Shihezi is a sub-prefecture-level city in Xinjiang, China. It is 467 meters above sea level and has a population of over 550,000 people in 2018. It is also cited as one of the world’s most liveable cities by the United Nations.
While commerce in Xinjiang are mostly associated with crops such as tomatoes, melons, fruits and nuts; Shihezi has an entirely different focus where it emphases on producing high-quality cotton products. This city is renowned for its white land of cotton fields and natural environmental advantages. People often quote Shihezi as “The City of A Shining Pearl in the Gobi Desert”. First-time visitors to Shihezi have never failed to be impressed upon seeing the wide expanse of greenery and the clean tidy streets.
After the city policy had changed towards agriculture in the 1990s, the textile industry has become a leading economic contributor and this in turn has boosted the export of cotton from Xinjiang. This textile hub has also become one of the key initiatives in President Xi Jinping’s “one belt, one road” initiative; which is the new silk road and economic belt spreading from Western China, passing through Central Asia, Europe and terminates in the United Kingdom. According to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), Xinjiang exported a total of 2.08 million tons of cotton in 2018.
To accommodate this massively growing textile market, the city has invested in its own university that specializes in agriculture. The university has over 2,500 staff, of which 1,500 of them are full-time lecturers and professors. The university also uses modern teaching methods and has invested in cutting edge research facilities comprising of 24 research centres and three modern laboratories supported by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology and the XPCC. This effort has indirectly created at least 18,000 job opportunities for the locals.
The cotton in Shihezi is valuable and is of high quality. The cotton companies in Shihezi are flexible and are willing to customise their products to meet exacting customer needs. On top of that, ready-made clothing is also available for the buyers to choose from.
Cotton-weaving companies like Huafang Shihezi Textile Co. Ltd. and Xinjiang Ruyi Textile Garment, have the capability to turn weaved cotton into cotton fabrics, and sell them to clothing manufacturers all over the world. Therefore, it is always the best for commercial buyers to engage directly with such manufacturers as they are able to lower production costs, meet specific requirements and improve profitability. So, if you are running a textile or clothing company, be sure to include Shihezi on your list of product sourcing destinations.
Huafang Shihezi Textile Co. Ltd., for instance, takes textile as its core business. It involves in a wide variety of textile-related areas such as cotton spinning, yarn-dyed, weaving and dyeing and wool spinning, weaving and dyeing business unit. It produces high quality cotton-yarn, yarn dyed fabric, woven cloth and woolen cloth. Similarly, Xinjiang Ruyi Textile Garment manufactures various types of fabrics which include cotton fabric with high thread count, twill fabric, poplin and yarn-dyed fabric. The company offers high quality towels as well.
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