Major textile and clothing fairs in China are postponing their March 2023 editions. The Chic clothing trade fair and the Intertextile fabric event, initially scheduled from March 8 to 10, 2023, will instead be held from March 28 to 30, 2023.

This postponement is expected to give local and foreign exhibitors and visitors enough time to plan their trade fairs and take advantage of the many international business opportunities offered by the reopening of the Chinese border. From January 8, 2023, foreign travellers will no longer face the series of tests and quarantines previously in place when entering China, in line with the zero Covid strategy.

The announcement of this postponement comes at a time when many countries are introducing health restrictions on travellers from China. The country has been experiencing a new wave of infections since December last year. The United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, Italy and Spain are demanding negative tests before departure. And the European Union could take measures at the continental level.The health situation led major Chinese trade fairs to postpone several times and cancel their various seasonal events, against the backdrop of the contraction of manufacturing activity, which lasted until December 2022.