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China boosts ties with Mekong nations in textile, apparel

China will step up cooperation with five Mekong countries, namely Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, in the field of textile and apparel, according to the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC).
China boosts ties with Mekong nations in textile, apparel ảnh 1A factory of the Phu Hoa An Textile Garment JSC in Phu Bai Industrial Park of Vietnam's Thua Thien-Hue province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - China will step up cooperation with fiveMekong countries, namely Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, in thefield of textile and apparel, according to the China National Textile andApparel Council (CNTAC).

More efforts will be made to strengthen trade and investmentinteraction and improve cooperation mechanisms, so as to deepen the integrationof industrial chains, including clothing, yarn and textile equipment, said theCNTAC.

CNTAC Vice President Xu Yingxin said since the launch of theLancang-Mekong cooperation mechanism, export-import of textiles and apparelbetween China and the five Mekong countries has grown steadily with expandinginvestment scale.

Last year, China’s export-import of textiles and apparel withthe five Mekong countries reached 29.79 billion USD, accounting for 9.6 percentof China's total trade in the sector.

Xu said cooperation between China and the Mekong countrieswill be more diversified in the future, including in high-end areas.

At the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Textile and Apparel Summitheld in east China's Suzhou city, a textile and garment industry dialoguemechanism was officially launched in a bid to promote collaboration./.
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