A group of journalists from ASEAN countries, who came to Hunan for the 2nd Hunan (Huaihua) RCEP Economic & Trade Expo, visited the Huaihua International Luggage & Leather Products Industrial Park on May 10, 2025. They learned about Huaihua's luggage production and export conditions. Huaihua's luggage industry has been riding the wave of development thanks to the effective implementation of RCEP for three years. In 2024, Huaihua's exports of luggage and similar containers amounted to 380 million CNY, finding popular across East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Europe. The photo above shows media reporters observing various types of luggage. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

A variety of suitcases for export on the display shelves. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

Workers make suitcases at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

Workers make suitcase zippers at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

Workers are busy producing luggage at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

A worker checks the quality of luggage at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

A worker makes suitcase zippers at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

A worker produces luggage at a workshop. (Photo/Yang Huafeng, Chinanews)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: Chinanews