Silk, is a beautiful Chinese gem, for thousands of years, it has still been international good will messenger of the oriental civilization, with its eternal charm. As we know, Jiangsu is the famous base in China for silk production and export. The old Chinese saying ----“thousands of silk pieces are yielded daily to clothe the world”---is the historical description for the prosperity of Jiangsu silk industry. Nowadays, in this mysterious Jiangsu province, The silk is not only creating splendid material civilization, but also the abundant culture implications.

　　 Jiangsu SOHO international group corporation (formerly Jiangsu silk import and export group) was established in 1979. Now SOHO is promoting the prosperity of silk industry to a new height. As one of the largest silk multi-product and foreign trade corporations in China, its import and export gross of 490 million US dollars, the export gross of 408 million US dollars in 2002 made corporation list among the top 10 foreign trade group corporations in Jiangsu province.

　　 Presently, the corporation has established stable trade relationship with more than 1000 foreign customers from over 100 countries and regions. Traditional export items of SOHO are silk cocoons, raw silk, greige, solid and printed silk, silk ready-made goods, silk garments, silk knitted goods, silk daily necessities. Meanwhile, the corporation also handles Imp. & Exp. of the textile leisure goods, garments & accessories, textile raw materials & trims, packing materials, dyestuffs & chemicals, toys and presents, and engages in shipbuilding industry, electromechanical industry, light industry, chemical industry, international transportation service, and building materials, especially shipbuilding and electromechanical industry have developed rapidly these years.

　　The SOHO headquarter is in Nanjing, a beautiful city with a long history. The corporation consists of 27 manufactories and trade companies all over the world. By June 30, 2003, its total asset is RMB 975 million and the net asset is about 324 million. Now, the corporation has passed quality tests such as the　“ISO9001:2000 Quality System Certification”, and “Oeko-tex Standard 100”, and is preparing for the pass of “ISO14000” and “OHSAS18000” for its further elevation of its trading and manufacturing level to international standard.

　　 Looking forward into the future, Jiangsu SOHO international group corporation will, as always, carry on the theme of "customer first and credit priority ",bring forth innovation, standardize management, pursue brilliance, and make unremitting efforts to take the new though, new project to agglomerate and flourish the resource of silk industry. The new SOHO R&D Trade Center with the space of 100,000 square meters and Suzhou SOHO Industrial Park with the space of 200,000 square meters are being constructed. Nowadays, with the great past, the corporation is carving out a new way to broaden a modern Silk Road.