After trial by fire, town takes action

'Intelligent' approach to safety led to improvements since 2006

For most people in Zhili, a small town with a population of 450,000 in Zhejiang province, the two major fires of 2006 will always be the most agonizing memories of their lives.

The town, located in Huzhou's Wuxing county, features textile manufacturing and embroidery techniques, some passed down for 5,000 years, witnessed robust growth in the textile sector and had been dubbed the world's capital for children's clothing since 1990s.