Puyuan Cup: PH Value China Knitting Designer Competition, Dream Weaving For Ten Years

In the afternoon of March 11, The 10th "Puyuan Cup" PH Value China Knitting Designer Competition (hereinafter referred to as "Puyuan Cup") The final and award ceremony was held in Shanghai . This "Puyuan Cup" competition "Core strength - CORE" With the theme of "fashion" and "sports", two innovative tracks were set up. There were 26 finalists, including 16 fashion tracks and 10 sports tracks. The entries annotated the core strength with knitting art, launched a new design exploration in the intertwined rhythm of fashion and sports, pushed the 2025 PH Value International Knitting (Spring and Summer) Expo to a climax, and presented a wonderful visual feast for the on-site audience.

　　 Sun Ruizhe, President of the China Textile Industry Federation, Liang Pengcheng, Vice President of the China Textile Industry Federation and Executive Vice President of the Textile Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Lin Yunfeng, President of the China Knitting Industry Association, Zhu Shaofang, Vice President of the China Fashion Designers Association, Li Yong, Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industry Park, and Zhang Jiansen, President of the People's Congress of Puyuan Town, Xie Yinjie, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, Wei Yanfang, Member of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, Li Yi, Member of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, Li Xiajie, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industrial Park, Wu Bingming, President of Knitting Fashion Branch of China Knitting Industry Association and President of Zhejiang Woolen Sweater Association As well as many excellent enterprise representatives, competition judges, college teachers and other guests from the competition partners, they came to the scene to witness another magnificent transformation and leap forward growth of the "Puyuan Cup".

Steering pilot

Drawing a beautiful blueprint for Chinese knitting design to go global

The "Puyuan Cup" PH Value China Knitting Designer Competition has gone through a glorious history of ten years. As one of the most authoritative and influential events in the field of knitting design in China, the competition not only witnessed the vigorous development of the knitting industry, but also bred a batch of excellent design talents with both innovation and market sensitivity. In the past ten years, "Puyuan Cup" has been a banner in the field of knitting design in China by taking design as the link, connecting traditional crafts and modern technology, integrating cultural heritage and fashion trends, and promoting the knitting industry to new heights.

The competition is guided by the China Textile Industry Federation, sponsored by the China Knitting Industry Association, the Textile Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Fashion Designers Association, the Tongxiang Puyuan Knitting Industry Park Management Committee, Tongxiang Puyuan Fashion Industry Development Group Co., Ltd., and organized by the China International Knitting Expo Organizing Committee Organized by Knitting Fashion Branch of China Knitting Industry Association and Zhejiang Woolen Sweater Association.

　　 Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association In his speech, he said that over the past ten years, "Puyuan Cup", with the mission of "promoting China's knitting design to the world", redefined the professional connotation of "knitting designers" through in-depth integration of industry, university and research, and became a top event in the field of knitting specialization, marketization and internationalization. Over the years, the competition has not only enhanced the industrial influence of Puyuan Town in China's knitting industry, helped Puyuan to leap from "sweater city" to "international fashion town", but also became a powerful engine for regional economic development. The future competition will continue to anchor the direction of "technology, fashion, green and health", integrate traditional culture and modern design, and jointly weave the next golden decade of China's knitting industry with the whole industry!

　　 Li Yong, Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industrial Park In his speech, he said that Puyuan not only has the world's largest sweater production base and trading market to achieve hundreds of billions of industrial foundation, but also has an innovative sports knitting industry matrix to highlight the new strength. From building an innovative service complex, to establishing an intellectual property fast maintenance center, to the sports knitting industry innovation and development promotion center, Puyuan has been committed to cultivating design talents Provide strong support for transformation of design achievements and creation of design brands. With the help of the platform of "Puyuan Cup", we sincerely invite designers, fashion elites and entrepreneurs to join in the development tide of Puyuan's new fashion industry and create the future of knitting industry together.

Glory blooms

Coronation for the love and persistence of pursuing dreams

With the deepening of the industrial revolution and the rapid development of science and technology, "Puyuan Cup" continues to explore the greater threshold and more possibilities of knitting design. The competition was officially launched in May 2024. A total of 1608 valid works were received from 155 colleges, universities and design institutions from 8 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Italy, Britain, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, etc. These works not only show the convergence of global design forces, It has also injected a steady stream of innovative momentum into the sustainable development of Puyuan fashion industry and China's knitting industry.

What deserves special attention is that in order to continue to empower China's original knitting design, promote the "Puyuan Cup" to achieve a comprehensive upgrade from single work output to skill inheritance, style innovation and cultural communication, and further enhance the international influence of Puyuan's knitting industry, the organizing committee has made great efforts to build“ Jinpu Award ”This authoritative award. The establishment of this award is not only the highest praise for outstanding knitting design talents, but also an important milestone to promote China's knitting design to the world stage. The jury of the competition scored on the spot, and finally Gao Yuanlong's Phantom 3D Knit and Tao Junyi's SKISKI won the "Golden Pu Award" for fashion track and sports track respectively. Jiang Junda's "Making Things More Weave" and Ma Zhirui's "Warming" won the silver medal at the fashion track, while Cai Ruyuan's "Turning the Mountain" won the silver medal at the sports track. Shen Huiji's Changfeng Wanli, Li Desheng/Yu Xiaoqian's Xiake's Travel and Fang Lei's Cold Tree in the Far Sky won the bronze medal of fashion track, and Chen Tingyi's BACKLIGHT WHITE won the bronze medal of sports track 。

Gao Yuanlong's Phantom 3D Knit

Golden Pu Award of Fashion Track

SKISKI by Tao Junyi

Golden Pu Award of Sports Track

Jiang Junda's Creation and Weaving

Fashion track silver medal

Ma Zhirui's "Warm"

Fashion track silver medal

"Turning the Mountain" by Cai Ruyuan

Silver medal of sports track

Shen Huiji's Changfeng Wanli

Bronze Award of Fashion Track

Li Desheng/Yu Xiaoqian's The Hero's Journey

Bronze Award of Fashion Track

Fang Lei's "Cold Trees in the Sky"

Bronze Award of Fashion Track

BACKLIGHT WHITE by Chen Tingyi

Bronze medal of sports track

Dai Xinyi's Inkstone Danqing, Chen Ruoqi's Ink Refining Habitat, Lin Liming's Mirror of Climate, Ge Fan/Huang Cheng's Extract, Liu Peipei's Flower Shadow Flowing Yarn, Cui Xin's Dawn White, Gong Enhui's Blooming Life, Wu Qingyue's Huansha Yun, Tang Kejie/Liu Surong's Jiansong Liuxing, Du Jiang's Blues Moment Won the Fashion Track Excellence Award.

Fashion Track Excellence Award

Xu Xiaoyan/Zhang Jinfeng's The Needle Moves Vitality, Dong Yixuan's The Glacier's Appointment, Song Shutian's Can Biomimes shed Electronic Tears, Zheng Junjun's The Grey Waves Weave Shadow, Wang Lele/Zou Jiajia's Like "I", Zou Wenfei's "Time and Space Ripples", and Yao Zheng's "Oriental Magic Board" won the award of track excellence.

Sports Track Excellence Award

In addition, the organizing committee of this year's competition has also set up a number of individual awards, such as the integration award, the function design award, the commercial value award, and the best popularity award. Ge Fan and Huang Cheng won the number reality fusion award by virtue of "Extraction"; Xu Xiaoyan and Zhang Jinfeng won the function design award by virtue of the "needle moving vitality"; Shen Huiji's "Changfeng Wanli" won the commercial value award. Zou Wenfei's Ripples in Time and Space won the Best Popularity Award.

▲ Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, and Li Yong, Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industrial Park, presented awards to the players who won the Jinpu Award

▲ Liang Pengcheng, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation and Executive Vice President of China Council for the Promotion of Textile Trade, and Zhang Jiansen, President of Puyuan Town People's Congress, presented awards to the silver medal winners

▲ Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association, and Xie Yinjie, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, present awards to the bronze medal winners

▲ Zhu Shaofang, Vice Chairman of China Fashion Designers Association, Qu Jing, Director of the Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association, and Wei Yanfang, member of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, presented awards to the winners

▲ Liu Xiaogang, professor of the School of Fashion and Art Design of Donghua University, and Pan Yiliang, the designer of the "Golden Summit Award", presented awards to the contestants who won the Best Popularity Award

▲ Ge Chaoqun, the wool weaving director of Guangzhou Exceptional Clothing Co., Ltd., Chen Xi, the design director of Yaying, and Zhi Chen, the independent designer, presented awards to the contestants who won the "Integration of Data and Reality Award", "Function Design Award" and "Business Value Award"

　　 See the end of the article for the complete list of winners

A group of wise men have arrived

Gather wisdom from all over the world to participate in the industry grand event

The wisdom of all makes a city. This competition inherits the past glory and gathers more industry leaders. With excellent professional quality and deep sense of industry responsibility, all partners have become the solid backing for the development of China's knitting fashion. There is a strategic partner that grows together with the competition, provides advice for the competition, and provides solid support in the field of knitting professional technology: China Knitting Fashion Creative Center; Partners who provide multi-dimensional resource support such as yarn raw materials, garment production, technical consultants, publicity and promotion: Zhejiang Dongqi Textile Group Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Tiwei Fashion Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Qianqiu Knitting Clothing Co., Ltd., Xiamen Xinhengrong New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Tongxiang Lingdong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd Tongxiang Pufeng Clothing Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lucun Textile Co., Ltd., Anhui Jingwei Textile Clothing Co., Ltd., Dongguan Youying Clothing Co., Ltd., Tongxiang Ruibao Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Sunell Clothing Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xinnuo Clothing Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Lugang Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Xin'ao Textile Co., Ltd Hebei Nanguan Technology Co., Ltd., UPW Dongguan Lianda Woolen Textile Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shiguang Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Wanxin Weishen Textile Technology Co., Ltd., and Threading Network. They are the most loyal partners of the "Puyuan Cup" and the "heroes behind the scenes" of the fashion feast. It is their full help that created the wonderful scene of the competition.

▲ Wu Bingming, president of Zhejiang Woolen Sweater Association, Ji Yilin, fashion and sports blogger, and Li Yi, member of Puyuan Town Party Committee, presented awards to the competition partners

▲ Li Hong, Vice President of China Knitting Industry Association, and Lin Qiwei, Design Director of Ordos Cashmere Group, presented awards to enterprises that won strategic partners

The teacher is ingenious, and the school is virtuous. The groups of wonderful design works presented at the competition not only embodies the talents and sweat of designers, but also relies on the careful cultivation and full support of every instructor and college behind them. It is these silent guides and backers that make the flower of creativity bloom.

▲ Amber and Ding Jie, one of the top ten fashion designers in China, presented awards to the award-winning teacher representatives

　　 See the end of the article for the complete list of winners

Eyes like torches

Professional level of authoritative escort events in the industry

This competition continues the tradition of professional and authoritative evaluation, and 10 industry leaders are specially invited to form a heavyweight jury. The jury gathered industry authoritative experts, professors from well-known universities, brand design masters and sports design leaders to escort the event with multiple perspectives and professional standards. The jury members include: Qu Jing, director of the expert technical committee of China Knitting Industry Association, Liu Xiaogang, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Fashion and Art Design of Donghua University, Lin Qiwei, design director of Ordos Cashmere Group, designers of Jinding Award Pan Yiliang, the principal of GIOIA PAN brand, Ge Chaoqun, the knitting product director of Guangzhou Exceptional Clothing Co., Ltd., Chen Xi, the design director of Yaying, An Bo, one of the top ten fashion designers in China, honorary chairman of the designer branch of Zhejiang Woolen Sweater Association, Ding Jie, one of the top ten fashion designers in China and the chief fashion designer of the opening/closing ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhi Chen, founder of ZI II CI EN and i-am chen brand, and Ji Yilin, fashion and sports blogger. Liang Yong, director of China Knitting Fashion Creative Center, and Liu Yanjun, director of SIFEC&JUNNE Fashion Knitting R&D Center, one of the top ten fashion designers in China, were invited to serve as technical consultants for this competition.

In addition to the above judges, teachers and technical consultants, a jury of "Puyuan Think Tank" was specially set up to invite Shen Weiguo, General Manager of Jiaxing Tiwei Fashion Co., Ltd., and Shen Qiang, Chairman of Tongxiang Xindishang Fashion Co., Ltd. to serve as special judges.

　　 Qu Jing, Chairman of the jury and Director of the Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association When commenting on the competition, I talked about three core highlights: first, the works are innovative, breaking through the limitations of traditional materials, and adopting hydrophobic wool and graphene materials to achieve the integration of functionality and environmental protection; The second is to optimize the competition mechanism, add interview and defense links to deepen the in-depth interaction between contestants and judges, and effectively show the design concept and practical details; Third, the industrial empowerment is remarkable. Relying on the resources of local textile enterprises, all works show a high degree of completion and technological standards.

　　 Professor Liu Xiaogang of Donghua University It was pointed out that the professional level of event organization of the organizing committee reached a very high level. In addition, the diversity of the contestants and their works was also impressive, especially some innovative and functional designs. On the whole, the completion of the entries is very high.

　　 Ding Jie, one of the top ten fashion designers in China In the comments, he said that the competition has vigorously promoted the development of the industry in the past decade and made outstanding contributions to the cultivation of knitting design talents. In the future, we can further standardize the event standards, improve the difficulty, integrate upstream and downstream resources of the industrial chain, promote design driven transformation, and help China's knitting show its originality on the international stage.

Ten years in the same boat

A long roll of bosom friends for the development of common spectrum industry

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the "Puyuan Cup", a special award for the "tenth anniversary" of the Puyuan Cup was set up to pay tribute to the partners and judges who have made progress together with the competition through ups and downs. The special award for the "tenth anniversary" was won by China Knitting Fashion Creative Center, Shanghai Xinnuo Clothing Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Xin'ao Textile Co., Ltd Zhejiang Dongqi Textile Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Qianqiu Knitting Clothing Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Tiwei Fashion Co., Ltd., Xiamen Xinhengrong New Material Technology Co., Ltd. As partners who have participated in five or more sessions, they have always walked side by side with us. They have become the solid backing of the competition with outstanding professional ability, selfless resource support and a strong sense of industry mission. Whether it is the selfless provision of yarn raw materials, the exquisite craftsmanship of garment production, or the guidance and promotion of technological innovation, their support at every step has injected continuous power into the competition.

And the winners of the "10th Anniversary" Special Award - Jinshi Mingxin Award are: Liu Xiaogang, Lin Qiwei, Qu Jing, Ge Chaoqun and Chen Xi. As judges and teachers who participated in the evaluation of the "Puyuan Cup" for five or more years, they escorted the fairness and justice of each competition with professional vision, rigorous attitude and selfless dedication. They are not only judges of design works, but also guides for the growth of young designers. In the past ten years, they have lit up countless creative sparks with wisdom and experience, and watered countless design dreams with sincerity and enthusiasm. Their efforts, as solid as gold and stone, are engraved in every stage of the "Puyuan Cup".

▲ Zhang Xicheng, Vice President of China Knitting Industry Association, and Li Xiajie, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industry Park, present awards to enterprises that have won the Best Heart Award

▲ Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association, and Li Yong, Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industry Park, presented awards to the judges who won the Jinshi Mingxin Award

New Sailing

Start a new journey with the trend of breaking boundaries and digging new ones

The 11th "Puyuan Cup" PH Value China Knitting Designer Competition was officially launched at the event site. Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, Liang Pengcheng, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation and Executive Vice President of Textile Industry Branch of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association, Zhu Shaofang, Vice President of China Fashion Designers Association, Li Yong, Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industry Park, and Zhang Jiansen, President of Puyuan Town People's Congress, Xie Yinjie, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Puyuan Town, Li Xiajie, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Puyuan Knitting Industrial Park and other leading guests witnessed this important moment and officially launched a new journey of "Puyuan Cup".

The 11th Puyuan Cup“ Break the boundary ”As the theme, it is committed to breaking the boundary between tradition and innovation and opening up a new realm of integration of design and industry. The competition will be based on the new pattern of transformation and upgrading of Puyuan's knitting industry, closely follow the cutting-edge trend of global fashion design, accurately grasp the new demand of the consumer market, take "technology enabled design, culture leading fashion, green driving the future" as the strategic fulcrum, and comprehensively promote the creative expression and industrial transformation of knitting design. By building a perfect commercial operation system, we will open up the industrialization channel from design creativity to market sales, deeply integrate into the knitting industry ecosystem of Puyuan, inject new momentum into the high-quality development of the industry, and show the world the unique charm and innovative vitality of Chinese knitting design.

The spring breeze has letters, and new articles are waiting to be written. Let's look forward to the wonderful and breakthrough of the next Puyuan Cup!

(Source: PHValue Knitting Exhibition)