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Textiles is obviously an important aspect of the fashion industry. Without textiles, we would have no clothing. This page gathers the Chinese textile industry's own organisations and resources: its information centre, its textile academy and engineering society, the fabrics China brand collective, the responsible supply chain association, and the textile marketplaces where Chinese mills and suppliers list their fabrics.
China Textile Resources
China Textile Organisations and Resources
China Textile Information Center
China Textile Information Center is an intermediary organization of the textile trade. It was established during China's reform of governmental institutions and the national scientific research system, through reorganizing four organizations, namely China Textile Information Institute and the Information Network Center, the Textiles Development Center and the Statistical Center under the former State Textile Industry Bureau. CTIC also supervises the innovation and upgrading of China's textile industry. Entrusted by China National Textile and Apparel Council, CTIC established the first Textile Industrial Innovation Platform of China in Xiqiao Town of Guangdong Province in 2003, with the purpose of servicing local small and middle scale enterprises. The Textile Industrial Innovation Platform includes five centers: Textiles R&D Center; Textile Testing Center; Training Center; Information Center and Modern Logistics Center. The platform mainly helps the small and middle enterprises improve their competitive capability on market, is invested by the local governments and administrated by textile associations, and is a non-profit organization. CTIC has gathered a team of experienced experts working for Textile Industrial Innovation Platforms.
China Textile Academy
China Textile Academy (CTA) was founded in 1956, originally affiliated to the Ministry of Textile Industry. In 1999, CTA was transformed into a large-scale high-tech enterprise directly under the central government, then was approved by the State Council to join in GENERTEC in 2009. CTA is the biggest comprehensive R & D institution and high-tech enterprise group in China's textile industry, equipped with advanced and professional instruments, facilities and trial production workshop. There are more than 3300 employees, in which the research fellows are highly educated and qualified. The National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Textile, the National Engineering Research Center of Synthetic fiber, Productivity Promotion Center of Textile Industry, China National Textiles Quality Supervision Testing Center and Standardization Institute of Textile Industry of China are all affiliated to CTA.
fabrics China Project
"fabrics China" is a collective of excellent brands in China's Textile Industry. It is designed to assist Chinese textile enterprises to improve their core competitiveness in terms of trend research, product R&D, standardization & Testing and trade promotion. By utilizing the influence of its sponsor in China's Textile Industry, it recommends high-quality Chinese-made fabrics to downstream buyers on global market.
TexIndex
Texindex.com runs one of the leading textile and apparel vertical nets, consisting of B2B Marketplace, directory search engine, career center, and buyers' guide. China textile B2B marketplace; China textile suppliers' directory & E-catalogues; Textile Tradeshow Calendar; Chinese Textile News; Web Designing & Hosting.
Responsible Supply Chain Association
(RSCA) is a professional organization under China National Textile and Apparel Council, which is made up of enterprises, buyers and other related organizations on voluntary basis. It is designed to popularize the concept of social compliance, build up a responsible supply chain and improve the implementation of social responsibility of textile industry.
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Common Questions
What is the China Textile Information Center?
The China Textile Information Center (CTIC) is an intermediary organization of the textile trade, formed through reorganizing the China Textile Information Institute and the Information Network Center, the Textiles Development Center and the Statistical Center under the former State Textile Industry Bureau. It supervises the innovation and upgrading of China's textile industry and established the first Textile Industrial Innovation Platform of China in Xiqiao Town of Guangdong Province in 2003.
What is the China Textile Academy?
China Textile Academy (CTA) was founded in 1956 and is the biggest comprehensive research and development institution and high-tech enterprise group in China's textile industry, with the National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Textile, the National Engineering Research Center of Synthetic Fiber, and the China National Textiles Quality Supervision Testing Center among its affiliated bodies.
What is the fabrics China project?
fabrics China is a collective of excellent brands in China's textile industry, designed to assist Chinese textile enterprises to improve their core competitiveness in trend research, product research and development, standardization and testing and trade promotion, and to recommend high-quality Chinese-made fabrics to downstream buyers on the global market.