Spring survey | China Cotton Bank coordinates research in Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Spring survey | China Cotton Bank coordinates research in Shijiazhuang, Hebei

From February 14th to 16th, Ye Jianchun, chief engineer of the China Cotton Textile Industry Association, and his delegation went to Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province for investigation and visited Xindadong Textile and Changshan Group respectively. , Jigao Chemical Fiber, Hebei Jinyi Chemical Fiber, Hebei Zhongji Wanlong Textile, Shijiazhuang Weibaolai Textile and other companies discussed the current corporate development status, difficulties faced, industry trend expectations, corporate development planning and other topics.

Shijiazhuang, as a traditional advantageous area in the textile industry, has provided a large number of professional talents for the development of my country’s textile industry. The production fields of the enterprises visited this time cover many industrial links such as chemical fiber, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, etc., with a spinning production capacity of nearly 900,000 spindles and a weaving production capacity of nearly 2,000 units. The products include pure Cotton yarn, colored yarn, polyester-cotton yarn, denim, polyester-cotton fabric and other types.

In 2022, under the superposition of multiple factors such as the escalation of geopolitical conflicts, the impact of the epidemic of the century, and the rise of anti-globalization forces, companies have generally endured difficulties such as significant fluctuations in raw material prices, significant contraction in downstream demand, and continued low market expectations. Greater pressure. Although companies have great expectations in the face of 2023, after three years of the epidemic, global terminal consumption habits have quietly changed. People have allocated more income to areas of rigid demand, and the proportion of textiles and clothing consumption has shrunk. Faced with this situation, the companies visited are cautious about the industry trend in the first half of this year, believing that there will not be a big rebound trend in the short term, and it is expected that it will improve in the second half of the year.

In terms of employment, as an area with traditional advantages in the textile industry, employees have a high degree of localization and good stability, but the overall age situation still exists. As the level of equipment and technology continues to improve, the demand for technical talents continues to increase. increase. In terms of raw material inventory, due to factors such as rapid market changes and companies trying to maintain flexible capital chains, the level of raw material inventory is not too high, mostly in the range of 30-40 days. Some companies adopt the method of “cash hedging” to avoid Market volatility risk. In terms of product inventory, order production is mostly adopted. In the current environment, short orders are mostly used, and product inventory is about 30 days.

On February 14, Ye Jianchun and his party went to Changshan Beiming for investigation. Xiao Rongzhi, chairman and party secretary of Changshan Group and Changshan Beiming, accompanied the investigation and visited the production workshop of Changshan Beiming Hengsheng Textile Branch and Changshan Beiming Science and Technology Exhibition Center. Together with the leaders of the Textile Association of Hebei Province and Shijiazhuang City and the heads of enterprises Discussion.

Ye Jianchun learned in detail about the company’s production scale, product development, marketing and transformation and upgrading. For Changshan Beiming, we will focus on implementing the “two-wheel drive” strategy of digital industrialization and industrial digitization, focusing on improving the quality of the development of the main business and paying close attention Scientific and technological innovation, strengthening market development, and optimizing product structure were highly praised.