According to different technological characteristics, knitting production is divided into two categories: weft knitting and warp knitting. In the production of weft knitting, the raw materials can be directly put on the machine after winding. Each yarn is placed sequentially in the weft direction on each needle of the weft knitting machine to form a weft knitted fabric. In the production of warp knitting, the raw materials go through winding and warping, and the yarns are arranged in parallel and wound into warp shafts, which are then produced on the machine. The yarns are unwound from the warp shaft, and each yarn is placed on one or at most two needles of the warp knitting machine in the longitudinal direction to form the warp knitted fabric. There are also ways of combining weft and warp knitting on some knitting machines. At this time, two groups of yarns are arranged on the knitting machine, one group is padded according to the warp knitting method, and the other group is padded according to the weft knitting method. The knitting needles form loops of the two groups of yarns together to form a knitted fabric. The loops formed by the same yarn are arranged along the weft direction in the weft knitted fabric and along the warp direction in the warp knitted fabric.

In 2010, China's macro-economy continued to pick up and improve. As the domestic employment situation gradually stabilized, market confidence improved, and residents' living standards continued to improve, the market demand for clothing consumer goods will maintain steady growth. At the same time, the national plan to expand domestic demand continues to advance. In order to further improve people's livelihood, the state's investment in agriculture, rural areas, affordable housing construction, and promotion of automobile consumption will also continue to increase, which provides a broader market space for home textiles and industrial textiles.

The knitting industry is an important part of the textile industry. In 2008, China's knitted clothing accounted for more than 50% of all clothing, and the proportion of 65% in developed countries is getting closer. From January to December 2010, the knitting industry produced a total of 16.417 billion knitted garments, up 18.38 percent year-on-year, and the growth rate was 9.99 percentage points higher than that of 2009 (8.39 percent). From 2005 to 2010, the market sales revenue of the industry continued to increase, from 200.892 billion yuan in 2005 to 409.737 billion yuan in 2010, with a year-on-year growth rate of 8%-52%, with a maximum of 51.14 and a minimum of 8.63, with a large difference and a year-on-year growth of 23.34 in 2010.
With the increase in the income of urban and rural residents and the increase in consumers' requirements for clothing and clothing taste, in the context of the country's expansion of domestic demand to encourage consumption, the acceleration of population urbanization and technology-driven will bring opportunities for the development of the knitting industry, so that domestic sales will be more and more important for the growth of the knitting industry. In addition, the further development of the ASEAN market and the cultivation of new international markets will promote the development of the knitting industry in 2011.

Due to the large dependence of the knitting industry on labor, China's low wage costs have an obvious advantage, coupled with China's huge market share and mature technical support, the future of the global knitting industry will be mostly concentrated in China, with overseas advanced With the continuous introduction of technology, the knitting industry is accelerating the realization of industrial upgrading and forming a regional knitting base. Overall, the development prospects of the knitting industry are good.