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Foreign representatives attend the third World Textile Merchandising Conference in Keqiao district, Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province in October 2020. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

Shaoxing's annual World Textile Merchandising Conference was listed as a major foreign exchange event under the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and the Belt and Road Initiative, local media reported on June 4.

The first World Textile Merchandising Conference opened in Keqiao district, Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province in 2018 and has been held annually for three years. The most recent session last year attracted representatives from more than 50 countries and regions, in which the International Cooperation Alliance Among World Textile Merchants was founded.

This October, the fourth World Textile Merchandising Conference will again be held in Keqiao, a district with the most complete textile industry chain, the strongest textile production capacity, and China Textile City, which is the world's largest textile distribution center.

Founded in the 1980s, China Textile City is the first professional market with "China" in its title. The market area has expanded to 3.9 million square meters, with more than 28,000 business rooms, 40,000 kinds of products, 30,000 registered operators, and more than 6,000 foreign purchasers.

"The conference has become a signature event of Keqiao and valuable intellectual property of Shaoxing," said a senior director of China Textile City. "This year, the topics will include digital economy and carbon neutrality."