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BEIJING, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Ningbo Fashion Festival and 2021 Ningbo International Fashion Fair was

launched Thursday in Ningbo city of east China's Zhejiang Province,

highlighting the new business trend of Ningbo's apparel industry.

With the theme of Ningbo fashion empowering manufacturing industry, the fashion

festival held more than 20 relevant activities in eight sections including

fashion exhibitions as well as economic and trade forums, fully demonstrating

the development of Ningbo's fashion and textile industry.

Qiu Dongyao, mayor of the Ningbo Municipal People's Government noted in the

opening speech that Ningbo has maintained high-quality economic and social

development in recent years, and its GDP registered 1,240.9 billion yuan in

2020, ranking 12th among Chinese cities.

Noting the current development of Ningbo's fashion industry, Qiu Dongyao

pointed out that Ningbo is becoming a cutting-edge city in the fashion industry

empowered by its solid industrial base and advanced intelligent smart

manufacturing technology.  

Facing the new round of technological revolution and commercial consumption

changes, Ningbo has played a vital role in the development of China's apparel

industry with constant efforts in boosting intelligent reform, encouraging

design innovations, and branding. This also helped Ningbo develop into a

innovative manufacturing center with international influential, according to

Chen Dapeng, vice director of China National Textile and Apparel Council and

head of the China National Garment Association.

Meanwhile, an award ceremony was held at the opening ceremony of the Fashion

Festival, and 40 Chinese apparel enterprise were given the "Fashion Ningbo"

awards.

The event, sponsored by the China National Textile and Apparel Council, the

Ningbo municipal government and the Zhejiang Department of Economy and

Information Technology, has attracted participants from 218 enterprises both

home abroad, including 18 foreign brands from seven countries such as the

United States, Japan and France.

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   Caption: Photo shows the opening ceremony of the 2021 Ningbo International Fashion Fair

held in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, October 22, 2021.