China’s textile industry reported a mixed performance in the first four months of 2025, statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show. Textile businesses with turnover of more than US $ 2.8 million in a year saw a 4.2% year-on-year growth in value-added industrial output—a indicator of stable production activity.
Yet, overall industry revenue fell a hair by 0.5%, to US $ 207 billion. To the consumer side, big-box retailers of textiles enjoyed more robust momentum, with sales increasing 5.9% to US $ 892 billion.
Textile and garment exports also inched up, to US $ 90.5 billion—a 1.1% year-over-year increase in the same period.
In the context of changing global dynamics, most Chinese textile companies are accelerating investment in research and development, focusing more on material innovation and attempts to climb the value chain globally. Even amid domestic and foreign headwinds, industry experts report that the textile industry remains a crucial part of China’s economy due to its enormous scale and capacity for employment, as Chinese media reports.
