Epidemic prevention policies have been repeatedly optimized. Has the “confidence” of China Textile City returned?
On December 7, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the “New Ten Measures” to optimize and implement epidemic prevention and control. Based on the optimization and adjustment of previous prevention and control measures, it further clarified the easing signal.
With the adjustment of measures, has the market’s “sense” kept up? On the 7th and 8th, reporters visited multiple markets in China Textile City to feel the impact of the optimization of epidemic prevention policies on merchants in the textile city.
Has the difficult stage passed?
As the location of Asia’s largest professional cloth market and the world’s largest textile trade gathering place, China Textile City’s attraction to textile merchants from all over the world cannot be underestimated. In the past two years, affected by the epidemic, Textile City, which has a huge “fan base”, has also faced development troubles.
In the Snell Textile Store located in the East Market of China Textile City, the person in charge of the company, Jiang Xuemei, felt a little helpless when talking about this year’s market situation: “Our customer base mainly comes from Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and other places. Compared with other peers, Generally speaking, the impact of the epidemic is still controllable, but this year’s order volume has also decreased by nearly 20% compared to last year. Around us, many partners’ sales have been discounted by half compared to last year, and some are even only about 20% of last year’s volume. .”
On the evening of December 4, Shaoxing issued a notice on optimizing and adjusting measures related to epidemic prevention and control, and on the evening of the 7th it was optimized into the “New Ten Measures”, which sent a lot of signals to textile merchants in Keqiao, Shaoxing. “It has become more and more convenient for customers to enter and exit the Textile City. This is first of all a positive signal.” Jiang Xuemei said that her company mainly deals in fashionable women’s clothing fabrics. For customers, offline product selection is an important link. However, for a long time in the past, due to various environmental factors, many customers were forced to choose the “online ordering” method after comprehensive consideration of time and economic costs. Shan, everyone is a little worried.”
This phenomenon has already undergone some changes. “The peak customer flow in the women’s clothing fabric market is generally in spring and autumn. We are relatively confident about the market conditions next spring. We hope that more customers will come to Keqiao to see the latest fabrics,” she said.
Wang Xia, the person in charge of Niu Sheng Textile, also lamented that in the past few years affected by the epidemic, the lives of textile workers have been somewhat “difficult.” “Usually at this time, we are all making patterns for next spring’s styles, and we are extremely busy. But now, customers from other places are waiting and watching, and orders have been greatly affected.”
“In the first half of this year, a customer from Chengdu rushed to Keqiao because he was anxious to choose products. However, not long after arriving in Keqiao, he was informed that he had to go through a period of isolation in the hotel. This had a negative impact on his work. It has a certain influence.” Wang Xia was deeply impressed by this. The timely epidemic prevention measures and urgent work needs have inevitably made foreign businessmen feel “understandable” but also “embarrassed”. Now, with policy adjustments, this type of “embarrassment” has been reduced accordingly. After the epidemic prevention and control measures were optimized and adjusted, Wang Xia felt that the number of customers in the market had obviously increased in the past two days.
In the past few days, the number of people coming and going in the east market of China Textile City has increased. At noon on the 7th, there were no free parking spaces in the market parking lot
“The East Market is one of the markets with the largest daily flow of people in China Textile City.” Meng Weidong, head of the East Market Branch of Zhejiang China Textile City Group Co., Ltd., said that after the adjustment of epidemic prevention measures, a lot of things happened in the East Market. The change. “We no longer check the health code, itinerary code and nucleic acid report, and the verification steps of personnel entry and exit are omitted, and the number of people coming and going has increased a lot.” Meng Weidong said that in the past two days, the average daily passenger flow of the East Market has increased by about 20%. , the number is expected to grow in the future.
It is worth mentioning that in just two days, the number of store contracts for the next year in the market has increased. “Because many merchants have a wait-and-see attitude towards the textile market, many merchants were not in a hurry to renew their shop contracts. In early December, one-third of the shops on the first floor of the East Market alone had not signed a contract. But as of the 8th, the first floor of the shop had not signed a contract. The shops have been basically rented out.” Meng Weidong said that this means that merchants are beginning to regain confidence in the market, and everyone is looking forward to a new round of development opportunities next spring.
How to be the “first guardian”?
Previously, the market supervision department would implement big data control on business households in the Textile City. If they did not do nucleic acid tests for three days, they would be assigned a yellow code. This measure is currently no longer implemented. This also means that the market’s epidemic prevention policies have really been “relaxed”, and the pressure to protect health has been put on everyone.
“We will continue to be our ‘first guardian.'” Wang Xia said that although the market no longer requires regular nucleic acid testing, a permanent nucleic acid testing point in the market is still “open” as usual. “We will still consciously do nucleic acid testing on time. This is not only responsible for ourselves but also responsible for the market.”
Regular nucleic acid testing is not only a habit, but also a guarantee. “I have to know whether I am healthy. Regular nucleic acid testing is a direct way to protect myself.” 1A business owner said bluntly that he would still take a nucleic acid test every 3-5 days, and seeing the negative report was also a “reassurance” for himself.
“In the past two days, there have been more people in the market, and there are more people wearing masks.” A staff member in the East Market told reporters that compared with usual, Everyone’s awareness of epidemic prevention has become stronger. “Even merchants who sit in the store all day will put on their masks as soon as they see customers coming in. I think this is a sign of responsibility for everyone.”
After the market gradually picks up, merchants in China Textile City who want to go out to have a look can no longer sit still. Jiang Xuemei and her team are starting to lay out plans for next year. “In the past few years of the epidemic, I have never been abroad once. If I want to understand the market, I go to the surrounding shopping malls in Hangzhou and Shanghai. After a trip, I may face several days of quarantine when I come back, which is not good for us. Small time cost.” Jiang Xuemei said that in the past two months, she will pay close attention to the epidemic situation inside and outside the province. Once the situation stabilizes, she will start preparing to attend exhibitions or visit markets in other provinces. “We want to go out step by step, but all this is based on safety.”
On the 7th, a staff member checked the health code at the checkpoint of Qianqing China Textile Raw Materials City. After the epidemic prevention measures were further optimized that night, there was no need to check the health code
In Qianqing China Textile Raw Materials City, which mainly deals in textile raw materials, the situation is similar. The reporter learned that the permanent nucleic acid testing site in the raw material city will remain open during this period. “Before the optimization of epidemic prevention measures, the number of people tested at this nucleic acid testing site in the morning was about 2,000. On the morning of the 7th, the number of people tested was about 1,300. has decreased, but everyone still has not relaxed their vigilance against the epidemic.” said Zhang Yu, deputy general manager of Qianqing China Textile Raw Materials City.
“The epidemic prevention control in our market has always been relatively strict and precise. As a merchant, we feel safe entering and exiting the market. After the epidemic prevention policy is relaxed, we will also have worries, but the market management staff will still be in the group regularly The release of the latest epidemic developments and epidemic prevention matters also makes us feel at ease.” said Wang Jianping, the person in charge of Xinfeng Special Yarn, a company in the raw material city. On that day, several partners came to his store to discuss business. Everyone said that even if there were no strict epidemic prevention requirements, they would take good protection and be the “first person responsible” for their health.
In the process of visiting the market, we often ask: “Has your confidence returned?” Faced with this question, some people say “wait and see”, while others say “it will get better and better.” Has the “confidence” of China Textile City returned? Perhaps no one can give a clear answer at the moment. But in the words of business owners and buyers, we can understand that after a harsh winter, they are all waiting for the arrival of spring.
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