License for Dyeing/Printing Sector

The National Development and Reform Commission issued the"License for the Dyeing/Printing Sector"on March 17th.According to the document,new dyeing/printing enterprises should acquire a con-siderable production scale effective March1st,2008,the dyeing/printing design ca-pacity of cotton,hemp,chemical fiber andsilk woven fabrics being more than 20.0million meter/year,the dyeing/printingdesign capacity of wool woven fabrics ex-ceeding 2.0 million meter/year,the dyeing/printing design capacity of knitted fabricsand yarns surpassing 2000 t/a.Newly-built or expanding dyeing/print-ing projects must conform to industrial