Wenzhou is a major city in southeastern Zhe Jiang province of China and is a coastal city, and is the economic, cultural and traffic center of South Zhe Jiang.

Clothing industry is the traditional industry in Wenzhou. Since the nineties, the clothing enterprises have imported tots of international advanced equipment and constantly improved the grade of the products, of which 39 brands reach the state highest quality standards. Wenzhou Municipal People's Government has started to build "China (International) Clothing Famous City Industrial Park" in Binhai New District of Wenzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, making "clothing in Wenzhou" known to all and creating regional brand names.

Today, Wenzhou is home to more than 2,500 clothing enterprises, 290 of which are considered to be large-scale. In 2008 Wenzhou earned more than 40 billion yuan from its clothing industry, including $1.229 billion from clothes and clothing accessories export.

[photo: A Wenzhou-based garment brand, Metersbonwe]