Jining – a pretender to the crown of Zhejiang as China’s largest leather production centre

16/04/2001

A young pretender – Jining, is challenging the supremacy of Zhejiang as China’s largest production centre for leather goods and footwear.

Though its association with the large-scale production of leather goods only dates back as far back as 1993, the Inner Mongolian city of Jining is today being compared with Zhejiang in terms of both output and dollar value terms.