Modern Textile & Apparel Industry

In 2024, Fujian Province had 4,406 textile, apparel, and footwear enterprises above the designated size, with industry revenue reaching RMB 950.2 billion, a 7.6% year-on-year increase. This includes RMB 683.1 billion from the textile and apparel segment (up 7.1%) and RMB 267.1 billion from the footwear segment (up 9.1%). Fujian’s modern textile and apparel industry ranks among the largest in China, featuring a comprehensive industrial chain spanning chemical fibers, spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, garment manufacturing, footwear production, and industrial textiles. Our province leads the country in sports shoe production and import-export volume. Notably, 5 of the 14 Fujian-based enterprises listed in the "2023 China Top 500 Private Enterprises" are from the textile and apparel industry.

New Materials Industry

In recent years, Fujian Province has seen a growing agglomeration effect in its new materials industry, with a gradually improving innovation system and an expanding variety of materials. The production processes and output of stainless steel materials, ternary cathode materials, tungsten wire for lighting, high-performance automotive aluminum alloy sheets, laser and nonlinear optical crystals and devices, among others, rank among the highest in China. Leading enterprises such as Tsingtuo Group, CATL, Highsun Holding Group, Xiamen Tungsten, Zijin Mining Group, and Deer Technology have been cultivated. Driven by these industry leaders, Fujian has initially formed influential specialty new materials clusters, including lithium battery materials, stainless steel materials, advanced functional textile materials, advanced chemical materials, rare earth materials, and graphene.