience of the China Leather Association: promoting China's first certification trademark "leather logo" and "leather logo eco leather" in 1994, the China Leather Association officially registered the trademark "genuine leather logo" in the State Administration for Industry and commerce.

After more than ten years of practice, the "real leather logo" has become a successful model and platform for the implementation of self-discipline and casting industry brand in the industry. It has been widely recognized by the government, industry, enterprises and consumers, and has been registered in fourteen countries in the world.

At the beginning of this year, the English version of the "genuine leather logo" English sign, certificate and "genuine leather logo eco leather" was officially launched, speeding up the process of internationalization of China's leather industry brand.

In 2001, the leather association first launched the "industry standard for granting the honorary title of the leather industry in China" to the light industry. After a rigorous examination, together with the China Light Industry Federation, the leather industry has awarded the honorary titles of leather characteristics such as Wenzhou's "China Shoes Capital" and "Haining leather capital of China", as well as the Fujian Jinjiang footwear industry, Liaoning Tong Er Bao and Henan sang Po fur industry, Hebei Baigou and Fujian Quanzhou leather industry, etc.

Today, the leather industry in China has formed a new pattern of industries with different characteristics and regions, which are scattered and orderly, giving full play to their advantages and competing for development.

Over the years, the leather association has actively developed the China International Leather Exhibition, the China International Footwear Exhibition and the international fashion and fashion accessories exhibition.

At present, the exhibition is already the largest, the highest specification and the largest number of participating countries in China's leather industry. It is also one of the most important purchasing platforms for leather and leather products at home and abroad.

In May 2007, the China Light Industry Federation first launched the "China light industry ten brand exhibitions". China International Leather Exhibition, China International Footwear Exhibition and international fashion and fashion accessories exhibition were on the list. At the same time, as the sponsor of the exhibition, China Leather Association was awarded the "China Light Industry ten exhibitions excellent organization award".

After the establishment of the leather industry early warning system, the leather industry is faced with a more complicated international trade environment after the pition period after the accession to WTO. The leather association has set up an emergency response team to assess the situation.

Since its inception, the emergency response team has responded positively to Spanish burning shoes, Russian buckle shoes, the international animal protection organization anti fur movement, the European Union's anti-dumping on Chinese leather shoes, Italy's toxic shoes and other emergencies.

This year, the Leather Association organized the "EU antidumping review training seminar", providing guidance and advice to enterprises in anti-dumping strategy and technology so that enterprises can effectively respond to the upcoming next round of retrial proposals and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of China's footwear industry.

To host the "world leather industry cooperation and Development Forum", China Leather Association launched and hosted the first 2007 "world leather industry cooperation and Development Forum", advocating "the same world, the same leather".

The world leather industry has me and I have you, forming a worldwide leather industry chain. Europe and the United States have advantages in developing design and sales channels. China and Southeast Asian countries have different advantages in terms of labor and processing capacity, different advantages, different division of labor, mutual cooperation, win-win cooperation, and ultimately achieve the harmonious development of leather industry in the world.

China's leather industry has more than about 5000000 employees directly under the above scale enterprises, together with 11 million employees in the supporting industries, which has made great contributions to promoting urban and rural employment and building a harmonious society.

At present, China's leather industry produces nearly 10 billion pairs of shoes annually, accounting for more than 50%% of the world's total output. The annual output of leather shoes is 700 million square meters, accounting for more than 20%% of the world's total output. Leather clothing, fur clothing and leather goods rank among the world's top producers.

At the end of last century, China has become a world recognized leather production country, and has made contributions to the prosperity and development of leather industry in the world.

At present, the leather industry is entering the world leather power.