China Stone Industry Service Group in Shinan, together with domestic head brands and a number of Italian brands, is set to promote the sustainable development of the Sino-Italian fashion industry. [Photo/qingdaonews.com]

The 2020 China Stone (Qingdao) International Fashion Industry Summit and Sino-Italian Fashion Matchmaking Meeting were held in Shinan district, Qingdao on Nov 29.

At the summit, China Stone Industry Service Group, together with 30 leading domestic brands and a number of first and second-tier Italian brands and new designers, planned out the future development strategy for the fashion industry in Shinan, marking a new beginning for cooperation between domestic and foreign fashion enterprises.

Shinan specially invited the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, the official organizer of the runway shows at Milan Fashion Week, as a guest.

Zhang Wenfeng, CEO of China Stone, said that after the COVID-19 epidemic, China has experienced the fastest economic recovery and has the largest consumer market in the world. In light of the changed global landscape, cooperation between China and Italy will be both a challenge and an opportunity.

Carlo Capasa, president of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion (Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana CNMI), said that CNMI and China Stone were working together to promote the sustainable development of the Sino-Italian fashion industry, the incubation and promotion of new brands and designers, digital transformation, and the dissemination of fashion art and culture.