#  GOTS at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics - Autumn Edition 2015

[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>") Representative for Greater China Felicia Shi presented at the booth in "All About [Sustainability](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/sustainability "<p>In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”</p>") Zone" at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel [Fabrics](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/fabric "<p>A flexible, flat structure made by interlacing yarns, fibers, or filaments.</p>") - Autumn Edition 2015, China. GOTS also led a 1.5 hour seminar about [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>") Textiles and Its Certification where firstly Felicia spoke about the overview of organic textiles and its trend, as well as GOT programmes as the comprehensive rules for ecological and socially responsible textile production. Followed by Felicia's speech, Stéphanie DUPAS, Textile Certification Manager for Ecocert Greenlife, and Siwei Yang, Senior Auditor for Control Union China respectively introduced the GOTS certification programmes and its certification procedures, as well as its differences to other [standards](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/standard "<p>standard glossary text</p>").

The presentations attracted a large audience and stimulated further enquiries and discussions afterwards at GOTS booth. One participant said, "this seminar provided with a very good opportunity for us to learn the demand and trend for organic textiles and to understand its differences to other [standards](https://gots.vorschau.website/resources/glossary/standard "<p>standard glossary text</p>")."

A highlighted observation from this fair was that there has been growing interests and enquires for organic textiles which indicates the further boom in this industry.

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