Looming above little Keqiao (Kēqiáo, 柯桥) just outside Shaoxing is the massive wholesale and retail textile market China Textile City (Zhōngguó Qīngfǎng Chéng, 中国轻纺城).

What is now China Textile City started out life as a street market in the mid 80s. Moving to an indoor market in late 1988, this little market would grow to become the center of the China's textile industry and the largest such market in the world.

The market, which has developed like a mini-city all of its own with restaurants, hotels and even a cinema, has four zones specializing in trade, raw material, fabric and garments and accessories.

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