In 2024, the textile industry will write a new chapter in the tide of the times. From the profound influence of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee to the accelerated formation of new quality productivity, the textile industry is moving towards modernization at an unprecedented speed. Scientific and technological innovations have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and the acceleration of the carbon neutral plan has made China's textile industry unique in the global green development. From the brilliant 30 years of fabric and home textile exhibitions to the debut of the "stone version" national flag and moon landing clothes, the textile industry has not only worked hard in traditional fields, but also made breakthroughs in emerging fields such as aerospace, culture and tourism.
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee opened a new chapter of Chinese style modernization, and new textile productivity accelerated its formation in practice
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held from July 15 to 18, 2024, opening a new journey to further comprehensively deepen reform in the new era. The textile industry insists on taking the study, publicity and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session as the primary political task, and actively promotes the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the whole industry to participate in reform and development. The new textile productivity has accelerated in practice, playing a constructive role in stabilizing the macro-economy.
The textile industry has a new green background between warp and weft, the production efficiency has been improved by 32%, and the delivery cycle has been shortened by 30%! The digital transformation has revitalized the textile industry, the textile industry cluster has accelerated to improve "quality" to "new", the "old" textile "new" strength... The deepening reform and new development of the textile industry has caused CCTV, People's Daily Xinhua News Agency and other national authoritative media have paid attention to and reported on many occasions.
On December 5, the 2024 China Textile Conference was held in Shaoxing. The theme of the conference is "Taking advantage of the trend of reform to open a new chapter of prosperity", to accurately feel the pulse for the high-quality development of the industry, and inject new qualitative momentum. The meeting pointed out that the new quality productivity promoted the textile industry to break away from the traditional growth mode and value path and form a new feedback loop and factor structure, marked by a significant increase in total factor productivity. In the transmission of "technological innovation - factor allocation - industrial transformation", the new quality of the textile industry has accelerated to form, characterized by high technology, high efficiency and high quality.
The industry is keeping up with the pace of the times, promoting the practice of science and technology, fashion, green and healthy industries, and building a modern textile industry system more suitable for the new production relations and new quality productivity with the nail driving spirit.
Scientific and technological innovation has entered a period of intensive activity, Industry achievements continue to emerge
Scientific and technological innovation is the core element of developing new quality productivity. Focusing on the high-end upgrading of traditional industries and the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies, the scientific and technological attributes of each link of the textile industry value chain are increasingly strengthened.
On June 24, the 2023 National Science and Technology Award Conference was held in Beijing. The project of "Green and Efficient Manufacturing Technology and Application of Polymer Melt Nanofiber" jointly completed by Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin University of Technology and Tianjin Taida Clean Materials Co., Ltd., recommended by China Textile Industry Federation, won the second prize of National Technological Invention Award in 2023. This technological invention has great potential for application and development in the fields of efficient green manufacturing of chemical fibers and high-end textiles, and is a landmark achievement from made in China to created in China.
On September 8-10, at the 2024 International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Annual Conference and International Fashion Federation (IAF) Fashion Conference, the "PET The project of Low Carbon Fiber Preparation Technology and Sustainable Innovation won the "2024 International Textile Federation Award for Sustainability and Innovation". The project of Super Thermal Insulation Topological Soft Gel Materials declared by Beijing Zhongke Haishi Technology Co., Ltd. won the "2024 International Textile Federation Startup Enterprise Award".
On October 23, at the 2024 National Conference on Transformation and Cooperation of Textile Scientific and Technological Achievements, the Chinese Textile Engineering Society released the 2024 Compilation of Textile Scientific and Technological Achievements, which covered many fields such as new fiber materials, intelligent manufacturing, fashion construction, green manufacturing, and high-end industrial textiles, showing the deep strength and broad prospects of the textile industry in scientific and technological innovation.
On November 18, the achievements of the 11th "China's Top Ten Textile Science and Technology" were released in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. Ten projects, including "key technologies and industrialization of high-capacity preparation of high-quality in-situ polymerization solution dyed polyester fiber", stood out.
Accelerate the carbon neutrality plan, China's textile industry contributes to the new scheme of global green development
With the continuous development of green market, green rules, green technology and green standards, the connotation and extension of green development in China's textile industry are changing.
On May 30, at the "2024 Climate Innovation Fashion Summit" held in Beijing, the China Textile Industry Federation issued three industry group standards, namely, the Technical Specifications for the Establishment and Evaluation of Carbon neutral Factories in the Textile Industry, the Technical Specifications for the Evaluation of Carbon neutral Textiles, and the Technical Specifications for the Carbon Labeling of Textiles.
The Technical Specification for the Establishment and Evaluation of Carbon neutral Plants in the Textile Industry regulates the basic requirements, establishment and evaluation process of carbon neutral plants in the textile industry. The Technical Specification for Evaluation of Carbon neutral Textiles establishes the evaluation process of carbon neutral textiles and clarifies the accounting method of product carbon footprint. The Technical Specifications for Carbon Labelling of Textiles stipulates the principles and requirements for disclosure of carbon label information of textiles. The formulation of the three standards has filled the gap of relevant standards in the "double carbon" field of China's textile industry, and will play a fundamental, normative and leading role in promoting green manufacturing, cultivating new quality productivity, optimizing product structure, boosting green consumption, promoting management innovation, and improving resource utilization efficiency.
At the same time, the Progress Report of "30 · 60 Carbon Neutralization Acceleration Plan for Fashion Brands" was released at the same time as the case of action enterprises and the progress report of climate action of China's textile industry's specialized new enterprises, and the pilot of carbon neutral products, carbon neutral factory standards and the "Fashion Forest - Climate Innovation Carbon Neutralization Plan" were launched. A large number of leading enterprises and advantageous clusters accelerated the implementation of carbon reduction.
The "stone version" of the national flag and the moon landing clothes made their debut, and China's textile industry frequently made breakthroughs in the aerospace field
On June 3, a "stone version" of a five-star red flag made of basalt fiber carried by the Chang'e-6 lander was successfully launched on the back of the moon, which is the first time that China has independently and dynamically displayed the national flag on the back of the moon.
This five-star red flag is elaborately made of basalt composite materials. Behind the research and development of this innovative material is the moon flag team led by Academician Xu Weilin of the State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology of Wuhan Textile University. Through close cooperation with many units, after nearly four years of hard research and development, it has conquered basalt microfiber spinning, spinning Many international problems, such as weaving and color construction, have successfully developed for the first time a "stone version" high-quality textile flag without temperature control protection and independent dynamic display.
On September 28, at China's "Third Space Suit Technology Forum", the China Manned Space Engineering Office released the activity of name seeking for lunar landing suits to the public, and made the appearance of Chinese lunar landing suits public for the first time. Netizens actively left messages, and the names of Star Armor, Celestial Clothes, Moonlight Treasure Box and other distinctive names came out one after another. The first show of the moon landing clothes, which ignited the enthusiasm of the whole people to participate, demonstrated the strong confidence of China.
China's in-flight spacesuit has escorted 35 astronauts safely into and out of space; The first and second generation of independently developed "Feitian" extravehicular spacesuits have supported 17 astronauts and 33 people to successfully carry out 17 extravehicular activities, effectively guaranteeing the construction and efficient operation of China's space station. The appearance of the lunar landing suit was publicly unveiled for the first time, marking that China's space suit technology has entered a new stage of development, indicating that Chinese people are getting closer to the goal of landing on the moon.
The fabric and home textile exhibition has lasted for 30 years, Lead the industry to start a new journey
The 2024 China International Textile Fabrics and Accessories (Autumn) Expo will be held in the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from August 27 to 29. With multiple supports, including the convenient visa free policy at home and abroad, the influence of the exhibition at home and abroad, and the diversified product zone that can meet different procurement needs, this global textile industry event has entered the milestone of its 30th anniversary. From being born on demand 30 years ago, to gradually becoming a textile power with China's textile industry, and then to being engaged in the construction of a modern textile industry system, the exhibition seized the opportunity to achieve development and growth, resonating with the industry at the same frequency, not only witnessing the development and growth of numerous textile enterprises, injecting surging power into the vigorous development of the industry, but also providing technical exchanges The deepening of trade exchanges has built an indispensable important platform.
The 2024 China International Home Textiles and Accessories (Autumn and Winter) Expo will be held in the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from August 14 to 16. This year, intertextile home textile exhibition ushered in its 30th birthday. Since its inception, the exhibition has adhered to the banner of professionalism, trade and internationalism, built a business platform for the industry that integrates multiple functions such as technical exchange, market development, international cooperation, trend release, etc., to guide and drive enterprise innovation and upgrading, enable the sustainable development of the industry, and drive the industrial trade cycle. After 30 years of accumulation, standing at a new starting point, 2024 intertextile home textile exhibition gathers advantageous brands and innovative products from home and abroad, continues to promote in-depth cooperation between supply and demand, and promotes high-quality development of home textile industry.
Joining the "national team" of industrial clusters around Hangzhou Bay, accelerating the transformation to a modern governance model
This year, a new batch of national advanced manufacturing clusters were launched. According to the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China on Organizing the 2024 Advanced Manufacturing Industry Cluster Competition, the Hangzhou Bay Modern Textile and Garment Cluster led by Shaoxing City was successfully selected as the 12th among the 51 clusters participating in the finals nationwide.
Since 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has started to implement the special action of advanced manufacturing cluster development, and named this activity "competition". For local areas, advanced manufacturing clusters undoubtedly play a significant role in driving the local economy. Being shortlisted for "national level" is more likely to further amplify the driving effect and hopefully move towards world-class industrial clusters. Today, in the advanced manufacturing industry cluster competition carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the textile industry has been listed in the Suxitong high-end textile cluster, Hangzhou Bay modern textile and clothing cluster, Quanzhou modern sports product cluster, etc.
On December 5, at the 2024 China Textile Industry Cluster Development Conference, the "textile industry cluster governance modernization promotion action" was officially launched. The purpose of this action is to attract and promote more efficient and professional promotion organizations to actively participate in the process of cluster construction, further promote the improvement of the comprehensive service capacity of cluster areas, promote the close coordination between the internal and external main bodies of the cluster, stimulate the greater development potential of the cluster, and accelerate the transformation of the textile industry cluster to a modern governance model.
World class events are coming one after another, Inject new vitality into the global textile industry
Industry diplomacy can fully integrate brand, technology and other high-quality international resources, enhance the connection with the global textile industry, effectively stabilize the confidence and expectations of foreign-funded enterprises, and help enterprises deeply participate in the restructuring of the global industrial chain supply chain layout. In 2024, a series of textile festivals held in China will inject new vitality into the global textile industry.
On September 24, the 35th China International Woolen Textile Conference was held in Puyuan, Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province. With the theme of "love wool, love the future", domestic and foreign guests discussed the diversity, diversity and complexity of the industry, and proposed to continue to strengthen international cooperation, deeply tap the value of wool, and jointly explore sustainable development solutions.
On October 24, the 2024 7th World Cloth Merchants Conference with the theme of "Fashion Realm, New Quality and Future" opened in Keqiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Textile industry representatives from more than 60 countries and regions, including South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, attended the conference to explore the future of technology enabled global textile industry. The conference focused on topics such as "global economic outlook and trade", "fashion future symbiosis", "prospects and challenges faced by the global textile economy in the process", and further discussed the innovative development, fashion transformation and new quality future of the textile industry.
On November 8, the Third World Conference on Textile and Garment Education was held in Suzhou. More than 400 people from 194 colleges and universities and industrial enterprises in nearly 20 countries around the world, as well as domestic and foreign experts, scholars and industry colleagues in textile and garment education attended the conference. The conference integrates domestic and foreign education resources, strengthens the exchange, cooperation and discussion of colleagues in the field of international textile and clothing education, shares advanced experience, promotes the development of world textile and clothing education, promotes the connection between China and the world and countries around the world, and serves the better life of mankind.
From November 20 to 22, the 2024 World Fashion Conference was held in Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. Industry guests from nearly 20 countries and regions, including France, Italy and the United Kingdom, with the theme of "Harmony: the power of common development", and with their unique views and forward-looking perspectives on fashion, have performed many wonderful ideological feasts, promoted the integrated development of the fashion industry, and brought a rich and open future to the global market.
Horse dress explodes, Let intangible cultural heritage dazzle in inheritance
In the spring of 2024, the horse face skirt, as a "New Year's greeting dress", became popular again, bringing Caoxian County, Shandong Province, a county town in southwest Shandong Province, to "hot search".
During the Spring Festival in 2024, the sales volume of the county's Dragon New Year clothes, mainly horse face skirts, has exceeded 300 million yuan. Behind the considerable sales is a huge industrial support. According to statistics, there are about 1500 horse face skirt enterprises in the county, with 60000 employees. There are 2282 Han clothing enterprises and nearly 100000 Han clothing employees in the county.
The rise of Guochao is not a simple return of traditional culture, but an active exploration of future cultural forms. On November 15, the 8th China Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference was held, with the theme of "Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance, National Wind Surge", to deeply explore the path of protection, inheritance and innovative development of textile intangible cultural heritage. At the meeting, the China Textile Industry Federation released a keynote report on "intangible cultural heritage surging into the country, improving the cultural soft power of the textile industry", revealing how intangible cultural heritage can "hold the microphone and speak Chinese style" behind inheritance, persistence, pioneering and innovation.
On December 5, the Commission for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO reviewed and approved that China's "traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery skills of the Li nationality" was transferred from the "intangible cultural heritage list in urgent need of protection" to the "representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind". This shows that the protection of intangible cultural heritage in China has achieved remarkable results and won international recognition again.
Cultural tourism and industry interaction, Helping the garment industry "out of the circle"
"A drama brings fire to a city and fire to an industry". In April this year, the popularity of the local swimwear industry increased with the popularity of the TV drama "Riding the Wind and Treading the Waves", which tells the entrepreneurial story of Xingcheng swimwear people. As a scenic spot, Xingcheng Ancient City also ushered in wave after wave of tourism peaks.
Over the past 40 years, the swimwear industry in Xingcheng, Liaoning, has experienced a transformation from scratch and from small to large, becoming a sample of the reform and opening up of the county economy. Xingcheng swimwear people have made a "big business" of "one foot cloth". The annual output value of swimwear industry has reached 15 billion yuan, accounting for more than 25% of the international market share. Taking advantage of the east wind of "film and television+cultural tourism", Xingcheng actively promotes the intelligent, fashionable, branded and intensive development of swimwear industry, so that ten billion industries can once again "ride the wind and ride the waves".
With the popularity of the ice and snow season in Heilongjiang Province, Harbin became the top stream of last year's ice and snow season. However, the data of the first three quarters of this year showed that the number of tourists increased by 37.2% year on year, maintaining a rapid growth. In order to make good use of the economic dividend of ice and snow, Harbin actively layout the "warm industry" around fashion and warmth.
As an important part of Bosiden Group's supply chain strategic layout, Bosiden Harbin Factory, a world-famous down jacket brand, seizes the opportunities of Heilongjiang goose industry revitalization, Harbin ice and snow economy and Guochao city development, and works together to strengthen the joint brand of "Erbin Bosiden". Harbin Beijing Garment Co., Ltd. was registered in Binxian County at the end of February 2024. The enterprise introduced 15 production lines and officially put them into production in October. It launched the "Little Potato" series of down jackets, with prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of yuan, to meet the differentiated needs of consumers.
From product to brand, The industry has entered the "new navigation era"
In recent two years, cross-border e-commerce has become a highlight in the field of textile foreign trade. Textile and clothing is the traditional pillar industry of Hubei Tianmen. There are more than 10000 clothing business entities in this city, and 600000 pieces of clothing can go to sea one day. With the integration of cross-border e-commerce into the local clothing industry, more and more enterprises see the business opportunities hidden overseas. Two years ago, the number of local garment enterprises carrying out cross-border e-commerce business was only a single digit, but now it has grown to more than 400.
On September 17, The One Milano Clothing Exhibition in Milan, Italy ended. The MODA CHINA China exhibition group led by the China National Garment Association and participated by 25 enterprises completed the "sailing" with full harvest. The enterprises participating in this event are "leaders" in various categories of high-end men's wear, women's wear, casual wear, clothing accessories, etc.
On October 22, Li Ning, a domestic sports brand, announced the establishment of a joint venture to jointly promote the exclusive development and operation of Li Ning brand outside the mainland of China. Not only Li Ning, but also 361 °, PEAK, Zhongqiao, etc. have achieved good performance in some emerging markets in recent years by holding hands with major events and national teams of various countries and other resources.
On November 13, the first APTEXPO Asia Pacific Textile and Garment Supply Chain Expo and Summit Forum with the theme of "Building a Flexible, Flexible and Sustainable Textile and Garment Supply Chain System" opened in Singapore's Sands Convention and Exhibition Center. 88 high-quality textile and clothing supply chain enterprises in China participated in the exhibition and gained a lot.
The industry is entering the "new navigation era" from product to brand, from capacity to supply chain, and from enterprise to cluster. Through the establishment of overseas R&D centers, overseas mergers, international cooperation and other forms, enterprises use external innovation resources to enhance innovation capabilities and promote common development. The international influence and cohesion of China's textile industry have been growing, which has strongly promoted the economic exchanges, cultural integration and people to people connections between the country and the region.