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TEXTILE
China is one of the earliest countries in the world to begin the production of
textiles. According to legends, the Yellow Emperor's wife Lei Zu invented the
textile technology.
Compared with modern textile machines, with the exception of power intensity, spindle number and running speed, China’s
ancient textile machinery operated basically on the same principle in terms of either machine structure or power transmission.
From the Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring
States Period, textile technology experienced great development.
Through long-term refinement, the combination textile tools
evolved into primitive reeling machines, spinning wheels and looms.
China Textile Industry
The output of China textile industry
increased steadily in 2010. Total
industrial production value of
statistics-worthy China textile
enterprises increased by 1.31 times
from 2005 to CNY4765.0 billion
in 2010. In 2010, China's textile
and apparel export was on their
way to recovery, as it was rapidly
returning to its pre-crisis export
level. According to China Customs,
the exports value of China's textile
and garment amounted to $206.5
billion in 2010, increasing 75.72
percentage points from 2005.
The Nanjing "Yunjin" silk brocade is one of the three brocades well-known in China and abroad. Its
elegant and refined design with beautiful colors makes it look like clouds in the sky. So it's named
"Yunjin"(cloud brocade or cloud silk).