How has the textile industry responded?
As the representative of manufacturing industries, the textile and apparel industry takes the lead in promoting CSR in China. China National Textile and Apparel Council has developed the CSC9000T system and started to promote it among enterprises. Chinese government departments have taken more positive attitude towards CSR and developed related encouraging policies. For example, the Development Guidelines on the Textile Industry in the 11th ‘Five-year Plan’ Period (2006-2010) and the joint circular of Some Suggestions on Accelerating the Restructuring and Promoting the Upgrading of the Textile Industry, both clearly call on positively promoting the development of CSC9000T system and materializing the implementation.