Huidong shoe festival aims to revive local industry
30/08/2002
Huidong County, a key shoe production area in Guangdong province, is to hold the first Huidong ‘Shoe Culture Festival’ during 21 to 24 October 2002.
Huidong has a population of 100 thousand working in shoe-making industry and, in 2001, Huidong produces over 200 million pairs of shoes exporting to countries such as the U.S.A, Russia and South Africa with a total value of $520 million.