Compared with previous clothing festivals, this year's festival featuring linen and cotton has five characteristics: firstly,规模化 (scale). The five major events of this clothing festival highlight scale in both organizational work and social participation. Among these, the model competition will gather top models from nearly 30 provinces and cities across the country to compete in Chongqing, setting a record for the number of participating cities and contestants. Additionally, the total exhibition area of this year's brand exhibition is 15,500 square meters with an estimated 710 standard booths, inviting excellent clothing brands from all over the country, such as Hangzhou and Guangzhou. Secondly, branding. This year's clothing design competition introduced the women's wear design competition, one of the seven major professional clothing design competitions in the country, and will continue to develop it into a well-known brand competition in Chongqing and nationwide over three years through the clothing festival. The sales activities emphasize branding, with participating companies being outstanding clothing enterprises from all over the country. Their clothing brands have significant influence nationwide, enhancing the scale and level of this exhibition. Thirdly, industrialization. This clothing festival always prioritizes the development and strengthening of Chongqing's clothing industry, promoting exchanges and cooperation between Chongqing's clothing enterprises and domestic and international clothing production and trade enterprises by inviting excellent domestic and foreign clothing brands and multinational procurement groups to participate.
Over the past 10 years, the Chongqing International Clothing Festival has strengthened a group of outstanding Chongqing-based clothing enterprises represented by Shu Wang, Duan Ji, and Sand Ship, cultivated a group of excellent fashion designers represented by Liang Mingyu, and produced famous models like Yu Na and Chen Chun.
This year's clothing festival, approved by the Chongqing Municipal Government as one of the important activities of the 2008 Chongqing Fashion Carnival, organizes seven major events including the opening gala of the Sixth China Chongqing International Clothing Festival "Beautiful Chongqing", the 2008 China Fashion Brand Exhibition, the "Yupai Fine Apparel City Cup" 2008 National Women's Wear Design Invitational Competition, the "Yubei Cup" Sixth Chongqing National Fashion Model Competition, the 2008 Chongqing Clothing Import and Export Processing Negotiation Conference, the 2008 Chongqing Famous Brand Clothing Selection, and the Outlet World Famous Brand Clothing Performance.
According to the news on September 27th, the Sixth China Chongqing International Clothing Festival will be grandly held at the Chongqing International Convention and Exhibition Center from September 28th to 30th. This year's clothing festival takes the concept of leading and upgrading Chongqing's clothing industry with creative industries and aims to "highlight design, cultivate brands, strengthen cooperation, and expand openness."