Spotlight on China

The 2010 China Cotton Summit and International Cotton Fair was held May 7-8 in Sanya, China. The theme was “Innovation and Development of China and the World Cotton Industry in Post-Crisis Era.”

More than 780 of the world’s most prominent cotton professionals were in attendance at the event, representing 17 countries.

Session topics included a broad range of related topics from the world economic outlook:
• risk management,
• the macroeconomics and policy of agriculture,
• sustainable development in China,
• market dyanamics in the United States, Brazil and Africa, and
• the textile industry.

Caption1:
Du Yuzhou, China National Textile and Apparel Council

Caption2:
Zhou Shengtao, President of China Cotton Association

Caption3:
Ahmed Elbosaty, Modern Nile Cotton Co. and ALCOTEXA; Lisa Stratford, PLEXUS Cotton Ltd.; Jeff Eder, J. G. Boswell Company

Caption4:
Gao Fang, China Cotton Association

Caption5:
Dr. Adrian Foster, Rabobank International

Caption6:
Wang Fujun, Agricultural Development Bank of China

Caption7:
Xu Wenying, China National Textile and Apparel Council and China Cotton Textile Association

Caption8:
Bhadresh Mehta, Bhadresh Trading Corporation Ltd.

Caption9:
Wallace L. Darneille, Cotton Council International