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Dear readers：

This magazine goes to Indonesia with the new Issue in April， bringing some of our clients to INDO INTERTEX2015， Indonesia International Textile and Garment Machinery and Accessories Exhibition， a consistent endeavor as we did last year when CHINA TEXTILE became one of the global media partners with Peraga Expo， organizer of the event.

Indonesias textile industry is one of the manufacturing pillars in the nation and grew quite positively over the five years from 2009 to 2013 with its export amounting to USD 12.65 billion worth of textiles and clothing at a slight growth， but better than the national export performance that actually dropped by 5.19 percent according to the Central Bureau of Statistics， Indonesia. As the most populous country with 249.9 million population in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations， known as Asean， Indonesia is dynamic and diversified in its textile economic development which， globally， accounts for 13% of viscose staple fiber production， 4% of polyester staple fibers， 4% of polyester filament， 2% of polyamide while its textile and apparel export market is the U.S. with a 36% share， followed by EU with 16% and Japan with 5%， and the year of 2012 saw the country in the world top-ten textile and apparel exporters with China wrapping up 288，183 million dollars in 2012 （WTO international trade statistics） taking up 40.7% share， way up on the top， whereas Indonesia achieved 12，065 million dollars， representing only 1.7% world share， proudly in the top echelon in the world hall of the fame.

Indonesia government has mapped out the National Industrial Development Master Plan， forecasting the manufacturing sector will grow by double-digit in the next five years， and this target holds ground that the manufacturing has run atop of the national economy since 2011 and will continue this rally in the years to come， while the textile and apparel industry is also taken into strategic considerations in this five-year plan target which is outlined in the Directorate of Textile and Miscellaneous Industries in 2014-2019. Things to do are loaded in the blueprint and expected to be achieved by the Ministry of Industry， covering the target growth rate of 5.6 percent， 9.1 percent in export growth， investment growth up to 35 percent.

The continuous investment in new machines and technology has beefed up the strengths， keeping Indonesian textile industry competitive in the new scenario of international trade， also providing international businessmen with real opportunities found in the dynamic development of local textile industry， which holds grounds for Chinese textile machinery manufacturers to attend Indonesian textile trade show， especially the INDO INTERTEX that takes place every year. Indonesia remains one of the important markets for Chinese textile machines that are already in many operations in this country. With the Asean Economic Community taking shape in 2015 as expected since its inception of the blueprint in 2007， investment in Indonesia means a lot to international investors not in the view of a country， but in a vision of a region， a from ten-to-one community.