Introduction to the Fifth Textile Factory in Changzhou: In the early 1930s, three wood shop owners, Tang Mengxi, Jing Chunsheng, and Fei Ding’an, raised funds to start the Sanhe Cloth Factory, and selected the factory site at No. 141 Sanbao Street beside the ancient canal. , mainly produces forty yards of white muslin and white twill. In 1933, Mao Xizhang, the owner of Runyuan Color Cloth Store, took over Sanhe Cloth Factory. In 1936, Hengyuan Chang Dyeing and Weaving Co., Ltd. was established. After liberation, Hengyuanchang went through socialist transformation and transformed into a public-private partnership Hengyuanchang Dyeing and Weaving Factory. The first public factory director, Wu Liangzuo, was the father of Wu Wenying, the former Minister of Textile Industry. In 1966, the factory was transformed into the fully state-owned Changzhou Fifth Cotton Weaving Factory. In 1980, taking into account the update and enrichment of products, the name was changed again to Changzhou No. 5 Woolen Textile Factory. This typical old industrial enterprise "born along the river" ceased production in the late 1990s.

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