With the global economic development, the demand of the consumer market has driven the vigorous growth of the textile industry. However, under the business model of production-based sales, excessive production has not only caused environmental pollution but has also caused unnecessary waste of resources. Over the past few years, this has led the United Nations and the European Union, to begin to advocate "sustainability" and "environmental protection" as the focus of global development for the next 10 years.

Taiwan’s textile industry has shifted from processing and exporting imported raw materials in the early days to the development of man-made fibers based on raw materials provided by the petrochemical industry, supplemented by imported natural fibers such as cotton and wool, and developed a complete upstream, midstream, and downstream production system, including man-made fibers. Manufacturing, spinning, weaving, dyeing, and finishing, clothing, and apparel products.