Teller Report learned from the opening ceremony of the 11th China Huidong Shoe Culture Festival that at present the shoe industry in Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, has grown to more than 5,600, employing 160,000 people. 900 million pairs of shoes were produced in 2021, with an output value of 34.5 billion yuan. More than 60 well-known domestic and foreign footwear brands have chosen Huidong Enterprises as their manufacturers. [Guangdong Huidong shoe industry has developed to more ... – tellerreport.com]
It is understood that Huidong is located in the easternmost part of the Pearl River Delta region, located in the "corner of the Greater Bay Area", and is a well-known "Chinese women's shoe production base" at home and abroad.
Since the establishment of the first shoe-making enterprise in Huidong in 1981, after more than 40 years of cultivation, Huidong Footwear has formed a one-stop service system with research and development design, raw material supply, mold processing, forming and assembly, packaging and decoration, warehousing and logistics, and product sales. The development pattern of the footwear industry with fashionable women's shoes as the main product.
Huidong County Party Committee and County Government has always insisted on making the best use of the situation, strengthening support measures, formulating and organizing the implementation of the "Huidong County Footwear Industry Development Plan (2020-2025)", and established the "Huidong County National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Base (Footwear)" "National Shoe Inspection Center" and "Fashion and Creative College" have laid a solid foundation for the transformation and upgrading, brand building, quality control and technical personnel support of Huidong women's shoes.
Especially in recent years, the local area has spared no effort to build the regional brand of "Huidong Women's Shoes", registered the collective trademark of "Huidong Women's Shoes", formulated the "Huidong Women's Shoes" standard, established the "Huidong Women's Shoes" enterprise alliance, and put the "Huidong Women's Shoes" enterprise alliance. Huidong women's shoes" regional brand has become synonymous with high-quality, cost-effective, fashionable and comfortable women's shoes, and continuously enhances the popularity and influence of Huidong women's shoes.
It is reported that Guangdong Huidong Shoes Culture Festival has been successfully held for ten sessions since 2002. After 20 years of careful construction, it has gradually become an exchange platform to promote the development of the shoe industry and an important window to display the image of Huidong.
With the theme of "adhering to the culture of women's shoes, creating a fashionable future with wisdom", this year's shoe culture festival is hosted by the China Leather Association and the Huidong County People's Government.
At the opening ceremony, the award ceremony for the spiritual figures of Huidong shoe industry craftsmen, the award ceremony for the Huidong (International) fashion women's shoe design competition, the award ceremony for the members of the "Huidong women's shoes" alliance, and the award ceremony for Huidong women's shoes benchmarking enterprises were also held. A series of activities such as the ceremony, the launching ceremony of the "Huidong women's shoes" online service platform, the launching ceremony of the shoe culture festival and the new product launch of Huidong women's shoes.