Xinjiang's Natural Colored Cotton Promotes Low Carbon Economy

　　 Low carbon era The new trend of world color cotton development forum was held in Urumqi on 8 th. Research experts, scholars, producers and distributors from all over the country gather together to discuss the low carbon era. Colored cotton industry The opportunities and challenges we face.

Li Huijiang, vice president of China's cotton textile industry, said that China is an important natural color cotton production base in the world, and Xinjiang's colored cotton production now accounts for 95% of China's total and more than 60% of the world's total. It has become the world's largest production base of colored cotton. At present, natural colored cotton has become a new product category of traditional cotton products in China, enriching the overall function of cotton industry and realizing the multi type and diversified transformation of cotton production fast structure.

As the key leading enterprise of national agricultural industrialization, the China color cotton group has 12 independent intellectual property varieties of 38 colored cotton varieties registered internationally, and is the participant in the formulation of 36 standard systems of colored cotton in China. The annual sales of all kinds of colored cotton products exceed 30 billion, which is recognized as the leader of China's colored cotton industry.

Zhao Xiaolin, chairman of China color cotton group, said that because of the environmental protection of natural colored cotton, Health In the next ten years, the choice of raw materials for the global textile industry will be less than 30% of the textile raw materials will choose natural colored cotton and organic cotton. At present, the research and development of colored cotton has achieved certain results, providing technical support for the development of colored cotton industry. But compared with white cotton, there is still a big gap.

Li Xueyuan, deputy director of the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said at the meeting that the per unit yield of color cotton in Xinjiang was relatively high. We should also strengthen basic research on all traits and Research on breeding and cultivation techniques, so as to achieve simultaneous improvement in yield and quality. Breaking the limitations of the research and development of colored cotton, in order to enhance the spinnability and commerciability of colored cotton.

　　 Natural colored cotton (natural colored cotton) is a common name for naturally growing cotton with natural color. Its color is the result of deposition of pigment substances in the differentiation and development of cavity cells in cotton fibers. Natural colored cotton has the characteristics of natural and soft color, simple and elegant, soft texture, warmth and breathability. It is a new type of textile raw material.