After starting working in Wenzhou, the prize-winners can be reviewed and identified as "outstanding talents", "design masters" or "outstanding engineers", enjoying the treatment of talents (Category C, D or E) respectively, according to Wenzhou Municipal People’s Government's Special Support Plan. At the same time, the design talents including the prize-winners will be given a maximum of 2 million yuan as individual reward and a maximum of 3 million yuan in salary subsidy after they are selected into the "Talents Introduction Plan" at or above the provincial level, a maximum of 1 million yuan will be given as individual reward after they are selected into the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" at or above the provincial level. And anyone who is selected as design masters in Wenzhou's "Ouyue Special Support Plan" will be given a 200,000 yuan as individual reward.
Lucheng Shoe Art Town. Photo by the Publicity Department of CPC Lucheng District Committee
It is understood that the "Red Boots Award" China International Footwear Design Competition, which is planned to be held in December, will also invite big names in the international fashion field, international experts in shoe & leather industries, managers of famous brands, fashion media practitioners, fashionistas, entrepreneurs, fashion buyers, etc.to participate in a series of activities related to the award ceremony. Through the gathering and promotion of elites in related fields, this competition will be made into a top fashion show and the first top fashion ceremony in China's footwear industry.
"This competition will not only become a grand event in international footwear design industry, but also further polish the golden business card of Wenzhou's shoe industry." Xu Haiyan, deputy secretary-general of Wenzhou Municipal People's Government, said that the competition can be a great opportunity for us to facilitate the wonderful transformation of Wenzhou shoe industry from "manufacturing capital" to "fashion capital", boosting Wenzhou's leap from "China Shoe Capital" to "Global Shoe Capital".
