China is one of the earliest countries in the world to begin the production of textiles. According to legends, the Yellow Emperor's wife Lei Zu invented the textile technology.
From the Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, textile technology experienced great development. Through long-term refinement, the combination textile tools evolved into primitive reeling machines, spinning wheels and looms.
Compared with modern textile machines, with the exception of power intensity, spindle number and running speed, China's ancient textile machinery operated basically on the same principle in terms of either machine structure or power transmission.
The Nanjing "Yunjin" silk brocade is one of the three brocades well-known in China and abroad. Its elegant and rfined design with beautiful colors makes it look like clouds in the sky. So it's named "Yunjin"(cloud brocade or cloud silk).
China Textile Industry
The output of China textile industry increased steadily in 2010. Total industrial production value of statistics-worthy China textile enterprises increased by 1.31 times from 2005 to CNY4765.0 billion in 2010. In 2010, China's textile and apparel export was on their way to recovery, as it was rapidly returning to its pre-crisis export level. According to China Customs, the exports value of China's textile and garment amounted to $206.5 billion in 2010, increasing 75.72 percentage points from 2005.
