Sportswear companies look to lead the field

Producers of sports clothing and accessories in East China are adopting new technology in a bid to overtake competitors around the world, as An Baijie and Li Xiaokun report from Quanzhou, Fujian.

When President Xi Jinping and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto met with athletes from the two nations at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki in April, Xi brought a gift for Niinisto and his wife Jenni Haukio - a piece of sportswear bearing the Chinese athletes' autographs.

The sportswear, produced by Anta Sports Products Ltd, was made in Jinjiang, which is administered by Quanzhou, a city in the eastern province of Fujian.