Where do good fabrics come from? The selection of textile fabric designers is timely

Textile industry is an important part of Chinese manufacturing industry. Improving textile clothing supply quality plays an important role in satisfying people's better life demand. In this process, strengthening the construction of high-end design talent system is one of the powerful measures to achieve high-quality development of the industry.

On March 17, 2023, the 8th Top Ten textile fabric designers selection kickoff meeting was held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Keqiao Fashion Trend Research Institute of Chinese women's fabric. Li Bo, Deputy director of China Textile Information Center, Wang Xiaodong, member of Party Working Committee of China Textile City Construction Management Committee and director of China Textile City Creative Industry Service Center, Chen Baojian, chief engineer of National Textile Product Development Center and other leaders attended the event. The launch will implement the "online + offline" dual venue mode, and live broadcast simultaneously on the platform of CTIC Fashion College, the video number of China's popular fabrics and the video number of women's fabrics trends.

This activity is guided by China National Textile Products Development Center, organized by China Textile Information Center, organized by National Textile Product Development Center and China Textile City Construction Management Committee, specially supported by Keqiao District People's Government of Shaoxing City, and technical support by Textile Industry Vocational Skills Appraisal Guidance Center. The event was hosted by Xie Ran, director of Creative Design Department of China Textile Information Center.

Industrial interconnection to create a new magnetic field for textile talents

Keqiao is known as the "International textile capital". From the world fabric distribution center to the global fashion source, Keqiao has opened the door of the world market with high-quality fashion fabrics. Now, "Keqiao Fabric" has become a big IP that cannot be ignored in the global fashion industry, and Keqiao has also become a gathering place of high-end textile design talents.

From 2018 to now, the selection activity and Keqiao have worked together for several years and established the "Golden Keqiao Award", providing a good industrial soil and innovation platform for the growth and development of fabric designers. Li Bo said in his speech, "In 2023, we and Keqiao will continue to deepen the selection of various work, vigorously promote the textile fabric designers in the design technology skills, design development planning, design innovation thinking and other comprehensive professional quality and professional level, cultivate the industry development of the urgent need for complex textile cutting-edge talents, To boost the economic take-off of Keqiao textile industry, create a talent innovation highland, and help the construction of 'international textile capital' in the new era to inject new momentum and vitality."

In his speech, Wang Xiaodong pointed out that in recent years, Keqiao has set up a world-class modern textile industry cluster, accelerated the construction of textile fashion creative industry development system, and made continuous measures in platform building, fabric innovation, talent introduction, brand cultivation and other aspects and achieved remarkable results. Standing at a new historical starting point, Keqiao will accelerate the precipitation of unique advantages of "market + industry + scientific innovation" in order to build a more "open, fashionable, intelligent and high-end" modern international textile capital. "Based on this' Top Ten Textile and fabric designers selection 'activity, we sincerely invite textile enterprises and fabric designers from all over the country to come to Keqiao and meet in the textile City, so as to create a new height of fashion creativity for Keqiao, build a high level of talent, and enhance the international competitiveness of Keqiao textile industry with new wisdom and new vitality."

Multidimensional consideration, comprehensive evaluation of all-around talents

Chen Baojian introduced the national top ten textile fabric designers and the training of advanced units from the aspects of application conditions, award setting, application materials, evaluation standards, publicity and promotion. The National Top 10 Textile and Fabric Designers activity started in 2010 and has become the most authoritative and influential professional selection activity in the field of textile and fabric designers. The activity focuses on improving the level of textile fabric design and cultivating a team of textile fabric designers with integrity and talent, strengthening the market-oriented design thinking and systematic product development management mode, and selecting excellent textile fabric designers with comprehensive design strength in design creativity, scientific and technological innovation, sustainable development and other aspects. To establish a model enterprise for training textile and fabric designers, improve the social influence and professional status of textile and fabric designers, so as to improve the added value and market competitiveness of China's textile products, and promote the construction of a textile power.