"Chinese brands (品牌) are much better now and they can make the best things in the world, but few people know about them," said Xu Yajun, the maker of the popular short videos — Made in China.
Xu, 30 years old, was born in Henan. At a young age, he moved to Guangdong with his parents. In 2016, Xu left his well-paid job. Then he started making videos about clothes. It was not a new thing for him. He worked in a clothes factory for four years after middle school.
In the beginning, he mainly talked about the quality (质量) of different Chinese clothes brands in his videos. Soon he found many people didn't know about the stories behind these clothes brands. In late 2017, he traveled to Hangzhou to make a video of some clothes brands' factories and workers. The video first appeared on the Internet in January 2018. It also became the first video of Made in China.
In the following years, Xu has visited over 20 factories across China to make videos. With only three people in his team, they did their best to make good Chinese brands known. For example, after watching his video about snow shoes from a village in Henan, many foreigners came to the village to buy shoes.
"I hope our videos can help both Chinese brands and buyers. " said Xu. "If buyers know brands and quality better, they can know more clearly what is good and what is bad. I believe people will know more about Chinese brands. "
① took videos about clothes ② worked in a clothes factory ③ moved to Guangdong