Ecology dynamics model on Chinese apparel industry cluster

To explore the crucial driving forces and dynamics of the Chinese apparel industry cluster, the authors analysed current situations, characteristics and the dilemma in the Chinese apparel industry based on surveys conducted in the Yangtze River Delta. This study classified the factors impacting apparel industry cluster development into necessary conditions and evolutionary factors according to logistic differential equation, and proposed a dynamics model framework of apparel industry cluster with positive and negative feedback mechanism. The authors believe that the Chinese apparel industry cluster is an ecology system involving outsourcing, specialisation agglomerating, competition, resource complementary, etc. and has a quick response ability of adapting to environment.