China will remain a major player in textiles
The organiser of Intertextile Shanghai, Messe Frankfurt, has expressed confidence in China’s ability to maintain a leading position in the global textile industry, in spite of trade tensions and competition from other countries.
Speaking at the spring 2025 edition of the event, the managing director of Messe Frankfurt’s Hong Kong division, Wendy Wen, said the textile industry in China continues to evolve and that high levels of innovation in materials and in production are in evidence there.
She said these developments and the comprehensiveness of the textile supply chain in China, spanning everything from raw materials to finished garment manufacturing, meant China will remain “a major player”, in spite of current challenges.
“China is very advanced,” Ms Wen said. “There is always competition, not least from countries such as India, which is also very strong in production and has a large domestic consumer market. But, in textiles, India is 10 or 15 years behind China.”
Image shows Wendy Wen (centre).
