Suits are popular in China

Around the 1840s, suits were introduced to China, and many Chinese people studying abroad wore suits. After half a year of research, researchers at the Ningbo Fashion Museum have found that the first suit shop opened by Chinese people was the Li Shunchang suit shop founded by Ningbo native Li Laiyi in Suzhou in 1879, rather than the "Hechang Hao" established by Fenghua native Jiang Fuchen in Shanghai in 1896, which is widely recognized in the domestic clothing industry. This has pushed forward the history of the "Red Gang" in Ningbo and the history of Chinese suits by 17 years. In 1911, the government of the Republic of China listed suits as one of the formal dresses. After 1919, as a symbol of new culture, suits developed in China and gradually formed a large number of "Fengbang" tailors, mainly in Fenghua, Zhejiang, who specialized in making suits.
After the 1930s, the processing technology of Chinese suits enjoyed a high reputation in the world. In cities such as Shanghai and Harbin, there were some suits shops specializing in high-end suits and formal dresses, such as Shanghai's Peromon, Hengsheng and other suits shops, known for their exquisite craftsmanship both domestically and internationally. In addition, various schools of suit making have emerged in China, with the more popular being the Russian and Shanghai styles. Luopai, represented by Harbin, produces suits with breast augmentation and waist reduction, which have Russian characteristics; Shanghai style suits, represented by Shanghai, are soft and well fitted, with European and American characteristics. In 1936, Gu Tianyun, who had returned from studying in Japan, first published the book "Introduction to Suit Cutting" and founded a suit cutting training course, cultivating a group of professional talents in making suits and playing a certain role in promoting the dissemination of suit making technology.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Zhongshan clothing has always dominated the fashion industry. After the reform and opening up, with the liberation of thought and the takeoff of the economy, Western clothing represented by suits has once again surged into China with an unstoppable trend of internationalization. People no longer discuss whether it has been worn by any class, ignore its inexplicable symbols and meanings, and Chinese people who want to integrate with the international market seem to actively accept this not unfamiliar but fresh clothing culture with a challenging mentality. So, a wave of "suit fever" swept across the land of China, and Chinese people showed a higher enthusiasm for suits than Westerners. Wearing suits and ties gradually became a fashion.