Despite the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, fluctuations in raw material prices, rising freight prices, and power and production restrictions in some areas, in the past 2021, the textile industry still showed strong development resilience and vitality, achieving the “14th Five-Year Plan” Good start.
Recently, Sun Ruizhe, president of the China National Textile and Apparel Federation, said at the 16th annual meeting of the China Textile Roundtable Forum that although the results are gratifying, we must also see the trend of “high at first and low at the end” throughout 2021. As some unsustainable growth factors subside, the stable development of the industry is under pressure. It is expected that the industry’s development resilience and high-quality development capabilities will face a major test in 2022.
He said that the textile industry has entered a development interval that overlaps with three phases: the explosive period of technological innovation, the stable period of digital economy, and the formation period of green economy. Development paradigms and industrial forms supported by technology, digital and green have begun to take shape. The textile industry needs to clarify the situation, seize opportunities and challenges, and find the value fulcrum that will drive the future development of the industry.
Adhere to technology-driven
At the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, the Winter Olympics “suits” that serve as the scenery in the ice and snow arena will be “Made in China” for the first time.
From the past when ice and snow sportswear was monopolized by foreign companies to the establishment of a completely independently developed high-performance sportswear system, the “Chinese story” told by China’s textile industry on Winter Olympics clothing is a reflection of the significant enhancement of the innovation capabilities of my country’s textile industry.
The “Textile Industry’s “14th Five-Year Plan” Development Outline” proposes to strengthen strategic support capabilities for scientific and technological innovation. “Under the wave of new technologies, technological innovation has increasingly become a core element in reshaping the ecology of the textile industry and leading industrial upgrading.” Sun Ruizhe believes that the industry is facing new issues of changing its development paradigm and moving towards the high end of the value chain. Relying on their first-mover advantages in technology, developed countries have begun a systematic layout of intellectual property rights and standards, which has locked the industrial technology innovation and development paths of other countries. To catch up, we must continuously strengthen the advantages of industrial scale and supporting facilities, and promote the upgrading of the industrial foundation and the modernization of the industrial chain.
Only by strengthening the strategic support capabilities of scientific and technological innovation can we provide a new engine for industry development. “The textile industry must achieve breakthroughs in the four major areas of new textile fiber materials, textile green processing, advanced textile products, and textile intelligent manufacturing and equipment.” Li Lingshen, vice president of the China Textile Industry Federation, pointed out that in the future, my country’s textile industry should pay more attention to technology Elements, keep up with the technological trends of the times, and actively integrate into the development trends. For example, the new generation of textiles has transcended the traditional concepts of wear and beauty. It has unprecedented high performance in terms of force, heat, electricity, etc., and integrates new applications such as data transmission and energy storage, and is fully integrated into people’s lives and economic development. .
Innovation and creation are powerful driving forces for textile enterprises to move forward. Lin Zhiyu, CEO of Dali Group, said that innovation and creation should be reflected in all aspects of enterprise production management, ranging from technology and products to working methods. It is hoped that China’s textile industry can achieve breakthroughs in practicality, aesthetics and comfort, and improve the design and manufacturing level of the global textile industry based on the mindset of striving for innovation.
Accelerate digital transformation
Under the strategic background of Guangzhou building a “global customization capital”, Guangzhou Zhijing Information Technology Co., Ltd. took the lead in building the Guangzhou textile and apparel industry cluster platform. Through the use of cluster platform services, the hit rate of customers’ designs has increased by an average of 20%, and the time for clothing pattern making and sample release has been shortened from the industry average of 7 days to 3 to 5 days.
As Zhai Yanju, director of the Information Department of the China Textile and Apparel Federation, said, the development of new models such as intelligent manufacturing, service extension, network collaboration, and digital management has great potential and will play a very significant role in improving the textile industry. This is a long-term task that needs to be continuously deepened.
Developing the digital economy is an important task for the textile industry during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. The development of the digital economy is driving the updating of production equipment, infrastructure reset, business process reengineering and organizational structure changes. More market entities and business scenarios are connected, and a wider range of markets and resources are integrated. The consumer Internet has entered a mature stage, the focus of development has begun to shift to the industrial Internet, and industrial value has begun to come more from deep cultivation of scenarios and complex applications.�Digital economic governance is becoming increasingly standardized, and the realization of industrial value has come under the sun.
Sun Ruizhe introduced that in the future, we should promote the construction of information infrastructure in industries such as the Industrial Internet and big data centers, cultivate ecological aggregation platforms, and guide enterprises to “go to the cloud, use data, and empower intelligence.” At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen industrial big data development, manufacturing resource allocation and solution aggregation capabilities, promote platform design, lean management, intelligent manufacturing, network collaboration, develop service-oriented manufacturing, and create a smart and flexible supply chain.
Doing a good job in digital transformation will help enterprises unleash strong productivity, research and development capabilities, and fashion capabilities. Shen Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Beijing Zhongli Machinery Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., said that at present, textile companies are actively promoting the improvement of their own equipment technology to better serve the industry’s technological progress, efficiency improvement and benefit improvement.
Digital transformation has paved a new path for the development of China’s textile industry, and the path to realization is becoming increasingly clear. “There are thousands of paths to intelligent transformation, and practicality is the first.” Qiu Haibin, chairman of Zhejiang Xinhai Textile Co., Ltd., pointed out that intelligent manufacturing work is both simple and complex, requiring either small or large investment, but the thinking is clear and The concepts of systematic architecture, light investment, sustainable promotion, and practical structure must be implemented throughout.
Green development is the direction
Relevant data shows that the greenhouse gas emissions of the textile and clothing industry account for 10% of global carbon emissions, and the amount of wastewater produced every year accounts for 20% of global wastewater. Under the irreversible trend of green development, whether Chinese fashion and Chinese manufacturing can gain greater respect on the basis of being welcomed by global consumers depends on whether they can become an important contributor to global climate action and global sustainable production and consumption. the main leader.
The textile industry is not only facing pressure to reduce carbon emissions, but will also usher in greater opportunities. The “2021 China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Blue Book” shows that the apparel industry, as an important pillar of the fashion industry, will drive industrial synergy with a market value of trillions of dollars under the concept of “carbon neutrality”.
Sun Ruizhe said that as green development becomes a global consensus and development trend, the introduction and formulation of green rules will become more active and begin to affect the cost structure and competitive advantages of the industry. From a technical perspective, green technology is in an exploratory period as a whole, with multiple completely different technical routes coexisting in the same scenario, and the stability and cost-effectiveness have yet to be tested. From a market perspective, consumers are beginning to become more aware of environmental protection, and green consumption is taking shape, but development is still slow. In the face of adjustments, industry enterprises must not only adapt to the general trend, but also pay attention to rhythm and changes, and fully consider the adaptability of the industry.
Carbon neutrality is not just carbon emission reduction, but also a technological and economic competition and a transformation of social and economic development. Wang Can, professor at the School of Environment at Tsinghua University and deputy director of the Institute of Sustainable Development, believes that to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, changing the development concept is the prerequisite, changing the industrial structure and economic growth mode is the key, technical support is the core, and financial support is the guarantee .
Enterprises are the main actors in achieving carbon neutrality, and advantageous textile enterprises are actively taking the lead in trials and setting examples. One of the sponsors of the “Textile Supply Chain Green Manufacturing Industry Innovation Alliance”, Vosges Group Co., Ltd. has always paid great attention to green development issues. “Green development is not only a topic of concern to the industry, but also a major issue of global concern. Today, with the increasing pursuit of healthy life, green environmental protection has become the driving force for industry development.” The relevant person in charge of Vosges Group said that Vosges Group advocates With the concepts of low-carbon environmental protection, green health, and sustainable development, we actively explore and lead the industry trend in the fields of green production such as land use intensification, clean production, waste recycling, and energy low-carbonization.
“In the future, China’s textile industry will show infinite glory.” Sun Ruizhe said that the textile industry must achieve integrity and innovation while carrying forward the past and opening up the future, promote high-quality development of the industry, achieve stability while promoting new things, and serve the people’s high-quality life.
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