About us

The Guangzhou Footwear Industry Association is a city-wide industry organization voluntarily formed by enterprises engaged in the production and trading of footwear, leather, and footwear materials. It was officially approved and established by the Guangzhou Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau in June 2005.

Since its establishment, the Guangzhou Footwear Chamber of Commerce has consistently adhered to the principles of “harmonious establishment, democratic management, service-oriented development, and economic strength,” fully leveraging its functions of “providing services, reflecting demands, and regulating behavior.” Its main functions include acting as a bridge and link, representing the industry in external exchanges and friendly cooperation, reflecting the industry’s and members’ demands to the government; strengthening industry self-regulation, standardizing market order, improving various self-regulatory management systems, regulating member behavior, coordinating member relations, and maintaining a fair and competitive market environment; keeping abreast of domestic and international industry developments, collecting and disseminating industry information, and providing necessary support and assistance for enterprise development; organizing members to participate in domestic and international exhibitions according to market and industry development needs, helping enterprises expand into international markets; and fully utilizing the Chamber’s five major functions of “promotion, consultation, link, service, and self-regulation” to actively promote the internationalization of Guangzhou’s footwear industry, striving to build international brands for Guangzhou’s footwear, enhancing the overall competitiveness of Guangzhou’s footwear industry in domestic and international markets, and promoting the healthy development of the industry.

The Guangzhou Footwear Chamber of Commerce elected its third council on March 28, 2017. Looking to the future, the council is full of confidence. Building on past achievements, the third council will inherit and promote the Chamber’s spirit of unity, self-reliance, and striving for excellence. Adhering to the principles of “establishing the Chamber through harmony, running the Chamber democratically, promoting the Chamber through service, and strengthening the Chamber through economic development,” the council will keep pace with the times and provide more effective services to member companies with innovative thinking. It will play its role as a bridge and link, building a platform for cooperation, communication, exchange, and development for members, continuously enhancing the Chamber’s cohesion and influence, attracting more outstanding enterprises and footwear industry elites to join the organization, leveraging the wisdom and resources of its members, jointly planning the Chamber’s development, and making greater contributions to the sustainable and healthy development of China’s footwear industry.

Brief Introduction of Guangzhou Footwear Association

Guangzhou Footwear Association, founded in June 2005, is a city wide legal organization voluntarily built by manufacturing enterprises and trading companies who focus on footwear, leather, shoes materials and so like productions. Its establishment was formally approved by Guangzhou Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau.

Guangzhou Footwear Association, being concentrate on the management concept of “harmonious legislation, democratic managing development, service orientated and economy strengthens association” , is fully acted on the function of “providing services, reflecting the real demands and  regulating market behaviors “. On behalf of our industrial cooperation with a friendly manner, its main target is to play the role who builds the bridge and links among foreign contacts and business by reflecting appeals to the related governmental authorities and members; by strengthening self- discipline, by regulating market order, by improving the self-discipline management system, by standardizing the conduct of its members, by coordinating the relationship between members, by maintaining a fair competitive market environment; by grasping the dynamic development of the industry at home and abroad, via collecting and publishing industry information as well as to provide the necessary support and help for the development of enterprises; Members of the organization should participate in exhibitions at home and abroad if it is necessary according to the development and demands from the market and industry, in order to help enterprises expand the international market; fully act on the five main functions of the association “promotion, giving advice, build links, service, self-discipline” , and actively promote the development of Guangzhou shoe industry to be internationalized, striving to build Guangzhou footwear an international brand with the purpose of improving the overall competition ability of Guangzhou shoes in the domestic market so that we could enhance the healthy development of the industry.

Guangzhou Footwear Association has had its third council elections on March 28, 2017.We are with great confidence for the future . The Third Council will inherit and carry forward the spirit of the unity, self-improvement and making efforts, adhere to the origin will of “harmonious legislation, democratic managing development, service orientated and economy strengthens association”;In addition, we will also head towards offering more effective services to help membership enterprises  keep pace with time as well as innovative ways of thinking; its playing the role of a bridge , building a platform of cooperation, communication, sharing as well as development between members constantly improve the cohesion and influence of the association which attracts more outstanding enterprises as well as the footwear industries to join us. Fully making use of  elite members’ wisdom and resources, discussing development plans of the association will make greater contributions to a long lasting and healthy development for China shoes industry.