#  GOTS at World Green Design Forum Yang Zhou Summit

The two-day [World Green Forum Yangzhou Summit](http://www.wgdo.net) has dropped the curtain on June 12th, 2014. More than 700 guests including world-class designers, international dignitaries and innovative entrepreneurs from 27 countries and regions worldwide gathered together to discuss “green economy”. Li zhaoxing, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of China Public Diplomacy Association, delivered an inspiring opening speech. The international dignitaries addressed profound analysis at macro polices on green design at the main forum.

Shirley Hon, [GOTS](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/gots "<p>The worldwide leading voluntary sustainability standard for the post-harvest textile value chain for certified organic fibres, covering environmental criteria, human rights, social criteria and business conduct.</p>") China Representative was invited as the sole speaker on sustainable [standard](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/standard "<p>standard glossary text</p>") to the forum and gave a speech at the sub-forum: Green Textile, to introduce GOTS [standard](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/standard "<p>standard glossary text</p>") as the most stringent [organic](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/organic "<p>'Organic' is a regulated term used to distinguish systems of managed production and products derived therefrom that adhere to principles of health, ecology, fairness and care, and which are certified compliant to an organic standard's regulations by an Approved Certification Body. <br>GOTS defines organic textiles as being made with fibres from organic agriculture systems that are certified to one of the IFOAM Family of Standards, and that are processed in socially and ecologically responsible ways, in alignment with organic principles.</p>") textile standard in the world, to Chinese designers, companies and media.

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