NEW YORK, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping said Tuesday that the economic and trade ties between China and the United States connect both sides of the Pacific and are as inseparable as "threads and needles."

He made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 24th China Textile and Apparel Trade Show at the Javits Center in New York City.

The three-day event, held in parallel with Texworld New York, Apparel Sourcing New York, and Home Textile Sourcing Expo, gathered nearly 800 Chinese fabric, home textile, and apparel manufacturers to showcase their latest products and collections to their American fashion clients.

From 2020 to 2022, China's annual average of textile and apparel exports surpassed 300 billion U.S. dollars, reaching an all-time high of 323.3 billion dollars in 2022.

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