Changjiang Garment Co., Ltd. was founded by Dr. Chen Ruiqiu in 1949 and became a listed company in 1970. After half a century of operation, Changjiang Garment has evolved from a single garment factory model to a group diversified operation. Changjiang Garment & Trading Group has 6,000 employees worldwide and a total turnover of about 0.4 billion US dollars. Its business includes textile and garment procurement, manufacturing, wholesale and retail. Changjiang Garment Group is based in Hong Kong, China, and has branches and factories around the world; branch locations include: England, France, Taiwan, Shanghai and mainland China; factory locations include mainland China (Wuxi, Panyu, Guigang, Dongguan), Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The Group has a wide range of businesses, from spinning to manufacturing needle/loose-woven ODM and OEM garments; and also exports, wholesales and retails all kinds of luxury ready-to-wear for men and women. The export market is dominated by regions such as Europe, the United States, Japan and Southeast Asia. The wholesale and retail division was independently listed in 1987 and spun off as “YGM Trading Co., Ltd.”; it has about 320 stores in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and other countries, such as France, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. Its brands include Michel Rene (Ma Shi Long), the British Aquascutum (Aquascutum), the United States Ashworth (Ashworth), France's Guy Laroche (Ji Longxue), and Sweden's J. Lindeberg (Kim Lindberg).