Xiqiao Textile changes in the strain
The famous “Xiqiao Textile” is speeding up its upgrade.
Recently, a new solitaire was launched in the member contact group of the Nanhai District Home Textiles Industry Association. The 33rd China (Beijing) International Wallpaper, Wall Covering, Curtain and Home Soft Decoration Exhibition is about to open. More than 30 Xiqiao home textile companies have responded and intend to participate in the exhibition as a group.
Offline is just as lively. In Xiqiao South China International Textile City, since the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control, entrepreneurs and practitioners in the home textile industry have discovered that “guests come in, companiesgo out” The lively scene is back.
Including the home textile industry, the textile industry has always been Xiqiao’s traditional advantageous industry and regional brand industry, and has also encountered various difficulties typical of traditional industries. Gu Yaohui, secretary of the Nanhai District Party Committee, once said: “The most difficult thing to promote thetransformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry is Xiqiao.”
Under the general trend of transformation and upgrading of traditional industries in the South China Sea, in 2022, Xiqiao will have 157 regulated textile enterprises, achieving a total output value of 9.267 billion yuan, accounting for 24.8% of the total output value. As part of Xiqiao’s “3+3” industrial layout, Xiqiao’s textile industry is continuously improving speed and quality under precise and effective guidance and support.
A foreign country becomes a hometown
There is a great business environment here
“After crossing the Xiqiao Bridge, you will be the people of Xiqiao.” Since the Xiqiao Bridge was completed and opened to traffic in 1987, this sentence has become the impression and sentiment of the people of Xiqiao in New Xiqiao.
“Xiqiao has long been our second hometown, and there is a great business environment here.” Zhou Chunyuan, president of the Nanhai District Home Textile Industry Association and general manager of the Xiqiao Dimenglai Home Textiles and Fabrics Business Department, remembers that in 2001, When he came to Xiqiao from his hometown of Jiaxing, Zhejiang to start his own business, the home textile industry here had already gained national popularity and was quite attractive to entrepreneurs.
Zhou Chunyuan settled in Xiqiao back then and witnessed more and more foreign entrepreneurs taking root here. “Just in Xucheng Town, Jiaxing, there are more than 80 fellow villagers in Xiqiao, working in home textiles.” Zhou Chunyuan said.
In Xiqiao, the development of the home textile industry has a long history. In the mid-to-late 1980s, the spontaneous market trade of home textiles on the roadside in Xiqiao gradually transformed into a professional market. Stretching from the southern textile market to Xiqiao Textile City, the rapidly improving industrial supporting facilities continue to attract home textile practitioners across the country, forming the prototype of Xiqiao’s home textile industry.
So far, the regional brand of “Xiqiao Home Textiles” has become even more resounding. The Nanhai District Home Textile Industry Association is based in Xiqiao and was established in 2004. It currently has 96 member units, and its members are mainly market operators (small and micro enterprises). The members of the association come from 13 provinces and regions across the country. Most of the member companies have set up factories in other places and set up business offices in Xiqiao. They are backed by Xiqiao Textile City and radiate to all parts of the country.
Liang Qijin, secretary of the association, said that in recent years, Xiqiao home textile companies have continuously developed domestic and foreign market shares and adapted to the market by developing new products, participating in exhibitions as a group, developing e-commerce, etc. The development trends and needs continue to polish the regional brands of “Xiqiao Home Textiles” and “Nanhai Home Textiles”.
People in Xiqiao who are working hard in the home textile industry are also deeply touched by Xiqiao’s urban development and corporate services. “Transportation, education, medical care, from all aspects, Xiqiao now has a full urban flavor.” Guo Dongchun, vice president of Nanhai District Home Textile Industry Association and general manager of Foshan Haoyi Home Textile Co., Ltd., said, “It is even more rare. Yes, the support here for the development of our home textile enterprises has always been there. In the early days of the epidemic, China Textile City reduced rent for three consecutive months. In recent years, enterprises have participated in exhibitions in groups and enjoyed subsidies at the district and town levels.”
Speeding up transformation and upgrading
It is an industry trend and what enterprises need
Through “Xiqiao Home Textiles”, you can see “Xiqiao Textiles”.
Textile is Xiqiao’s traditional pillar industry and people’s livelihood industry. Xiqiao is the birthplace of the modern textile industry. As early as the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was “Guangzhou, the most prosperous yarn in the world, and silk >The reputation of “famous in China”. In 2022, Xiqiao has 157 regulated textile enterprises and 42 high-tech textile enterprises. The town’s textile industry has achieved a total output value of 9.267 billion yuan, accounting for 24.8% of the total output value.
Currently, Xiqiao has incorporated textiles into the “3+3” industrial development system, supplemented by special policies and services, to help textile industry enterprises break through the relatively extensive development model and accelerate transformation and upgrading.
In February 2023, Xiqiao launched ten measures to “improve infrastructure and enhance service functions” for the textile industry base, focusing on the pain points of Xiqiao’s textile industry being at the middle and low end of the industrial chain and lack of brand voice, focusing on solving the concerns of enterprises We will address core issues such as the park environment, living facilities, and difficulty in attracting and retaining talents to create a first-class business environment for transformation, upgrading and development.
According to the “Xiqiao Town Textile Industry High Quality Development Work Plan (2022-2024)” released in July 2022, Xiqiao must promote the realization of quality in the textile industry Benefits have been significantly improved, intelligent manufacturing has achieved remarkable results, and resources have been pooledThe overall goal of convergence effect presentation. By the end of 2024, Xiqiao will strive to achieve a total output value of the textile industry of 15 billion yuan.
Backed by the guidance and support of “visible hands”, entrepreneurs are writing a new history of entrepreneurship. For example, Foshan Nanhai Taiyuan Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Taiyuan Printing and Dyeing”) is the executive vice president of the Xiqiao General Chamber of Commerce and the president of the Nanhai District Textile Industry Association. It deeply processes about 1.5 tons of textiles every year. It is also the center of Xiqiao textile industry. A benchmark for “digital” transformation, it was rated as a benchmark enterprise for industrial Internet in Foshan City.
Mo Baiyuan, chairman of Taiyuan Printing and Dyeing, said that digital intelligent transformation is not only the general trend of the industry, but also the need for self-development of enterprises. Since the company moved to a new factory in 2021, it has simultaneously promoted equipment updates and digital and intelligent transformation. By creating an automatic knitting and woven conveying system, it has effectively improved product quality and saved labor costs.
“We serve and support the development of traditional industries and enterprises. We will not just step on the brakes and set up roadblocks, but will step on the accelerator and set up road signs.” The relevant person in charge of Xiqiao Town said that next, Xiqiao will Continue to focus on independent research and development innovation, creative design, talent recruitment, brand building, e-commerce operations, market development, scale expansion, industrial chain extension, etc., to fully support the improvement of the textile industry Quality and efficiency development.
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