Located in the hinterland of the CentralPlain, bordering Luoyang and Nanyang in the east, adjoining Jingzhou andXiangyang in the south, facing the Han River in the west and leaning againstFuniu Mountain in the north, Dengzhou, Henan is known as an "impregnablepass linking three provinces". With the opening of Haolebaoji-Ji'anRailway to traffic, what opportunities will Dengzhou face and in what fieldswill Dengzhou possibly cooperate with Jingzhou?
With a full length of 57.1 kilometers, theDengzhou section of Haolebaoji-Ji'an Railway covers 9 towns (townships) and 33administrative villages. 2 main tracks and 2 arrival-departure tracks have beenbuilt for Dengzhou West Railway Station with a length of 2.7 kilometers, withspace reserved for the container load line, station building and containeryard.
As a city directly administered by HenanProvince, Dengzhou has two pillar industries: automobile and automotive parts,textile & apparel. Rangdong, Dengzhou is the hometown of Zhang Zhongjing regardedas the "Chinese medical sage", a "Chinese famous town of pants industry",as well as an agglomeration area of Dengzhou's textile & apparel industry.With 213 apparel processing enterprises, over 6,600 individual clothing processinghouseholds, 62 independent brands and 17,000 practitioners, Dengzhou producesover 20 million pairs of pants for men and women annually, and achieves annualoutput value and sales revenues of over 5 billion yuan. At the workshop of DengzhouYuxi Costume Co., Ltd. (Yuxi), after over 20 procedures such as cutting, sewingand packing, a piece of fabric will change into a pair of men's pants in about40 minutes.
Jingzhou's clothing dealers have come heresince last year and started to place orders from this year, said Ba Yuting,Vice General Manager of Yuxi.
Like the textile & apparel industry ofCenhe Town, Shashi District, Jingzhou, Rangdong's apparel industry has gonethrough a process of transformation and upgrading. In recent years, Rangdonghas integrated apparel industry cultivation with new urbanization, upgraded 6old markets, started to build modern markets like China Rangdong InternationalTrade City and Zhongyuan Apparel Trade City, and hosted Textile & ApparelExpo and Textile & Apparel Industry Forum, to constantly enhance theinfluence of Rangdong's apparel industry. Driven by the "internet + apparel+ entrepreneurship" model, Rangdong has been ranked first in China in theonline sales of Chinese tunic suits and leather pants.
Rangdong, a "Chinese famous town of pantsindustry" and Cenhe Town of Jingzhou, a "Chinese famous town ofinfant & children's wear" can carry out exchanges and cooperation topromote the development of the apparel industry, said Li Qinglin, Deputy Chiefof Rangdong Town and President of the Rangdong Apparel Industry.
In 2014, the Publicity Department of the CPCCentral Committee honored Dengzhou Lei Feng Regiment as a model of the times,which has become a bright "moral symbol" of Dengzhou. Upgradedindustries and the wealth of spirit have built a strong driving force for development.With the opening of Haolebaoji-Ji'an Railway to traffic, there will be more andmore opportunities for Dengzhou. Henan Mining Crane Co., Ltd. in Xinxiang,Henan Province is a hosting equipment manufacturer which holds a large marketshare in Jingzhou; it will speed up the construction of an intelligent workshopat the next stage to expand their market share.