Leather shoe design must take into account the current state of industrial production technology in China. If production capabilities are disregarded, a design-no matter how well-suited to the market-cannot actually be manufactured.
Overall, China's footwear industry still has a relatively low level of mechanization, with manual labor playing a significant role; therefore, design work must align with actual production realities. At the same time, design must be integrated with research and development to explore new processes and technologies. This approach creates favorable conditions for standardization, interchangeability, and product serialization, enabling assembly-based manufacturing, driving the rapid growth of shoe production, and accelerating the modernization of the footwear industry.