E China's Datang Subdistrict of Zhuji, largest hosiery production base in world

Datang Subdistrict of Zhuji City is the largest hosiery production base in the world, which produces 25 billion pairs of socks every year, accounting for more than 70% of the output of China and one third of the whole world.

At present, there are 201 industrial enterprises above designated size in the subdistrict. The total output value of the subdistrict from January to April this year reached 3.54 billion yuan (about 500 million U.S. dollars), and the self-operated export value in the first quarter exceeded 2 billion yuan (about 283 million U.S. dollars), with an increase of 19.64% year-on-year.

A staff member picks a roll of yarn at a workshop of a hosiery company at Datang Subdistrict of Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)