Factors analysis of Chinese apparel industry cluster

To study the evolution of China' s apparel industry cluster,this paper analyzes the crucial factors influencing the apparel industry cluster based on the survey in Zhejiang province of China.It is found that outsourcing,specialization cluster,organizational change,professional training and technological change are endogenous variables influencing the evolution of apparel industry cluster.Spatial clustering,opportunity,competition,resource complementary and information technology are exogenous variables that come from the external environment.The research leads to the conclusion that the apparel industry cluster is a kind of biological aspect essentially driven by endogenous and exogenous variables,and it is a biological population representation in the apparel industry evolution.Based on the district cluster,it is forecast that China' s apparel industry cluster will evolve towards the apparel production network and will become an indispensable part of apparel global production network.