Innovation in China Textiles
2021.09.15
Innovation to drive sustainability in China textiles
Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Cited from Brett Mathews
BEIJING - Innovation will drive environmental improvement in China's textile industry as it seeks to operate more sustainably and reduce its environmental footprint over the next decade – that was the message of the president of the China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC) in a recent interv
iew with Ecotextile News.
"According to state laws and policies, local governments have taken many effective steps to promote local textile industries transformation and upgrading. Many industries were ordered to stop production for consolidation and industrial parks were built to enhance the concentrated manufacturing, energy conservation, emission reduction and pollution control. In addition to the State laws, many local governments have established provincial laws and industrial standards for green manufacturing."
Talking exclusively to the magazine for our tenth year anniversary edition, the views of Mr Sun Ruizhe chimed very much with the findings of our recent report – pictured – on China's textile industry which suggested the sector is using innovation to move towards the production of higher added value products and technical textiles.
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