Small Town,Big Dream

THE small town of Zhili in Huzhou,east China’sZhejiang Province, has a population of450,000 living within an area of 25 square kilometers. Lying on the south of Taihu Lake is the Shoulder Pole Street, which once was a street with an area of 0.58 square kilometers. Today that street has developed into the larg-est children’s clothing industry cluster in China, and transformed Zhili from a once utterly backward town into a promising center of industry.