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ABOUT CNGA
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Major Activities of China National Garment Association
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China International Clothing & Accessories Fair
Established in 1993 and held annually in Beijing, China International Clothing & Accessories Fair (CHIC) has been growing with China's garment industry and market, with an exhibition area of more than 100,000m2, over 1000 brands from more than 30 countries and regions, and over 100,000 professional visitors. CHIC is not only the biggest clothing trade fair in Asia, but also widely recognized as a renowned professional exhibition in the world. As a best platform of market expansion, brand promotion, business negotiation and international exchanges for clothing companies, CHIC has also become a valuable brand in apparel exhibition. |
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China National Garment Association Award
Organized by CNGA, China National Garment Association Award (CNGA Award) is an annual brand promotion event aimed at commending the growth and development of Chinese apparel brands. Based on market test, CNGA Award positively recognizes the achievement made by the brands within the year, enhances the brand awareness and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in China's apparel industry, drives the work of enterprises in terms of design, quality, marketing and innovation, promotes the overall development of the brands and further improves public recognition and social influence of the apparel brands. The event bestows 11 awards: Style, Innovation, Potential, Quality, Merchandising, Marketing, Public, Value, Promotion, Achievement and Special. A great award ceremony will be held for the presentation of the awards. Except the Promotion and Special awards which only have one winner for each, the remaining awards each have one winner and two nominations. All awards are judged by a jury in line with market test and in the principle of "Fairness, Justness and Openness". Pricewaterhousecoopers is responsible for ballot counting and supervision from the beginning to the end of the event. |
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China Fashion Forum
Set up in 1996, China Fashion Forum is held annually in Beijing and becomes the highest level platform for theoretical research in Chinese apparel industry. The forum has invited numerous well-known experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and business elites to exchange advanced management ideas and operation concepts, boost operation and management level of China's apparel companies and entrepreneurs, and reflect the most cutting-edge trend of the industry. As a grand intelligence gala for Chinese apparel industry, the event is playing an important role in inspiring the development of Chinese clothing industry. |
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Joint Convention of China Apparel Distributors and Retailers
Integrating good business resources of apparel industry, the annually held Joint Convention of China Apparel Distributors and Retailers aims to regulate operation mode of apparel retailers so that clothing companies, apparel distributors & agents and business organizations can be on the track of mutually beneficial cooperation and common development. Taking distributors and retailers as its main body, the convention has created a regular and stable exchange platform for distributors and retailers. Each year, the event invites experts in apparel and logistics industry as well as CNGA's advisors, and organizes professional training and market research in China and abroad. Keeping close contact with the distributors and retailers in the form of Convention News and Short Message Service (SMS), the meeting provides them with the latest industry information and the demand information of enterprises and markets in a timely and prompt manner. |
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Pride in Chinese Garment Brands
Based on the first CNGA Award successfully held in May 2005, CNGA has launched Pride in Chinese Garment Brands to gather China's high-end garment brands and promote their overall image. The event is expected to create excellent brand teams and form brand style in China's clothing industry, build high-end level of local brands, lead the consumption of Chinese brands, set up the value and position of Chinese brands and enhance the overall development of the industry. Presented as creative fashion shows by brand groups, the event chooses to perform shows during the period of big culture activities and fashion festivals in major cities. According to the position of high-end brands and the culture of host cities, the past shows presented in Beijing, Shanghai, Paris and Humen were named as Shine on the East, Stars on the River, Elegance Moves Fengjing, Gorgeous Shows in Seine, Giants Gather in Humen, Beauty Surprises Shaxi, Trends Active in Shenzhen, Brands Converge in Yinchuan, Glory Lightens Hangzhou, Dalian Romantic Travel, Flowers Bloom in Sanya, and etc. |
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Reach & Touch
Creativity is the power for existence and development of enterprises and brands, and also the key to creating core competitiveness of the brands. With the purpose of promoting technical innovation and brand building, Reach & Touch, held once a year since 2007, represents the highest creativity in China's textile and garment industry, combining with industry chain of textile and garment, guiding fashion lifestyle, and presenting fashion trends, brand creativity and fashion originality. In 2010, Reach & Touch was transferred from Shanghai to Beijing. China Creative Design Contest is held as part of Reach & Touch, the winners of which will be invited to attend China in Paris Showroom, an event held in Paris to promote China's design. |
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China Textile & Apparel Trade Fair (Paris)
China Textile & Apparel Trade Fair (Paris), also known as CTAF, is one of the exhibitions undertaken by CNGA. Due to cancellation of textile product quota between China and Europe, the macro trade environment between these two areas has been improving ever since, which offers a pleasant background for the start of CTAF. Since the first show in Germany in 2006, the exhibition has gained recognition from many European textile and apparel organizations, and connected Chinese enterprises and brands of textile and garment with the European market. The fair is the first self-organized exhibition of Chinese textile and clothing industry in Europe, exhibiting such products as garments, fabrics, accessories and home textile. |
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China in Paris Showroom
Created with Fédération française de la couture, du pret-a-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, Fashion In Life, fashion buyers, and powerful media, China in Paris Showroom is to build a platform for the communication between Chinese and international creative designers and direct dialogue between media and international buyers. The event enables China's creative design force to go global and put creativity into practice, and thus promotes the growth of Chinese fashion brands and design group. Gathering exhibits from China's design force, the showroom presents contemporary arts, fashion, designers' latest collections, creative jewelry and photographic works, which releases a signal of "China's Creativity" and displays the strength of China's contemporary design. The event celebrated its first edition in October 2010 in Paris and will be held in March and October respectively every year in future. |
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