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The Transformation of the Clothing Industry in China

The Transformation of the Clothing Industry in China
Date:
23 February 2015
Authors:
Miao Zhang, Xin Xin Kong, Santha Chenayah Ramu
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This article examines the transformation of clothing manufacturing in China with a focus on institutional support, technological upgrading and global production chains. The evidence shows that reforms and integration into global production chains has rapidly expanded China's exports but it has also driven the relocation abroad of Chinese clothing firms. Global integration has motivated clothing firms to upgrade through learning, adoption and innovation. Hence, despite improvements in technological capabilities the share of clothing value-added in manufacturing has gradually declined. Also, China has increasingly faced industrial structural change from clothing to the capital goods, real estate and high tech sectors.

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