China Textile Academy (CTA) was
founded in 1956 as an affiliated institute to the former Ministry of Textile Industry. CTA was later
transformed in 1999 as a state-owned large-size high-tech enterprises group under the direct
leadership of the central government. In the year of 2009, CTA merged into the China General
Technology Group and became a subordinate company of the Group.
CTA is the largest comprehensive research institute in China’ s textile industry, the National Engineering Research Center of Synthetic Fiber, the National Engineering Research Center of Industrial Textile and State Key Laboratory of Bio-based Fiber Manufacturing Technology are all affiliated to CTA. CTA has served as the leading entity and secretariat...