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外文翻译 原文（节选） Analysis of the Competitiveness of the Ningbo Garment Industry Material Source: June 2005 Journal of Kristianstad University College Author: Leo Wang Peter Wang Roger Wang 1.1 Overview of the Ningbo Garment Industry Ningbo is located on the east coast of China, in the south of the Yangtze Delta. It is an important industrial base in the Zhejiang Province and has become one of the largest port cities in China. The garment sector is an important part of Ningbo’s manufacturing industry, giving employment to more than 200,000 people. Its importance for social and economic cohesion has increased because it is dominated by a great number of enterprises. More than 2,000 firms are engaged in this industry, of which 439 are medium-sized and large-sized enterprises with a total 117,000 employees. In 2003, all Ningbo’s garment industry produced over 1.4 billion suits, accounting for 12% of the country’s total production capacity, and had a 22.8 billion RMB (approximately $ 2.76 billion) turnover. As the oldest sector in the history of Ningbo industrial development, the garment industry has undergone remarkable expansion and modernization efforts through its privatization and marketization during the last 1990s. It has increased productivity through the cluster and production chain, re-oriented production from low-quality to high-quality products and made abundant established brands. Now in Ningbo, 11 firms are of China’s 100 best garment enterprises. The Ningbo garment industry has nurtured a number of famous brands in men’s and children’s wear such as Firs（杉杉）, Youngor（雅戈尔）, Romon（罗蒙）,Yixiu（一休） and so on, of which 12 are national brands. They enjoy significant market shares in their respective market segments on the Chinese mainland. Firs, Youngor and Romon are very famous in China. Meanwhile, their presence has accelerated the development of the whole Ningbo garment industry. Ningbo is also known as a foreign trading port with a long history. Ningbo created the