We are joined by the warmer families of our country, known as “fibrous stones” and “soft gold”, whose production is not only high but also of better quality than those of countries such as iran and mongolia. Our main areas of wool are mongolia, shaanxi, ningxia, qinghai, gansu and xinjiang. According to the vice-president of the chinese chamber of food and livestock imports, bian jianxiang, china has become the world's veritable cashmere power, with a global volume of about 1. 6-17,000 tons of wool and about 1. 2-13,000, or more than 75 per cent of world wool production; more than 90 per cent of the world's cashmere raw materials were processed initially in china; more than three quarters of the world's cashmere consumer market was produced in china. Because the production and quality of wool is more affected by natural conditions, and because of the importance that our country attaches to environmental protection, it is unlikely that there will be a signific...