Theme:
2016 Sino-Africa International Symposium on Textiles and Apparel:
Textile and apparel industrial development and commerce
Textile and apparel marketing and management
Textile materials and manufacturing
Fashion design and marketing
Investment and management of the textile industry
2016 Sino-African Cultural Exchange Forum:
Chinese fashion and culture
African fashion and culture
Blending of Chinese and African fashion
“One Belt One Road” initiative in textile & apparel industries
Ancient Chinese and African art in apparel
Content:
Kenya is one of the destinations of the Maritime Silk Road. As early as more than 600 years ago, Zheng He set his foot on the coast of Kenya and brought Chinese goods, such as porcelain, gold, silk and other items to Kenya. On his return trip, he took African zebras and antelopes back to China. China has developed a long-term good relationship with Kenya and has become one of the most important partners for Kenya. The Chinese One Belt One Road initiative coincides with Kenyan development strategy. The “Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway” is one of the most important Chinese projects in Kenya.
China has the largest and most advanced textile industry in the world while Africa used to have a textile industry that has been marginalized over the past years. Insufficient textile professional and high education system and weak textile and apparel industries provide vast capacity for collaboration.
In order to promote education and research to revitalize the African textile and apparel industry, in 2015, Donghua University and Moi University decided to organize Sino-Africa symposiums on textiles and apparel annually in China and Kenya. Sino-Africa International Symposium on Textile and Apparel & Sino-Africa Cultural Exchange Forum (SAISTA 2016) will be held in Mombasa, Kenya this August. The objective is to promote collaboration between China and Africa in textile and apparel education and research as well as potential business opportunities.
More information:
http://saista.dhu.edu.cn/en/index.html
