Manufacturers put their best foot forward at sports exposition

A leading annual footwear exhibition is expected to help promote the country's strategy of developing the sports industry and facilitate the industrial transformation of local garment and shoe manufacturing enterprises.

The Jinjiang Footwear and Sports Industry International Exposition, which was launched in 1999, opened on Monday and will last through Thursday in Jinjiang, Fujian province, which is known as China's footwear capital.

This year's event is organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China National Light Industry Council and sponsored by the Quanzhou city government, the Fujian Provincial Chamber of International Commerce, the China Leather and Footwear Industry Research Institute and the China Leather Industry Association.