The meeting, held on the sidelines of the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), was attended by Moroxxo’s minister of investment, convergence and evaluation of public policies Mohcine Jazouli and director general of the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development Ali Seddiki.

The project will help revitalise Morocco's textile sector, integrating it fully into global value chains, and is expected to create 11,000 direct jobs over the next three years across several regions in the country.

The industrial initiatives under the project are expected to integrate the entire ecosystem, media outlets in Morocco reported.

A study by French association Evalliance this year said Morocco has the third highest minimum wage among apparel suppliers to the European Union. At $307 per month, the country surpasses those of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar by a significant margin and stands 50 per cent higher than Tunisia’s.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)