In 2017， China’s specialized textile and apparel market enjoyed progress in stability with accelerated transformation and upgrading， which deeply boosted structural reform at supply side. All kinds of risks and contradictions positively resolved， the industry presented obvious tendency of getting warm again after drop. According to statistics of China Commercial Circulation Association of Textile and Apparel （CATA） of China National Textile And Apparel Council， there were 903 specialized textile and apparel markets of above ten thousand square meters in China in 2017， and gross market turnover reached RMB 2，210 billion with 5.12% year on year.
General situation
According to CATA， there were 903 specialized textile and apparel markets of above ten thousand square meters in China in 2017 with 1.01% year-onyear growth rate； operating area in market reached 73，151，300 square meters with 3.73% year-on-year growth rate； quantity of shops in the market reached 1，362，900 with 0.37% year-on-year growth rate； quantity of commercial tenants in the market was 1，124，300 with 0.82% year-on-year growth rate；； gross market turnover was RMB 2，210 billion with 5.12% year-on-year growth rate.
During 2013 - 2017， quantities of specialized textile and apparel markets in China were 802， 833， 862， 894 and 903 respectively， total operating area of the markets increased from 63，647，500 square meters to 73，151，300 square meters， total quantity of shops from 1，218，700 to 1，362，900， total quantity of commercial tenants from 1，038，500 to 1，124，300， and gross market turnover from RMB 1，920 billion to RMB 2，210 billion.
In aspect of new markets， there were 34 newly added specialized textile and apparel markets in 2017 with 6.25% year-on-year growth rate； total investment amount in newly added specialized markets was RMB 60.838 billion with 5.77% year-on-year growth rate； total operating area of newly added specialized markets was 5.4391 million square meters with 6.68% year-on-year growth rate. 9 markets had just start working in which investment amount reached RMB 22.028 billion and operating area was 2.1353 million square meters； 25 markets had newly started business in which investment amount was RMB 38.810 billion and operating area was 3.3038 million square meters. However in 2017， total quantity of specialized textile and clothing markets of above ten thousand square meters in China only increased by 9 compared with 2016， because quantity of specialized textile and clothing markets in Beijing decreased dramatically in 2017.
