Currently, global economic development faces increasing uncertainties, with geopolitical conflicts being frequent and trade protectionism intensifying. In particular, the tariff war initiated by the United States against the global community has constrained global economic recovery and significantly impacted the development of China leather industry. Despite this, the overall positive fundamentals of China leather industry remain unchanged, and we remain confident in its future development.

In the international market, China leather industry has established a strong competitive advantage in industrial ecology, encompassing the completeness of the industrial chain, the responsiveness of the supply chain, and the degree of collaboration and activity in the innovation chain. In recent years, turbulence and volatility of the international trade landscape have further propelled Chinese leather industry enterprises to accelerate their global production capacity and market layout. New business models and formats such as cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses are also continuously evolving, providing more robust support for industry exports.

From the perspective of the domestic overall environment, China's domestic market holds immense potential. With the continuous implementation of national policies aimed at expanding domestic demand and stimulating consumption, consumer confidence in the domestic market is gradually increasing. This will also continuously facilitate the effective release of demand for leather industry products. From January to July, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4.8% year-on-year, with retail sales of clothing and shoes increasing by 2.9% year-on-year, marking a significant improvement compared to the whole year of 2024. In recent years, the country has attached great importance to the increasingly severe involution-style competition and made relevant arrangements for comprehensive rectification of such competition, which will further ensure high-quality development of China leather industry.

From the perspective of the industry's own development, the engine role of technological innovation is becoming increasingly evident. In the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China leather industry will need to make more breakthroughs in expanding material varieties, implementing the "dual carbon" strategy to deepen green development, leveraging diverse cultures to enhance design and branding, embracing digitalization and intelligence to improve production efficiency, and building high-end supply chains and value chains. It will continuously accelerate the industry's development towards high-end, intelligent, and green directions, and addressing the persistent issues of product homogenization and involution-style competition through innovation.

In summary, faced with the complex and ever-changing domestic and international economic environments, the CLIA will lead industry enterprises to seek opportunities amidst challenges and break through the shackles of brand development in competition. Among these measures, building a high-quality exhibition platform is one of the key measures. Through Moda China, we aim to help industry enterprises explore larger and broader markets, simultaneously introducing a group of enterprises, that can represent China’s brand strength to compete with international brands, to the entire country and even the world, injecting more momentum and confidence into the healthy development of the industry.