Apparel market booms in Hunan's Zhuzhou

A supplier shows shell fabrics to wholesalers at a market in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

In recent days, clothing firms in Zhuzhou have received more orders, and local wholesale markets are at full blast. Since the 1980s, the garment industry in Zhuzhou has developed into a cluster with a scale of 100 billion yuan ($14.55 billion). So far, 12,309 entities serve the local industrial chain, covering design, production, exhibition, sale, storage, logistics and e-commerce.

A worker operates a machine in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

A hostess promotes clothes via livestream in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 14. [Photo/Xinhua]

A supplier shows clothes to a wholesaler in Zhuzhou on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

A worker produces clothes at a workshop in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

Workers produce clothes at a workshop in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

A hostess promotes clothes via livestream in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

A worker produces clothes at a workshop in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]

A wholesaler goes through a list at a market in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, on Feb 15. [Photo/Xinhua]