Interpretation Of China'S Clothing Industry

Economists once said that under the pressure of low labor costs and low production costs, such as Southeast Asia, China is still squeezing under the depressed economic environment in Europe and the United States. Garment manufacturing industry At risk, it will even face a total collapse. This argument is said to be alarmist, but more people seem to be at a loss under such an argument. Is this really the case?

Intellectually speaking, if any industry does not keep pace with the times and does not change its concept, it will face a situation of "at stake". But since the reform and opening up, China's garment industry has gone through more than thirty years of development. The overall quality of the industry, the overall quality of the industrial workers, and the technological content of the manufacturers can be described as "world-class." For the above statement, Ray Tibor clothing Limited by Share Ltd vice president Lu Shan disagrees.

As we have said, although many Southeast Asian countries have relative cost advantages, we still need to see what our strengths are, what they can do and what we can do. Many so-called low cost countries have low educational level of industrial workers, and even can not read. Many people in the industry who have experienced cooperation with Southeast Asian countries have such a consensus that they are simply not competent for some jobs with little technical content. Moreover, many countries have weak industrial foundation, lack of necessary funds for equipment upgrading, and even basic power supply problems in some places will become a problem. Moreover, the development of over thirty years has made China's apparel industry have the advantages of other industries, R & D, technological and talent advantages.

In addition, the well-known clothing brand at home and abroad, when choosing suppliers, is primarily concerned with the quality of products. For these relatively high-end brands, the cost is secondary to quality, and China is their choice, at least for a long time. According to Lushan, there was a famous luxury luggage brand, and a factory was set up in Philippines. Just imagine, how can such strength be enough to make China's clothing industry "at stake?"

Let's have a look. China Apparel Association A set of data released: China Clothing export From the US $119 billion 790 million in 2008 to US $160 billion 155 million in 2012, it has increased by 33.7%. The proportion of exports to the global garment exports has increased from 33.1% in 2008 to 37.15% in 2011. The export price has increased from 3.32 US dollars in 2008 to US $4.49 in 2012, with a cumulative increase of 35.24%. These data not only reflect the continuous improvement of the added value of export products, but also indicate that China's dominance as the world's largest garment producer and exporter has been consolidated and strengthened. If we still regard ourselves as a low-level Porter and processing plant, it may not be too much to say that "danger is at stake".

Perhaps in China, people are disapprove of HUAWEI and ZTE's domestic mobile phone brands. They all go after Samsung and apple, but in many parts of the world, their market share has been increasing year by year. From this to the clothing industry, who can guarantee that after several years or more years, local brands can not occupy the European and American market openly?

"Do you know how many young people are studying at the central Saint Martin School of art and design? How many young people are studying in Milan industrial design college? I think they will be the backbone of the development of Chinese garment industry in the future. The strength of China's garment industry is only a matter of time. " Lu Shan can see very far.