Production lines of sock companies in E China operate at full swing to meet orders

An employee arranges socks at a shop at the Datang subdistrict in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2024.

Production lines of sock companies in east China's Zhuji City, dubbed as "the sock capital," are operating at full swing to meet the orders.

As the world's largest sock manufacturing base, the Datang sub-district of Zhuji in Zhejiang Province produces approximately 25 billion pairs of socks yearly, accounting for more than 70 percent of the output of China and one-third of the whole world. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)