TENCEL Fibers with Environmentally Compatible ＂Flushable＂ Function

With its cellulose fiber TENCEL＇ Lenzing has responded to the modem-day trend towards high quality wipes and care wipes. TENCEL is offered as a ＂short-cut fiber＂ for the special ＇~ushable＂ application, and features a length of only a few millimeters. The biodegradable fiber boasts outstanding tenacity and is ＂flushable＂ thanks to the short cut. For this reasons wipes made ofTENCELR7 can be easily disposed of with the wastewater.     

Welcome to Beijing for ITMF 2014 Annual Conference

＂It is a great honor and pleasure for the China National Textile and Apparel Council （CNTAC） to invite the members of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation （1TMF） to the traditional ITMF Annual Conference 2014 to China which is held from October 16-18 in Beijing. CNTAC is very much pleased to host this grand event for the representatives of the world textile industry     

How to Become a Unique Industrial Cluster？The Key to Success of Jiaxiang Gloves

Originated in 1980s,the gloves industry in Jiaxiang owns the capability of designing,producing and processing thousands of gloves products in six categories（cold-proof,skiing,hunting,shooting,sports and knitting）now,which is the unique＂China gloves city＂,with the county being the largest production base for sports gloves in China.What is the key to success of Jiaxiang gloves industrial cluster？     

New Edition,New Start Interview with Liang Pengcheng,Secretary-General of CCPIT TEX on CINTE

The countdown to Asia＇s leading biennial trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens continues as the industry＇s leading players prepare for Chine International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens（CINTE）.When intense preparatory work is conducting before the exhibition,an interview witlLiang Pengcheng,secretary-general of the Sub-council of Textile Industry,ChinA Council for The Promotion of International Trade（CCPIT TEX）was carried on,or which Mr.LianG talked about the changes and focuses of the exhibition,earlyreleasing highlights and details to the industry.     

ISO Releases Determination of Antiviral Activity of Textile Products

ISO （the International Organization for Standardiza- tion）, a worldwide federation of national standards bodies （ISO member bodies）, releases determination of antiviral activity of textile products （ISO 18184：2014） recently. This standard is meant to reduce the number of infective virus particles that contact the surface of the functional textile products, or the health protective and hygiene relating products, and to provide a quantitative test method to assess the antiviral performance of such products.     

GOTEX 2014： Perfect couple of communication and business

2014 is a great year for Brazil. Alter Rio＋20 came the World Cup. Brazil is also appointed to host the Olympic Games in 2016. And between that, the second round of ＂GoTEX Show - International Trade Fair for Textiles＂ （GOTEX） was held lately at the Expo Center Nortc （Yellow Pavilion）, in Otto Baumgart, 1.000 Vila Guilherme. This event brought together Chinese and Brazilian exhibitors, as well as exhibitors from other countries being prospect- ed. GoTex is an ideal platform for international suppliers to make the most of great potential and new business op- portunities in the Brazilian textile and garment market.     

lnterfiliere Shanghai ＆ Shanghai Mode Lingerie Enriched with new events ＆ surprises for the lOth anniversary

This is a totally new initiative to fully highlight the buoyant and growing sector of bodyfashion by creating a dedicated forum for swimwear. The new happening is a partnership with Beach-o-logy, the exciting new venture of Concepts Paris together with leading Italian Designers such as Nello Marelli and Paola Maltese. Paola is an Italian designer who set up her design studio in Bologna in 2001 having worked with some of the biggest names in corsetry,intimates and beachwear for over 15 years. With a reputation that extends well beyond Italy, she will collaborate with Concepts Paris to demonstrate the multi- facetted characters of beachwear. The Beach forum at the heart of East wing treats the 5 important trends from Beach- o-logy for Summer 2016, Illustrated with lifestyle and trend collages, prototypes and the newest fabrics, accessories from Interfili6re exhibitors.     

ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED ARTICLES

Libya after Gaddafi： challenges and opportunities in oil markets
With Libya＇s new regime gradually established, China＇s petroleum enterprises are now faced with the issue of how to return to the country＇s oil market. Libya is expected to be in a fractious and chaotic period in the next few years. It will take from 1 to 2 years at least for foreign oil companies to return to Libya. Libya has tremendous market potential for oil investment and services. There are advantageous and disadvantageous to Chinese petroleum enterprise participation in the competition. China＇s petroleum enterprises have such competitive advantages as a good reputation in oil markets, good contractual relations, familiarity with the work environment, and strong operating capability. Meanwhile, they also face such adverse conditions as the new Libyan government＇s unfriendliness toward China, crowding out of the market by the western oil firms, very serious security problems, and slow recovery to original operation capability. Strategies and suggestions are provided： 1） restore legal and commercial standards to be prepared to grab market opportunities in Libya; 2） resume contact with Libya＇s national oil company and actively establish strategic cooperative relations with it; 3） restore and consolidate relationships between China＇s oil-service companies and Libyan clients and complete unfinished pre-war projects contracted with them; 4） prepare for post-war economic claims and reasonable tax avoidance; 5） recover and improve operating capability appropriate to the security situation.     

New Occupation,New Strength

When referring to job recruitment,the most pops as always belong to the fields with high-technology and difficulties,such as finance,IT, biological technology,environment and so on,so that those people with some mysterious or complicated jobs,like actuary,investment analyst,ocean scholar,would gain more admirers and respect from the society.Whereas,as for some traditional occupations,the symbol of labor-intensive makes society ignore the creativity and talent of the designers,which is also needed to be recognized and admitted.     

ITMF： Textile industry in ＂new normal＂ Reformatory,upgrading, and international cooperation

On the ITMF Annual Conference 2014, Mr. Wang Tiankai, President of China National Textile and Apparel Council （CNTAC）, presented a speech to declare the standpoint of China＇s textile ＆ apparel industry, which is ＂Shared op- portunity, Shared Responsibility＂. While the details are as follows：     

Do Traditional Thing in Modern Way-Wedding tide of the 1980s stokes bedding market

People born in 1980s’ is the first generation after the implementation of China’s family planning policy,so they are coddled in a relatively more affluent environment,hence they are with a grain of characters quite different from their parents and other generations before.Youth, energy,creativeness and full of fantasy ideas are the best annotation for them.When it comes to the time for them to turn a new leaf in their life--the marriage,those young people absolutely don’t miss the opportunity to show up their prime and taste.Just spurred by their individuality which is in pursuit of doing things unconventional or unorthodox, they are prone to try and accept new things in a bold way.So when they are set to announce their matrimony,they are also declaring that their time comes and they become domination of markets of all field including bedding textile……     

Quota Distribution System Improved for 2007

The first bidding of quotas for textile exports to the EU and US in 2007 closed in November. 4,787 enterprises were qualified to bid nationwide. Among them, 2,935 enterprises were qualified to bid the quotas for textile exports to the US and 3,500 enterprises for those to the EU. En- terprises from five provinces or cities in- cluding Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Shandong took a propor- tion of 82.85% in the total number. 3,650 qualified companies participated in the bidding…     

LETTER

Dear readers,
Business model is now being structurally retrofitted or innovatively reshaped against the old way of running a textile or an apparel company. The bulk of enterprises are taking to the e-commerce road as guided by decisions on a practical, if not empirical, basis after a comprehensive market survey and a clear corporate strategy tbr future growth. It seems the entire industry is inundated with great zeal and passion for online sales, fueled by the rivet- ing data of annual e-commerce report. According to iResearch, the leading company focusing on in-depth China＇s internet industry, the e-commerce market registered 9.9 trillion yuan （about 1.7 trillion dollars） worth of business transactions in 2013, increasing by 21.3%, while its online retails came up to 1.85 trillion yuan, representing 7.8% of the nation＇s consumptive goods sold at retail shopfronts. In terms of e-commerce modalities, B2B is creme de la creme, carrying preponderant weight in online cake by 80.4%, leaving the retail share by 17.6%, the group purchase by o.6%, and the rest by 1.4%.     

Calendar

Preview in Seoul 2014, organized by Fashion Exhibition Team of Korea Federation of Textile Industries （KOFOTI）, has been held on the 3rd to the 5th of September. This fair was the largest ever with 307 enterprises from 16 countries. 63 enterprises from China exhibited in this fair. The Chinese exhibitors, not confined to large enterprises, consisted of small or medium ones as well. They have brought quality products of fabric and yarn for Korean market, with the aim of gaining a foothold in overseas market prior to FTA. The attractions of Chinese products are high quality and reasonable price.     

Interfiliere Shanghai ＆ Shanghai Mode Lingerie Enriched with New Events ＆ Surprises for the 10th Anniversary

INTERFILIERE SHAGNHAI, THE SOURCE OF INSPORATION
NEW BEACH FORUM
This is a totally new initiative to fully highlight the buoyant and growing sector of bodyfashion by creating a dedicated forum for swimwear. The new happening is a partnership with Beach-o-logy, the exciting new venture of Concepts Paris together with leading Italian Designers such as Nello Marelli and Paola Maltese.     

Newsroom

The Ministry of Aariculture Will Carry Out Price Monitoring on Cotton Market
Recently,the Ministry of Agriculture issued the＂Notice of Price Monitoring on Cotton and Soybeans＂.It is pointed out in the Notice that 2014 is the first year for experimental work of the agricultural price target reform. According to requirement of 2014 Central Document No. 1 and deployment of the State Council, the state will cancel the temporary storage of cotton and soybean policy from 2014 and start the experimental work of target price reform on cotton of Xinjiang （including Corps） and soybean of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia.     

European technology platform for the future of Lextiles and clothing

ITMA 2015 will be held from 12 to 19 November 2015 at Fiera Milano Rho in Milan, Italy. It is organized by MP Expositions Pte Ltd. And the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing （Textile ETP） will be in the spotlight at ITMA 2015, the world＇s most established textile and garment technology exhibition. Its key proj- ects will be showcased at the exhibition＇s Research and Education Pavilion （R＆E Pavilion）.     

New Farmland Occupation Tax Allows No Foreign Companies Exempted

Farmland occupation tax that went into effect as early as in 1987 is found incompatible with the new situation as a result of Chinese rapid economic growth.A lower tax rate of farmland occupied for either textile production or and any industrial production for the good of foreign investors finishes with the start of the new year.All domestic and foreign companies are in the list of tax payers with the new Interim Regulations.The source from the State Administration of Taxation reveals the details in an interview.     

＂Harvest day＂ of 2014 Ohina. International Warp Knifing Design Award

Autumn is a season for harvest, while on the 2014 PH Value, the designers harvested their own ＂crop＂ from the ninth edition of China ~ International Warp Knitting Design Award. The leaders from CNTAC, CKIA, CCPIT TEX, etc. attended to congratulate.     

The Hidden Beauty

As the experts have claimed, China's underwear indus- try is all charging up for a steady annual increase of 20%. Female underwear market stands out in the crowd with a 60% split in the entire underwear market share. It has a fan club of 200 million females, an annual sale of around 15 billion Yuan and a sell out of more than 600 million sets per year. Bras and knickers are no longer just means of cover- ing up but items used to beautify or enhance female curves, to make women feel confident …