
Recently, the 2026 Splendid Silk Conference was successfully held.Lu Kesong, Chairman of Jiangsu Fu'an Cocoon and Silk Co., Ltd., won the “Golden Silkworm Award”,winning wide praise from all sectors of the industry.
The 2026 Splendid Silk Conference is co-hosted by Zhejiang Silk Culture Research Association, Silk Professional Committee of China Textile Engineering Society and Silk Magazine, undertaken by Hangzhou Wensli Silk Culture Co., Ltd., and co-organized and supported by many relevant units. As an industry event with important influence in the silk field, the conference focuses on craft inheritance, technological innovation, cultural communication and industrial upgrading, building a high-quality platform for industry exchange and cooperation, and the "Golden Silkworm Award" is one of the most concerned honorary awards during the conference.
The prize, initiated by the Organizing Committee of the Splendid Silk Conference, is a highly influential honorary award in the silk field. Its core purpose is to recognize outstanding industry figures who have deeply engaged in the silk cause, devoted their lives, and made remarkable contributions in key areas like craftsmanship inheritance, science and technology innovation, cultural dissemination and industrial development.
Born in 1946, Lu Kesong is a leading entrepreneur in China's cocoon and silk industry. Under his leadership, Fu'an Cocoon and Silk Co., Ltd. launched the "Company + Cooperative (+ Factory) + Sericulturists" industrial operation model. This model effectively integrated industrial chain resources, making Fu'an a nationally renowned high - quality cocoon and silk production base and providing local sericulturists with stable income channels and comprehensive technical support. Lu himself has won many national honors, including being elected deputy to the National People's Congress twice, “National Model Worker” and “Lifetime Achievement Award in China's Cocoon and Silk Industry”. He led the practices that gave birth to the highly valuable “Fu'an Model”, which facilitates the transformation, upgrading and integrated development of the silk industry and the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.

As a renowned high-quality raw silk manufacturer,F(xiàn)u'an Cocoon and Silk Co., Ltd. is also a cooperative unit for the CCSE High - quality Raw Silk Index. The annual average grade of its "FUAN" brand raw silk reaches above 5A80, among which the proportion of 6A high - grade raw silk accounts for 80%. It is a domestic production and export enterprise with strong influence that produces 6A high - grade raw silk in large quantities all year round.