The Thirteenth China International Women'S Wear Grand Prix Is Officially Launched.

Time: May 30, 2019 morning

Venue: hall 9, two / F, block G, Hangzhou Civic Centre.

Sponsored by the China Fashion Designers Association and the people's Government of Xiacheng District of Hangzhou, the thirteenth China International Women's wear design Grand Prix, jointly organized by the cultural and Creative Industries Office in Hangzhou, Hangzhou Fashion Designers Association, Zhejiang Wen CHUANG Group and Zhejiang new East Street office, held a press conference this morning in the press office of the Hangzhou municipal government information office, announcing the official launch of the competition.

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The press conference was chaired by Xu Jianhua, deputy director of the Information Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's government.

The thirteenth China International Women's wear Grand Prix is expected to sail again on the fertile soil of the lower city. It is understood that the competition began in May this year, officially soliciting contributions abroad, in August 19th. In the middle and late 8, the first evaluation and reappraisal will be conducted respectively. Finally, 20 selected works from the first 30 players will be selected for the finals, and the finals will be held in Xintiandi, Hangzhou in October this year.

Li Doujin, deputy committee member of the Xiacheng District, briefly reviewed the results of the twelfth China International Women's wear design Grand Prix, and introduced the thirteenth China International Women's wear Grand Prix.

The theme of this competition is "creative neon" and "quality life". Designers are required to pay attention to the creativity of clothing while paying more attention to the quality of clothing so that the design can be close to life, so that creative clothing can not only enjoy the value of appreciation, but also have the characteristics of practicality and marketability, and add color to the high quality life.

It is understood that this competition has the following 5 highlights:

1, architecture and authority. The competition was jointly sponsored by the China Fashion Designers Association and the people's Government of Xiacheng District, which fully demonstrated the influence and authority of the event in the society. China TV and China net as the whole video partners ensure the high specification, communication strength and professionalism of the events. In addition, the participation of many co organizers has made the competition plan more perfect and made the strength and level of the competition further leaped.

2, internationalization is outstanding. 。 This event will be fully cooperated with universities in the UK, Italy, France, the United States, Japan, Korea and other countries. It will collect the recommended design works from other countries. It also plans to cooperate with the International Fashion Week Organizing Committee of Italy, France and the United Kingdom, recommending outstanding design works abroad to participate in the competition, and recommending international famous brands to participate in the joint launch.

3, the judges are strong. We will invite the top designers of the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom and Denmark to enrich the ranks of judges.

4, the assessment is open and fair. The competition invites the most outstanding domestic and foreign experts and senior designers to serve as the chairman of the expert review committee. The first evaluation and review work will be carried out in a strict and orderly manner. The results of the selected entries and winning works will be publicized online and offline to receive the supervision of the whole society.

5, the bonus is rich and diverse. In order to attract more outstanding designers at home and abroad to take part in this competition, the Organizing Committee of the competition has set up a prize of 360 thousand yuan, of which the gold award is 100 thousand yuan. In addition, all the award-winning designers remain in the lower city to work or start businesses. They can enjoy the relevant supporting policies in the lower city area. Designers who have obtained gold, silver and bronze works can enjoy a certain area of site use right for one year, which is also the most attractive and competitive place for this competition.

Li, deputy head of the China International Women's wear design Grand Prix, has become one of the most authoritative and top-notch creative design and selection events in China. It is a new stage for the display of design elites, is the best way to design works, is the platform for the spanformation of intelligence into productivity, and is also a major move for the public to innovate. The organizers said that through the platform of the China International Women's costume designer Grand Prix, the resources of all sides will be integrated to provide a stage for many young talents with dreams and talents to realize their dreams and display their talents, and contribute to the talent reserve of garment industry. At the same time, this platform will gradually establish the goal height of "Chinese women's clothing to see Hangzhou and Hangzhou women's clothing to see the lower city", and let "women's clothing design" become the power source and intellectual support for the development of creative industries in the lower cities.

Zhao Yiwen, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and propaganda minister, introduces the development of cultural and creative industries in Xiacheng District.

Minister Zhao said: the lower city is the central city of Hangzhou. In recent years, Xiacheng has focused on high quality development and high quality life, made a big pattern, promoted the benchmarking, and pushed forward the construction of the whole central business district, strives to build the world-class core city of the world famous city, which bears the responsibility of the central city of the provincial capital city, and does not bear the expectation of the masses for a better life.

As the "heart of Hangzhou", the lower city is not only the political and economic center of Hangzhou, but also the cultural and fashion center of the city. "Wulin culture" is a distinctive cultural label that the lower city is trying to create. The most notable characteristic of "Wulin culture" is "leading fashion". The cultural and creative industries in Xiacheng District, driven by the collision between fashion creativity and Wulin culture, take intelligent innovation as the driving force for economic spanformation and development, take the initiative to adapt to the new normal development of the cultural and creative industries in the new era, expand and enhance the advantages of design services, modern media and information services, and dig up new growth points such as women's costume design, performing arts, and electric competition, and vigorously promote the industry to move towards high-end, international and characteristic. Cultural and creative industries have become one of the three largest economic pillar industries in the lower city. There are 7605 creative and creative enterprises in the region. In 2018, the added value of cultural and creative industries was 18 billion 39 million yuan, the growth rate was 10.3%, accounting for second of the six cities in the city.

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With the acceleration of Hangzhou's internationalization process, "international norm" has become Hangzhou's new card to the world. Xiacheng always adhered to the direction of internationalization of cultural and creative industries, constantly innovating international creative thinking, and taking the means of "Introduction" and "going out" as the means to actively build a platform for circulation and cultural exchange of international cultural and creative products, and constantly enhance the "international attention" and "market competitiveness" of the city's cultural and creative industries. On the same day, in addition to the official launch of the thirteenth China International Women's wear design Grand Prix, another international project of the lower city's cultural creation - "international culture IP", the Canadian sun circus new world show, also held the product launch of "X fantastic fantasy". Since its launch in March this year, the grand boat culture International Drama Festival has been held in Broadway interactive parent-child science drama, Canadian original musical, French art enlightenment magic drama, German original picture book symphonic symphony concert, and Spanish multimedia animated creative drama. The introduction of these international projects is of great significance for promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, enhancing the internationalization of cities, and building a unique and wonderful world famous city.

The reporters from Zhejiang daily and Hangzhou TV asked two questions: 1, why did the women's costume design Grand Prix and the awards show be held in Xintiandi? 2. What will be the driving role of the China International Women's costume design Grand Prix for Hangzhou's clothing industry?

This is Zhao Yiwen, a member of the Zhejiang Municipal Committee of the Standing Committee, propaganda minister, and member of the CPPCC National Committee of Hangzhou and President of the clothing designers association of the city.

From now on, contestants may pay attention to the Hangzhou WeChat fashion designers' public enquiry contest.