Shanghai Textile Institute merged with China Textile University 1999. At the same time, the Shanghai Institute of Glass and Enamel of the State Light Industry Bureau was merged to establish Donghua University. The original site of Shanghai Textile Institute was renamed as Changning Campus of Donghua University, and the two schools merged into China Textile University, which is dominated by science and engineering atmosphere. The integration of teachers and art students in the Clothing Art Department of Shanghai Textile College has opened the way to train textile talents in China.