In Chinese  culture,  spring  heralds thriving,  and  now  it  already  knocked 2009's  door  and  begins  inseminating hopes. Hence,  al though  the  finance turmoil  continues  to  sweep  the  globe, Chinese  business  community  has  strong ambitions  to  further  expand  its  presence and market share, so does Chinese textile industry. Under  such  circumstance,  in March, Chinese National Textile&Apparel Council  (CNTAC)  decides  to  launch  a campaign consisting of China International Clothing&Accessories  Fair  (CHIC) , Yarn Expo,  Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics, which feature "new product, new technique, new technology as well as new trend" to refresh market  and  seek more opportunities..."

CHIC is Ready  

China  International Clothing&Accessories  Fair  (CHIC)  has  been  co-organized by China National Garment Association, China World Trade Center Co.,  Ltd,  and Sub-council  of  Textile  of China Council  for  the Promotion  of International Trade annually  in Beijing, China since 1993. CHIC 2009, which is  the  17th  session, will  be  held  in  the  new China  International Exhibition Center on March 26-29, 2009.

In the 17 years since its establishment, CHIC, the most important fashion exhibition in Asia, has grown into a prestigious fashion event that serves as a platform  of  brand  exhibition  and  trade with  unmatched  business  values and industrial and social infuences.

After a strategic adjustment, CHIC has  expanded  its  scope  to  a  new record. Every year, 1000-odd brand  exhibitors  and  thousands  of  fashion buyers come  from countries and  regions around  the world. They gather  in Beijing to communicate and exchange and businesses take place.

In CHIC  exhibition  halls,  events  such  as  "China  Fashion  Industry Collection",  "Premium Ready-to-Wear Garment Brand Collection",  "China Garment Retailer  Joint Conference",  "China Garment  Forum"  and  "China Garment Brand Annual Awards"  are  held,  and CHIC  is  referred  to  the "barometer",  "propeller"  and  "Olympic Games"  of  the Chinese  fashion industry."CHIC  carries  the mission of not only exhibiting  and  serving  the global fashion industry, but also guiding and propelling it, so that every participating individual and company, no matter it is an enterprise, a brand, a merchant, a buyer, a designer or an agent, will be able to improve," says the organizer. CHIC  2009,  ushered  into  a  new  era, will  change  from  the traditional"business-and-trade" type  to  a multi-dimensional  integration of "premium fashion", "business elite", and "cross-functional convergence". With brand new innovations of  organizational  systems and  presentation  patterns,  it will  reinforce brand  communications,  strengthen  specialized business  services,  increase  functional activities, introduce the idea of cross-functional convergence, and optimize visual effects.
 
By  applying  the concepts  of  "lifestyle" and  "fashion  trend"  and with  themes  of  "Do Good",  "Rhythm  and Melody"  and  "Butterfy Dance", CHIC 2009 will design the hall plan byproducts and styles. There will be eight zones in the 100,000-square-meter  exhibition  hall, which  are: Men's Business Attire/Business Attire,  Casual / Sporty/  Jeans/ Street Wear,  Leather,  Infant  and Children's Wear/ Maternity Wear, Women 's We a r / Cashmere / Bridal's Wear/  Formal Wear/ Body and  Intimate Wear, Women's Premium Business Attire/  Ladies' Wear /  Young  Fashion,  Design Lounge, Overseas Exhibitors. Facing a strategic opportunity for the Chinese  fashion  industry, CHIC sticks to the guideline of "premium, professional, and resource-oriented" services  to  innovate,  transform and upgrade.  The  purpose  is  to  further build CHIC  into a  fashion exhibition brand  that  offers  forward-looking information  and  industry-leading opportunities  and  facilitates  people to communicate and change, driving fundamental  development  and  all-round  integration  of  the  fashion industry with related industries.

Intertextile Features More

Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics, which will  be  held 29 - 31 March  2009  at  the China  International Exhibition Centre, has expanded a focus on wool products for  ladies and menswear  and will  offer  a  new Orientation  Tour  and lucky drawing for a tour of Beijing.

The show will  feature 1,300 exhibitors  in 48,000 sqm, to  highlight  products  for  the  spring/summer  2010  buying season and is a key feature of the northern Chinese textile trade calendar.

As a bonus for visitors, the show will for the first time include a special orientation  tour of  the venue on  the first two show days to help familiarized trade buyers with product and country zones and other useful features.

Held twice daily, at 10:30am and again at 2:30pm, visitors can take a tour to learn about the show features: country and region pavilions, seminars, and a free shuttle to the other major textile trade events taking place in the city, including the China International Clothing&Accessories Fair (CHIC), and Yarn Expo Spring (for apparel fbres and yarns).Visitors who register online before 16 February will also be entered into a lucky  drawing for a complimentary city tour of Beijing.

"Visitors  to  Inter textile Beijing  can  not  only  engage  in trade but can  take advantage of  fashion week  in  the city, including CHIC  and Yarn Expo,"  says Ms Wendy Wen, director of trade fairs for Messe Frankfurt  (HK), "We have found  that many buyers  combine  a  trip  to  the  show with factory visits as well, to take better advantage of their travel budgets. They also can see one of China's most historic cities and the  lucky drawing  is a small token we are offering to make their visit more enjoyable."

Wool suppliers add new products to show

Inter textile Beijing will include a focus  on wool  producers  this  year, with  some  of  the  top  suppliers  on site. Exhibitors will feature fabrics for men's and women's wear in wool  and wool  blends  including silks, cashmere and rare fbres such as chinchilla.

Hield, one of  the  leading worsted manufactures  in England, will feature weave  super  230's wool and  blends  of  cashmere,  vicuna, chinchilla,  silk  and  other  noble fi-bres. Stock is supported in China for cut, length and service.
Also from  the United Kingdom, J & J Minis , under HFW (Huddersfeld) Ltd, will  feature high quality  fabrics with  cashmere,  silk and fine wool. The company stocks a supported range for tailors  and garment makers.

William Halstead Ltd, also from the United Kingdom, will present classical  fancy worsted  sittings, super 80's to super 200's, specialty mohair's,  cashmere,  escorial  and fennel sittings. And from Turkey, Yunsa will feature wool and wool blends including wool/linen, wool/ pes, wool/pes Aycra, wool/mohair  and wool/cashmere.

In addition to wool, this show features cotton, silk, linen, ramie, man-made,  knitted and  other materials  along with accessories. Yarn Expo Kick Off The  specialty  trade  event Yarn Expo Spring  returns  to  the China World Trade Centre in Beijing from 30 Mar - 1 April 2009. The show is an exclusive event for this upstream segment of the textile industry and one of the few shows of its kind in Asia.

Despite  challenges  facing  the  global  textile  industry,  fiber  and  yarn  are still very much in demand in China. This demand is buoyed by the continued, albeit more modest,  rise  in  textile  exports,  as well  as  growing  domestic demand particularly for high quality specialty yarns from abroad.

Yarn Expo Spring, which  attracted  3,500  visitors  from  41  countries  in 2008,  has  been  designed  to  help  international  suppliers  tap  this  potential. Visitors to past shows have attended from across China as well as Europe, Asia, North and South America and even Africa and  include manufacturers of  both  knitted  and woven  fabrics,  knitwear,  designers  and  import/export companies. 

"This show  is significant  in that  it offers fiber and yarn producers a very specific and efficient venue  to find  trade buyers  in China," said Ms Wendy Wen, Director of Trade Fairs for Messed Frankfurt (HK) Ltd. "Exhibitors know that any visitor at this show will be a serious potential customer." Beijing is the spring fashion destination in ChinaYarn Expo also  benefits  from  two  other  important  trade  events  taking place.  Inter textile Beijing Apparel Fabrics (29  -  31 March  2009)  features more  than  1,000  top Chinese  and  international  textile manufacturers  and the China  International Clothing and Accessories Fair  (CHIC), one of China's  leading  garment  fairs, will run from 26 - 29 March 2009.

Together, these events offer added value to anyone visiting from the textile industry. At the same time, the shows offer one of the earliest glimpses into the Spring / Summer 2010 trends.

Yarn Expo features natural fbres and yarns including cotton, wool, silk and linen/ramie; regenerated and synthetic products; specialty products; elastic, fancy and blended yarns and computer-related services.