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==Sock City==

By the early 1980s, the township had a population of 1,000. Designated as an industrial development zone, it quickly developed as a hosiery industry centre, becoming known as '''Sock City'''. The town now produce 8 billion pairs of socks each year,<ref name=CRI/> a third of the world's sock production, effectively creating two pairs of socks for every person on the planet on 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/09/sock-city-decline-china-economy|title=Sock City's decline may reveal an unravelling in China's economy|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 September 2012|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> As a result, the population has boomed to 60,000, with over 100,000 employed in the area in the industry via other local towns and villages.<ref name=CRI>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/4026/2008/05/25/[e-mail]|title=Largest Sock Production Town in China|publisher=cri.cn|date=2008-05-25|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref>

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