Sichuan Delegation, European Economic And Trade Bank, Is Actively Exploring New Markets.

Chengdu Footwear Company and Italian company signed a contract for the export of 600 thousand euros of women's shoes. A number of enterprises in Chengdu will jointly produce the first 5000 pairs of women's shoes and 10 thousand suits for the French company.

In August 16th, the Sichuan news network reporter learned from the Provincial Department of commerce that Sichuan's economic and trade activities in Europe have opened up new markets and achieved results.

According to the briefing, this is the first large-scale overseas economic and trade activity launched by our province after the earthquake.

The event focused on the combination of publicity and marketing, trade and investment, exports and imports, superior products and target markets, product development and talent training, opened up new markets, played a positive role in establishing a good image of Sichuan after the disaster and promoting economic and trade cooperation with Europe.

Clothing and footwear have always been the dominant industries in Sichuan. In 2007, the total export volume of clothing was 1 billion 230 million US dollars, and the export volume ranked first in the single commodity of our province, accounting for 14.1% of the total export volume of our province.

Our province has more than 2000 footwear manufacturers, and the Chinese women's shoes are growing steadily. Last year, the footwear export of the whole province reached US $270 million, an increase of 63.7% over the same period last year.

The business leaders of the business hall told the Sichuan news network reporter that during the event, the inspection teams went to six provinces in Marche and Venetian, Italy, and Milan, Rome, Padova, Florence, Venice and other garment and footwear developed areas to carry out docking negotiations. They conducted eight promotional activities with the Italy National Trade Commission, the Italy textile and Garment Association and other national professional organizations, and visited several world-class shoe making enterprises such as the related related shoe making companies.

In July 24th, the delegation also held a large-scale Sichuan Europe economic and trade cooperation conference in Venice, Italy. The director of the Padova economic and Trade Department of Italy, the chairman of Italy Footwear Association, nearly more than 200 of the representatives of clothing and shoemaking enterprises in France and other countries attended the fair.

During Spain, the delegation visited the Spanish footwear Federation and the Elche Footwear Association, inspected the footwear market of the Spanish shoe making resort of Al Kanter, and visited the production workshop of Europe's largest leather clothing manufacturer, the company of leather products and the large leather production plant, khtina.

During the French period, French nelo Roy fashion design office held a special seminar on fashion and fashion, and the relevant multinational group clothing and shoes and hat company also had an in-depth discussion with our province's enterprises.

It is understood that the EU is the second largest export market in our province and the main source of foreign investment in our province.

In recent years, driven by the progress of science and technology, European enterprises have gradually withdrawn from the low-end processing and assembly industry, focusing on R & D, design, brand and capital management. The pfer of labor-intensive industries such as clothing and footwear to developing countries is more obvious. It provides a rare opportunity for our province to undertake industrial pfer and attract export oriented projects.

The delegation's visit not only made foreign trade orders, introduced export oriented enterprises, learned advanced technology, promoted talent cooperation, but also accumulated new experience in market development.

"Everywhere we go, we will not only actively publicize Sichuan's post disaster reconstruction plan and business opportunities, but also publicize the economic and social development and advantages of Sichuan."

Relevant officials of the Commerce Department told reporters that they had lost much of their efforts to publicize the great earthquake to their overseas friends, but Sichuan still had a solid foundation and great potential for development. "Sichuan is still beautiful and pregnant with business opportunities everywhere."