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Sock City

By the early 1980s, the township had a population of 1,000. Designated as an industrial development zone, it quickly developed as a hosiery industry centre, becoming known as Sock City. By 2008, the town was producing eight billion pairs of socks each year,¹ a third of the world's sock production, effectively creating two pairs of socks for every person on the planet for the year 2011.² As a result, the population boomed to 60,000, with over 100,000 employed in the area in the industry via other local towns and villages.³

29°41′35″N 120°10′01″E / 29.69306°N 120.16694°E / 29.69306; 120.16694

References

1. "Largest Sock Production Town in China". cri.cn. 2008-05-25. Archived from the original on March 11, 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090311020603/http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/05/25/[email protected] ↩

2. "Sock City's decline may reveal an unravelling in China's economy". The Guardian. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/sep/09/sock-city-decline-china-economy ↩

3. "Largest Sock Production Town in China". cri.cn. 2008-05-25. Archived from the original on March 11, 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090311020603/http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/05/25/[email protected] ↩