The silk industry suffered heavy losses in the war in the early Qing Dynasty. The Kangxi period adopted encouragement measures, and silk production developed rapidly, and it was further concentrated in the Taihu Lake area and the Pearl River Delta. In particular, the Jiangnan area became the center of the national silk industry in terms of scale and level.
The Qing Dynasty government-run weaving system abolished the Ming Dynasty craftsmanship system, and the raw materials were mainly purchased. The overall scale was reduced compared with the Ming Dynasty. The important ones were Jiangning Weaving Bureau, Suzhou Weaving Bureau and Hangzhou Weaving Bureau, collectively called "Jiangnan Three Weaving Bureau". ", responsible for supplying all kinds of silk fabrics needed by the court and government. The production scale of the private silk weaving industry has expanded, and the professional and regional division of labor has become more obvious. A number of prosperous silk professional towns have emerged with a wide variety of products and a prosperous domestic market. In terms of foreign trade, sea bans have been strictly enforced, restrictions on foreign trade have been strengthened, and one-port commerce has been implemented. Nevertheless, China's raw silk exports to Japan and raw silk and silk fabrics exports to European countries have still reached a considerable scale.
In the late Qing Dynasty, China's silk industry fell into a very sad situation under the double blow of heavy taxes and foreign dumping.
