Caoxian's hanfu surge bolsters rural vitalization
China DailyA livestreamer promotes hanfu from an outlet in Caoxian county, Shandong province. ZHAO RUIXUE/CHINA DAILY As China's tourism market returns to normal and embraces high-quality development, hanfu, or traditional Chinese clothing, has seen substantial growth in the first half of this year in Caoxian county, Shandong province, one of the major hanfu production bases in China. In Daiji township, the biggest hanfu production town in Caoxian, sales of hanfu sold via e-commerce platforms in the first half of this year witnessed an upsurge, reaching 2.5 billion yuan, said Li Tao, Party secretary of the township. Meng Xiaoxia, director of the industrial center of the Caoxian original design of hanfu, also located in the township said: "In particular, the horse face skirt has seen big growth in sales during the first half of this year. "The hanfu industry has not only brought economic benefits to our villages, but brought back more young people to run businesses in our township, driving the high-quality development of rural vitalization," Li added.