Ningbo International Fashion Fair Organizing Committee and Ningbo Garment Association, together with Chian-Europ Textile Alliance (Spain, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Finland), Argentina-Chinese Trade Chamber, Hong Kong Trade & Development Council, Indonesian Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Fashion Commission of the Florentine Industrial Association, Malaysia Garments Wholesale Merchants Association, Dutch Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Korea Fashion Textile Association, NEXFAIR, Textiles and Fashion Federation (Singapore), and IBMC CHINA AG, etc., have come to terms with each other that all shall exert their efforts to deepen cooperation on the international fashion industry after having the TOFIC (Ningbo Round-table Talk on International Fashion Industry Cooperation) during the 12th Ningbo International Fashion Fair in Ningbo.
Items are agreed as follows:
I. To launch TOFIC (Ningbo Round-table Talk on International Fashion Industry Cooperation) and set up its execution organization as International Fashion Industry Cooperation Execution Secretariat in Ningbo. The TOFIC is to be held annually in Ningbo, China with different unique industrial subjects and is to invite international experts and representatives of related industrial associations to be part of it. Each year, Chairman of TOFIC is to be invited from its members. And this very first year, we would like to invite Ms. Yu Hongyi, Vice Mayor of the Ningbo city as the Chairman and Mr. Zhou Xueming, Secretary-general of Ningbo International Fashion Fair Organizing Committee to be Secretary-general of the Execution Secretariat. Deputy Secretary-generals are those recommended by members of TOFIC.
II. To set up a system for industrial information exchange and utilization. TOFIC members are responsible for providing its latest industrial info on trend, technology and projects etc. to the Execution Secretariat so that a database can be set up and under utilization.
III. To carry out cooperative researches on the fashion industry in terms of industrial innovations on brand economy, culture of fashion, internationalization, talent recruitment and management, etc. so as to better serve the fashion industry and companies within the industry.
IV. To promote interactions among TOFIC members on industrial activities like exhibitions and business trading, etc.
V. To boost international and regional industrial interactions and cooperation, such as investment, brand cooperation, technology exchange and talent development. And to help international fashion-related companies introduced by TOFIC members to find suitable processing companies, marketing partners, agents, and promotional network, etc. in China and vice versa.
VI. Others. TOFIC members are allowed to put forth related cooperative projects to the Execution Secretariat. The projects are to be carried out upon agreement from relevant TOFIC members.
