Sportswear Research

China’s largest sportswear company Anta co-established the Tsinghua University-ANTA Group Joint Research Center for Sports Fashion with Tsinghua University on June 21, voicing its aim of building a world-leading innovation platform for the industry.

Anta, the world’s third largest sportswear company by revenue, will cooperate with the renowned university over the next five years to promote the innovative application of new materials, new fabrics and new designs in the field of sportswear through the integration of technological research and market transformation.

“To become a top international brand, you must acquire international technological innovation capabilities. China’s sportswear industry requires more independent innovation to meet the needs of the rapid

discovery in the Tarim Basin in the last 10 years, the company said.

Located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Tarim Basin is a major petroliferous basin in China. It is one of the most difficult to explore due to its tough ground environment and complicated underground conditions.

In the past six years, the annual crude oil output of the oilfield—where the newly discovered reserves are located— increased from more than 30,000 tons to 1.52 million tons in 2020, and it is expected to produce 2 million tons of crude oil in 2021, according to the company. 18 countries along the ancient route.

To strengthen the protection of relevant cultural heritage, the International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles and the Chinese Museums Association’s Committee of Museums along the Silk Road decided in 2019 to organize an annual Silk Road Week around June 22.

The decision was made to mark the anniversary of the Chang’an-Tianshan Silk Road Corridor’s becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site on June 22, 2014.