Northeast China's town earns 3 bln yuan from socks industry in 2019

A staff member modifies pictures of socks for Internet marketing at a socks market in Xiaobeihe Town, Liaoyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 7, 2020. Xiaobeihe has developed socks industry for over 30 years. In 2019, the town produced over two billion pairs of socks, with the output value approaching three billion yuan (about 430 million U.S. dollars). There are now 202 socks factories in the town, employing some 16,000 local residents and over 5,000 migrant workers. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)