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British Newspaper: The Era Of Mass Production Of Cheap Goods In Chinese Factories Is Over.

2011/3/2 10:57:00 50

In a factory that did not start, Wei Xiaofeng, 24, sat on a large bundle of denim.

She is sending a message to the West that the era of mass production of cheap goods by Chinese factories is over.

Over the years, her company has worked with thousands of other Chinese companies to help stores in the bustling commercial streets of the UK to supply the ever declining fashion, such as jeans that cost less than 10 pounds or 3 pounds of shirts, and turn the brand names of Zara, H&M and Topshop into global giants.

But now, the system has collapsed.

Ms. Wei's company is in trouble.

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It has stopped accepting orders from the West.

"We are still receiving orders from abroad - all factories are like this," she said. "But no one will accept these orders, because we will lose money.

Foreigners do not want to pay a reasonable price.

We haven't had any profit for two years. "

This clothing company is

Ms. Wei

My husband, Tian Yi, was founded 7 years ago.

In southern China, it has become the Xintang town of the world's denim clothing capital. There are about 5000 factories specializing in jeans production.

If you have a pair of jeans, it will probably be made in Xintang, or the cloth used is woven in Xintang.

Xintang was a quiet agricultural town 30 years ago, but now it holds millions of workers, producing 260 million jeans every year - 1/3 of the world's supply of jeans.

The geographical pattern determines the distribution of jeans industry in Xintang town.

The large garment factory is located on both sides of the main road extending to the town, some of which can be Calvin Klein, Levi s each day.

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And other brands produce 60 thousand jeans.

Their technology is world-class, and is excellent enough for processing high-end jeans such as True Religion, Evisu and Diesel. These brands were formerly made in Japan or Italy.

In the main street of Xintang Town, every shop is also a denim garment factory.

Behind each window is a boss who uses cigarettes and Chinese strong tea to drum up potential buyers.

Upstairs, one layer after another is packed with workers in a row of sewing jeans.

The secondary streets in the town are occupied by the denim clothing accessories industry: buttons and rivet shops, zippers, and a row of denim shops. The lorry trumpets through it while loading or unloading a bundle of dark blue cloth.

Finally, the dusty countryside.

Here, the family workshops crowded the roads, a group of women surrounded a pile of jeans, sewed the signs on the jeans, cleaned the excess threads with hot air guns, and packed the jeans for sale.

Cotton prices have surged to a 30 year high.

Designers began adding polyester to jeans to reduce costs.

In cowboy clothing industry and even the entire garment industry, the profit margin that decides success or failure is often as thin as cicada.

In a good year, manufacturers can earn 10 to 20 pence (1 pence, or 0.1 yuan - net net) for every pair of jeans they produce.

Now, if they are lucky, they can earn 5 pence from a pair of jeans.