The Founder · Xianwei Textile / Mibein
Lou Saiying
娄赛英 · FOUNDER, GENERAL MANAGER & CHAIRMAN
Engineer by training. Fabric maker by conviction.
A dyeing and finishing engineer with about 30 years in textiles, who built Xianwei Textile into a functional knit fabric maker and helped draft China's national standard for knitted T-shirts.
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Leadership
The height of a company is set by its leaders. At Mibein, that standard starts with our founder.
Technical depth
Her career began in a dye laboratory, matching recipes and making lab samples. Colour, hand feel and function are where she still spends her attention.
Industry standing
A main drafter of China's national standard for knitted T-shirts, and a vice president of the Guangdong Garment Association.
A long-term view
Nearly two decades building Xianwei Textile, and working with textile schools to train the next generation of fabric engineers.
The journey
From the dye lab to the knitting floor
Colour, hand feel and function are decided in yarn selection, dyeing and finishing. That is where her career started, and it still shapes how Mibein develops fabric.
- 1992–1995
Engineering degree
Studied dyeing and finishing engineering (now light chemical engineering) at Hunan Institute of Engineering.
- 1995
The dye laboratory
Moved to Guangdong and started in the laboratory of a state-owned dyeing mill in Zhaoqing, matching dye recipes and making lab samples.
- Earlier career
Textile groups
Worked at textile groups including Fu'an and Tianhong, as general manager of the knitting business unit.
- 2007
Xianwei Textile
Working with Tianhong Textile, registered the Xianwei name and entered the fabric market.
- 2021
Functional knits
Moved the company into developing and producing high-end functional synthetic knits.
- 2024
National standard
Named among the main drafters of GB/T 22849-2024; appointed to the Guangdong Textile Science and Technology Expert Technical Committee.
- 2026
Partners and alma mater
Xianwei exhibited in the SORONA® alliance pavilion at Intertextile Shanghai; Hunan Institute of Engineering invited her back to speak and to start school-enterprise cooperation.
Titles and credentials
Roles she holds
Behind every Mibein fabric is a founder who has spent her whole career on the technical side of textiles. These roles reflect the professional standing and industry trust she has earned, and the level of expertise she brings to every customer project.
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The standard behind the Mibein brand
A trained dyeing and finishing engineer, a main drafter of China's national standard for knitted T-shirts, and a vice president of the provincial apparel association. When you develop fabric with Mibein, your project is led by people who know how a finished garment is judged.
In the field
On the stand, with the team
At trade shows she is on the stand herself, walking buyers through fabrics and listening to what their garments need.
Industry contribution
Helping set the standard
GB/T 22849-2024 is China's national product standard for knitted T-shirts. It replaced the 2014 edition and sets the quality requirements and test methods brands and laboratories use, including dimensional stability, colour fastness and pilling.
Official record
GB/T 22849-2024
Knitted T-shirt · 针织T恤衫
- Issued
- 15 March 2024
- In force
- 1 October 2024
- Replaces
- GB/T 22849-2014
- Drafting organisation
- Xianwei Textile (广州纤纬纺织品有限公司)
- Main drafter
- Lou Saiying (娄赛英)
Work with us
Develop your next fabric with a team led by an engineer.
Send the garment or fabric code, the colours and a rough quantity to Lisa Tan at Lisa@mibeintex.com. We will match stock fabrics or develop one for your use case.
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