On July 16, the "Quality-Driven Guangdong Apparel, Global Reach" Textile and Apparel Quality and Compliance Seminar – hosted by the Guangdong Garment and Apparel Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Provincial Apparel Association") and the Guangdong Garment Designers Association, and organized by GRGTEST – was successfully held at the GRGTEST Technology Industrial Park. Relevant officials from the Panyu District Science, Technology, Industry, Commerce and Information Technology Bureau and the Panyu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau attended the event to provide guidance; He Zhikang, Full-time Vice President of the Provincial Apparel Association; Li Jun, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of GRGTEST; and Wang Qingdong, Assistant General Manager of GRGTEST, also participated in the event. The event was exclusively invited to more than 60 leading textile and apparel enterprises from across Guangdong Province, creating an efficient matchmaking platform to help these enterprises address compliance challenges and strengthen their quality foundation. The event was presided over by Pang Xiuyin, Director of the Membership Department of the Provincial Apparel Association.
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Guangdong serves as the national core cluster for the textile and apparel industry; Panyu, in particular, boasts a mature fashion apparel industry cluster characterized by a comprehensive industrial chain infrastructure and significant advantages in foreign trade exports. In his address, He Zhikang, Full-time Vice President of the Guangdong Textile and Apparel Association, emphasized that the pressure to transform the industry continues to mount, while quality supervision measures both domestically and internationally are increasingly stringent. He stressed that Guangdong's textile and apparel sector should focus on three key development priorities-high-end development, intelligent manufacturing, and sustainable development-to seize the initiative and gain a competitive edge during the industry's optimization and upgrading process, thereby jointly fostering the growth of new-quality productivity within the traditional textile and apparel sector.
He Zhikang delivered a speech.
Li Jun identified the core challenges currently faced by apparel enterprises-such as export compliance, quality control, and green transformation-and emphasized that GRGTEST will fulfill its role and mission as a council member of the Provincial Apparel Industry Association by establishing a regular exchange platform that facilitates government–enterprise collaboration, enhances association-driven support, and fosters industry-wide coordination. Leveraging GRGTEST's authoritative certifications, industry-wide credibility, and globally recognized one-stop testing and technical service capabilities, the company will effectively help enterprises mitigate compliance risks, elevate product quality, and expand their overseas order channels. Moving forward, GRGTEST aims to evolve into a high-tech, comprehensive technical solutions provider for new-type productive forces, committed to leveraging AI to deeply empower quality control across the entire supply chain.
Li Jun delivered a speech
This seminar facilitated in-depth exchanges to bridge the gaps among various stakeholders in the industry. Building upon the common pain points identified through preliminary field visits and research conducted among enterprises, GRGTEST, in collaboration with the Provincial Service Industry Association, invited Fan Fujun – an academic expert in the textile and apparel sector – along with GRGTEST's senior technical specialists and representatives from leading industry enterprises – to share their insights in turn. The sessions encompassed both an in-depth interpretation of policy frameworks and regulations, as well as practical case studies conducted by these benchmark companies.
Zhang Lanlan, Director of the GRGTEST Research Institute, delivered a keynote speech titled "Analysis of Recent Domestic Textile and Apparel Market Supervisory Sampling Inspections and Recall Cases from Europe and the United States."
Li Tiangen, Sales Director for the Shirushi Brand in South China at Guangdong Yida Textile Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech titled "Technology Empowering Quality: Sharing Practical Experiences in the Sustainable Development of Apparel Brands."
Professor Fan Fujun from South China Agricultural University delivered a keynote speech titled "Strengthening the Overall Quality Foundation of Guangdong's Textile and Apparel Industry."
Lin Lianfeng, Deputy Director of the GRGTEST Chemical Analysis Laboratory, delivered a keynote speech titled "Global PFAS Regulation Tightening: The Transition to Fluorine-Free Fabrics as a Strategy to Mitigate Risks and Secure Overseas Orders."
Chen Hongling, Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Langdeng Garments Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech titled "Building and Implementing a Quality Control System for Brand-Name Apparel."
After the thematic presentation concluded, the attendees visited the GRGTEST Corporate Exhibition Hall and the Textile Specialized Laboratory in separate groups, gaining an intuitive understanding of GRGTEST's comprehensive end-to-end textile testing technology capabilities.
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Moving forward, GRGTEST will continue to be deeply rooted in the frontline of the Greater Bay Area's textile and apparel industry, refining its comprehensive quality and technical service system, leveraging professional testing technologies to drive the high-quality development of Guangdong's textile and apparel sector, and supporting more Guangdong-based apparel brands in steadily expanding their presence in global markets.