Global Financial Crisis Affects China's Apparel And Textile Industry

GUANGZHOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: (CHINA OUT) Garment workers eat supper in a family garment workshop at the Lujiang Village on February 16, 2009 in Guangzhou of Guangdong Province, China. China's clothing and textile industry is experiencing a worsening economic climate as the global financial crisis cuts demand and erodes profits. The clothing and textile industry employs 20 million mainly rural workers, a seventh of the country's industrial labour force. Around two-thirds of small to medium textile producers are currently in financial difficulties. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)