Shenzhen Garment Industry Maintains Its Just Cause

In recent years, with the increase in people's attention to product quality and safety and the strengthening of the new “Consumer Protection Law”, the quality of apparel companies has been greatly improved. At the same time, however, some companies frequently appear in the name of anti-counterfeiting companies to carry out malicious high-price claims against companies. Some organizations have also followed the spot-checking machine to follow suit, causing serious problems for the production and operation of many clothing brands. In response to the above-mentioned bad behaviors and better quality management of apparel products, the Shenzhen Garment Industry Association and the Shenzhen Institute of Metrology and Quality Inspection recently held the “Apparel Industry Coping with Malicious Fighting Symposium” from Masfil, the winner. , Ma Tiannuo, Ji Houfeng, Yizhi Hui, Aoni Xin, Huaxing, odbo, Napa Jia, An Lifang, An Jiesheng, Yipuda, Yidian, Falaix, Benitos, Dongchang, etc. Representatives of home apparel and related companies participated in the forum.

At the symposium, Shen Yongfang, president of the Shenzhen Garment Industry Association, said that due to imperfections in the industry quality standards, some malicious counterfeiting claims for the apparel industry have become commonplace. Garment companies often have mischief, seriously affecting the normal business order of the industry. She hopes to seek face-to-face dialogues through government departments, industry experts, and business representatives, and seek solutions to improve standardized management of product quality and to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of apparel companies.

Representatives of participating companies frankly stated that it is not new for apparel brands to encounter “fake counterfeiting”, and some professional counterfeiters often use loopholes in standardization management to obtain unfair benefits in a private manner because of unclear legal definitions. Some functional departments have ambiguous understanding of industry standards and inconsistent industry appraisal standards have contributed to malicious counterfeiting, and even formed an unfair industrial chain that walks on the legal and non-online lines, and embraced the healthy development of the apparel industry. Speaking of their respective experiences are not all the same, some acts seemingly unreasonable or deliberately claiming, often in the mall pressure, rights and interests have no reason to end the loss of private. Therefore, corporate representatives expressed concern about the formation of uniform quality standards and how to protect themselves through normal channels.

After listening to the opinions of the company's representatives, Yang Zhimin, director of the Shenzhen Institute of Fiber Textile Testing, said that high standards determine high quality. The quality management standards in the industry are in urgent need of improvement. Domestic and foreign standards are not uniform, standards in some areas are missing, and existing standards are updated. Lagging and other factors have hampered the standardized development of the quality of the garment industry, and it is also one of the causes of malicious counterfeiting. He hopes to promote the formulation and improvement of urban standards and corporate standards through the Shenzhen Clothing Standardization Committee that is being established, and contributes to the creation of "Shenzhen Quality". At the same time, he also gave positive opinions and suggestions from the four aspects of “lawful knowledge of law, legal rights protection, scientific management, and reasonable rectification” and gained the support of delegates.