“A loving mother has thread in her hands, and a wanderer wears his clothes.” In the past, the clothes we wore were all sewn stitch by stitch by old mothers.
How is a piece of ready-made clothing produced today?
Approaching Jiangsu Shuyang Intelligent Knitting Industrial Park, in the intelligent workshop of Hujiang Thread Industry, the machines roared, the signal lights flashed, and several rows of automated equipment were neatly arranged and producing at full capacity. The processes of wire making, winding, sorting, and warehousing are integrated in one go. Compared with traditional processes, production efficiency is increased by nearly 6 times, while labor is significantly reduced.
As soon as this spinning thread landed on the ground, it was immediately transported to a printing and dyeing enterprise not far away, and then successively transferred to downstream enterprises in the park such as finished products and packaging, realizing the transformation from spinning to Integrated production from thread to fabric to finished product. “The companies settled in form an industrial chain and form an industrial cluster with the park as the core, which is not only conducive to ensuring the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, but also conducive to industry collaborative innovation and achieving intensive development.” said Wei Wei, director of the Shuyang Intelligent Knitting Industrial Park Management Committee .
Intelligent production and industrial parkization have become important trends in the current development of my country’s textile and garment industry. So, how has the overall development of my country’s textile and garment industrial parks been in recent years? As an important livelihood industry, what opportunities and challenges does the textile and garment industry face? On September 26, the Second National Textile and Garment Industrial Park Development Forum hosted by the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation was held in Shuyang, Jiangsu. At the meeting, more than 200 entrepreneurs and experts from the industry discussed the current situation and prospects of my country’s textile industry.
“Food, clothing, housing and transportation” are the things that people care about most. Let’s take a look at the development of the “clothing” that ranks first.
There are 400 garment industrial parks in my country, becoming a booster for regional economic development
In recent years, with the needs of economic development, industrial parks have continued to emerge across the country, becoming an important booster of regional economic development.
According to the latest “2019 China Textile and Garment Industrial Park Development Report” released on the forum, since the establishment of the first batch of national economic and technological development zones in 1984, various development zones in China have develop rapidly. At present, there are more than 15,000 industrial parks of various types in our country, contributing more than 30% to China’s economy. Among them, according to incomplete statistics, as of the end of 2019, there were about 400 textile and garment industrial parks in China, becoming an important carrier of innovation and entrepreneurship in the industry.
From the perspective of operation status, in 2019, the overall operation of my country’s textile and garment industrial parks showed a steady development trend. Last year, there were 4 industrial parks with an output value of more than 10 billion yuan, 20 parks with investment growth, and 30 parks with growth in introduced enterprises.
From the perspective of regional development, most parks in the eastern region are showing good momentum relying on their own industrial chain and market advantages, but some areas in the west and northeast have experienced slow development or even stagnant development.
“Affected by the epidemic, problems such as lack of orders, difficulty in recruiting workers, and poor logistics have emerged. Although various indicators have recovered steadily, judging from the current situation, the economic growth of the industrial park this year will be There will be varying degrees of decline compared with last year.” According to Wang Jinjun, deputy director of the Industrial Park Work Office of the China National Textile and Apparel Federation, the impact of the epidemic has also exposed the shortcomings of the park’s own development. On the one hand, some parks currently lack scientific planning in the early stage and do not have enough understanding of the energy, policy, market and other factors in the area, resulting in unclear positioning and difficulty in attracting investment; on the other hand, there are insufficient industrial supporting facilities, and when industries are not clustered and enterprises have not reached the level of In the case of high aggregation density, the industrial chain effect cannot be seen and operation is difficult.
The textile industry is an important livelihood industry. Taking the construction of textile and garment industrial parks as a new engine for the development of the regional textile industry is both a practical consideration and a development trend. “But it should be noted that the construction and development of the park have certain requirements for local resource abundance, energy costs, industrial foundation, consumer market, logistics facilities, etc.” Wang Jinjun believes that all localities should adapt to local conditions and formulate scientific, reasonable and operational policies. Industrial planning, at the same time, continuous investment should be made after the completion of the park, unswerving in the face of economic fluctuations, and firm promotion of continuous industrial upgrading, in order to achieve long-term sustainable development.
Sun Huaibin, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation, revealed that the next step will be from leadership, cohesion, responsibility and We will formulate relevant quantitative indicators in four aspects including contribution, comprehensively evaluate the industrial strength, talent attraction, social responsibility and economic contribution of the park, promote the survival of the fittest in the park, and guide the textile and garment industrial park towards high-quality development.
A year-on-year increase of 46.96%
In recent years, with the external situation With the changes and the continuous expansion of the scale of the industry itself, the textile industry has entered a cycle of slowing down overall growth and in-depth adjustment and transformation. Affected by the epidemic this year, the textile and apparel industry hasHow is the situation going?
“Although it is difficult, production is currently generally stable and is picking up month by month.” Hua Shan, director of the Industry Department of the China Textile and Apparel Federation, said that starting from March, production of anti-epidemic materials Driven by the recovery of domestic demand and the domestic demand market, the decline in production and sales of the textile industry has gradually narrowed. Since June, as the economies and businesses of various countries have restarted, the recovery of some production and sales indicators in the industry has accelerated. Driven by masks and other anti-epidemic materials, the exports of the textile industry have achieved positive growth. However, exports of final consumer goods such as clothing continued to decline, and it was not until the second half of the year that orders rebounded partially.
Data show that in August, my country’s textile exports were US$14.72 billion, a year-on-year increase of 46.96%; clothing exports were US$16.21 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.23%, which was the seventh consecutive year during the year. It returned to positive monthly growth for the first time after monthly negative growth.
“Despite the steady recovery, as social demand will take a longer time to improve, the continued sluggish sales trend may continue.” Hua Shan analyzed, in addition , the epidemic has also had an impact on the demand structure, which is reflected in the rapid growth of products suitable for health and home isolation.
In the view of Zong Ruilong, deputy director of the Textile Division of the Department of Consumer Goods Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, under the new development pattern of dual cycles, as an export-oriented industry, the textile and garment industry We should proactively change our development thinking, further tap the potential of domestic demand, develop products adapted to the domestic market, and enhance the overall competitiveness of the industrial chain.
In Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Alibaba’s “Rhinoceros Intelligent Manufacturing” starts from the clothing industry and provides fashion trend forecasts for Taobao and Tmall merchants through consumer behavior accumulated on e-commerce platforms. At the same time, with the help of digital capabilities, the traditional clothing supply chain has been flexibly transformed, shortening the industry’s average minimum order of 1,000 pieces and delivery in 15 days to a minimum order of 100 pieces and delivery in 7 days, providing small orders for small and medium-sized enterprises. Volume, multi-batch, efficient and high-quality production options.
In Zouping, Shandong, Weiqiao Entrepreneurship independently developed a unique cotton distribution system. From the time the system receives an order, you can query the order process with one click and track the entire order production process in real time. , not only that, customers can also check the factory production progress at any time, winning more market orders from downstream customers.
In Guangzhou, Guangdong, Tianchuang Fashion and Kunzhan Technology will live broadcast the shoemaking production line in real time. Consumers can place orders immediately after seeing the sample shoes they like. , and immediately schedule the production on the production line after placing the order… By moving the live broadcast room into the production line, the barrier between manufacturers and consumers is broken, thus realizing the ability to see and buy now and produce and sell in one fell swoop.
“It should be noted that for the textile and garment industry, there is still a lot of potential in the domestic market.” Hua Shan explained, such as the demand for upgrading the consumption gap between urban and rural areas, the eastern, central and western regions The demand for upgrading the consumption gap and the market demand for fashion consumption and new fiber materials. Targeting these areas will become an important driving force for the future development of the textile and apparel industry. “Regard short-term economic operation challenges as long-term structural adjustment opportunities, replace increments with quality improvements, and continuously enhance innovation capabilities, cultural values and green production capabilities. I believe that my country’s textile and apparel industry will surely achieve new development.”</p
