Eastern Textile Industry Focuses On High-End Cluster Cards.

As the "stronghold" of the development of China's textile industry, the eastern coastal areas are increasingly facing many challenges, such as rising labor costs, shortage of land resources, inadequate supply of water and electricity, rising prices of raw and processed fuels, and appreciation of the renminbi.

In the textile industry " The 12th Five-Year "Planning is about to be announced and China is committed to building a key node in textile power," the eastern coastal area textile industry how to "set sail again" is particularly interesting.

Xu Kunyuan, vice president of the China Textile Industry Association, said at the Shanghai round forum of the China spinning round table held recently, facing the "12th Five-Year", the eastern coastal textile industry must create new advantages, focusing on the development of high technology, high added value and differentiated products, and transforming the traditional industries with new and high technology.

Zhao Mingxia, chief economist at China Textile Economic Research Center, said that the western coastal textile industry must be shifted westward. The ultimate goal is to form an industrial pattern of coordinated development in the western region of the Middle East, in which the eastern region should guide resources to the high end of the industrial chain by optimizing development.

"Five provinces and one city" are still at the center of the axis.

The southeast coastal area has always been China. Textile industry From the present point of view, the southeast coastal textile industry is mainly distributed in five provinces and one city in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian and Shanghai, and its output value accounts for 77% of the total textile output value of the whole country.

From the scale of production capacity, in 2010, the chemical fiber production of textile enterprises above Designated Size in two provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu accounted for 77% of the whole country, and the output of printing and dyeing cloth in Zhejiang above scale accounted for 58% of the whole country. Yarn output It accounts for 27% of the whole country. Zhejiang, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces accounted for 60% of the total output of the enterprises above Designated Size, and the total output of non-woven fabrics of the above scale enterprises in Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shandong accounted for 56% of the whole industry, while the output value of textile machinery industry of the above scale enterprises in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang accounted for 64% of the whole industry.

From the perspective of consumption demand, the population of five provinces and cities in the southeast coast is less than 30% of the total population of the country, but its textile and garment retail accounts for almost half of the country.

Zhao Mingxia said that in addition to good industrial foundation, comparative advantage in technology, capital and management is the main reason for the concentration of textile industry in eastern coastal areas of China.

Among them, the industrial cluster is one of the most important advantages mentioned. Of the 170 industrial clusters that are linked to the textile association, 80% are distributed in the southeast coastal area. "The advantage of industrial clusters lies in the formation of a reasonable division of labor, which can be the division of labor in the upstream and downstream industries, or the division of labor in the same industry, resulting in brand effect and driving effect." Zhao Mingxia said, in addition, the perfect public service and professional market is another major advantage of textile industry cluster.

In Zhao Mingxia's view, in spite of such problems, China's eastern coastal area is still the pillar of the entire textile industry, and is still at its peak.

Wang Qianjin, editor in chief of the first textile network, also believes that along with the acceleration of domestic and foreign environment, the eastern coastal textile industry of China has suffered a series of "growing pains", such as the lack of aftereffect, the decline of economic efficiency, and the weakening of competitiveness. But for now, the textile industry pattern with the eastern coastal area as the main body has not changed significantly.

"Going west" is hard to accomplish overnight.

The research data of China Textile Economic Research Center show that the rising cost of land and labor has become a major obstacle to the healthy development of the eastern coastal textile industry.

From the perspective of land cost, the average utilization rate of land resources in the country is around 70%, of which less than 4% of the construction sites are built. However, the land development and utilization ratio of Guangdong and Zhejiang has exceeded 90%, of which the proportion of construction land is over 10%, and the proportion of Shanghai's construction land is over 30%.

Another example is labor cost. From 2007 to now, the average annual increase of per capita wage in China's textile industry is more than 20%, and the cost of manpower in the eastern coastal areas has increased faster. According to statistics, per capita wages (excluding welfare) of China's textile industry above Designated Size reached 26 thousand yuan in 2009, 32 thousand yuan in Fujian and 30 thousand yuan in Shanghai, while the average wage in the central and western provinces was only about 20 thousand yuan, or even lower.

In the face of the "disappearing" comparative advantage, many Eastern Textile enterprises hope to rebirth in the industrial gradient transfer. The central and western regions undoubtedly become the first choice to undertake the transfer of Eastern Textile Industry. According to the investigation by the Ministry of land and resources, the land price in the Yangtze River Delta area in 2006 was 1 million 340 thousand yuan per mu, while the average land price in the non provincial capital cities in the central region was only 100 thousand yuan / mu.

Wang Qian, editor in chief of the first textile network, pointed out that "westward advance" is an inevitable trend in the development of China's textile industry, but it is not only transferring the surplus and backward equipment to the central and western regions, but also a process of industrial upgrading.

Taking the central region as an example, in the tide of industrial transfer, the location advantage of "inheriting East and West, connecting the south to the north" is undoubtedly a trump card in the central provinces.

"However, the processing trade is largely a coastal economy, and there is also a saying that" it's not economic after the Beijing Guangzhou line. " Wang said that although the advantages of the six provinces in the central part are obvious, not all regions are suitable for processing trade too much.

From the perspective of specific provinces, Shanxi and Hunan are far away from the Beijing Guangzhou line, and the development of textile processing trade in two provinces is relatively slow, and the undertaking capacity is relatively limited. The two provinces in Jiangxi and Hubei have good textile foundation and are very convenient in geographical location. The proportion of processing trade accounts for the top two in the whole central region. However, the proportion of processing trade has been relatively high, and the sustained growth trend is not obvious in the future; while the two provinces in Anhui and Henan are paying attention to the transfer of processing trade in the Yangtze River Delta. The proportion of textile processing trade in its total export value has increased significantly, and its growth rate is much higher than the average level in the whole country and the central region.

For the real challenges facing the textile industry in the eastern region, Wang Qian believes that besides land, labor and industrial support, market, capital and policies are also important factors that can not be ignored. "In particular, if the western region fails to make any breakthroughs in the industry matching, the increased cost will inevitably become a stumbling block for the pace of industrial transfer."

High end agglomeration under new advantages

Since the "westward gold nuggets" are hard to see in a short time, the upgrading of the textile industry in the East must be accelerated.

In Xu Kunyuan's view, during the "12th Five-Year" period, the eastern coastal textile industry must create new advantages. High technology, high value-added and differentiated product development will become an important fulcrum. {page_break}

At the same time, the eastern coastal textile industry also needs to solve the following three levels of problems: first, the formation of the key cities in the center as the center of a large number of backbone enterprises, to promote the construction of fashion and creative industries and R & D centers, and to become the leading industry of China's textile industry; the two is to build a number of textile competitiveness with international competitiveness and advanced features in the eastern coastal areas and the Yangtze River Delta region. With the Industrial Park as the main carrier, we should develop a group of modern textile clusters with distinctive professional characteristics, outstanding brand image and perfect service platform. Three, we should take into account resources, environmental capacity, labor force, market space and other factors, so that some textile processing capabilities will gradually transfer to the central and western regions and abroad, and promote the development of the central and western regions and expand cooperation with foreign countries, thus avoiding the hollowing and hollowing of the eastern coastal textile industry.

Wu Di, deputy director of the Ministry of industry of China Textile Industry Association, told China Industrial daily that the gathering of resources and funds to the high end will be the key to the transformation and upgrading of the eastern coastal textile industry.

For example, he said, relying on market, talent, capital, technology, information and internationalization advantages, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong and Fujian will focus on developing high technology, high value added, fashionable, differentiated modern manufacturing industries, developing capital and knowledge intensive, high tech chemical fiber, industrial textiles and textile machinery manufacturing industries; Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other international metropolis and central cities, focusing on building design research and development centers, fashion creative centers, brand marketing centers, logistics and trade centers, and developing industrial headquarters economy; and other eastern regions with the same manufacturing capacity generally carry out gradient transfer within and outside the region.

Wang also put forward his own specific proposals for upgrading the textile industry in the East, including improving the efficiency of resource utilization, using limited resources to increase the added value of products, developing cleaner production and building environment-friendly textile industries; adopting highly efficient automated textile machinery to raise production efficiency while reducing production costs; strengthening management innovation and improving the construction of industrial chains; encouraging dominant enterprises to become bigger and stronger, and implementing merger and reorganization and globalization strategy.

Considering that China is the world's largest consumer of luxury goods, 70% of the high-end domestic textile and apparel market is monopolized by foreign brands. Some industry experts suggest that domestic textile and garment enterprises must change their concepts, adjust their thinking, improve their initiative in the whole textile industry chain, re emphasize the design and research links, enhance their core competitiveness, and develop their own brands.

Eastern provinces upgrade "sword"

As a bridgehead for the development of the eastern coastal textile industry, the upgrading of the textile industry in Jiangsu, Shandong and other provinces has been quietly spreading. In contrast, Jiangsu province pays more attention to technology and capital, while Shandong province has something to do.

Xie Ming, President of Jiangsu Textile Industry Association, said that through a series of structural adjustment measures, the proportion of domestic and foreign sales of Jiangsu textile industry in 2010 has changed from 55: 45 to 70: 30, and the economic efficiency of the industry is 5~6 percentage points higher than the national average. During the "12th Five-Year" period, the focus of Jiangsu's textile industry upgrading is still structural adjustment.

Among them, the adjustment of industrial structure aims at technology and capital, and accelerates the development of industries with the highest density and capital intensity in the four major sectors of textile, clothing, shoes and hats, chemical fiber and textile machinery. The adjustment of production structure aims at building new advantages of efficiency and brand; organizational restructuring mainly refers to the construction of enterprise development capability and market expansion capability; the layout structure adjustment is intended to achieve cross river development, and the manufacturing industry shifts from South of Jiangsu to northern Jiangsu, and gives policy support and counterpart arrangements (Suzhou counterparts Suqian, Wuxi counterparts Huaiyin, Changzhou counterparts Yancheng).

Xia Zhilin, President of Shandong Textile Industry Association, thinks that as a traditional cotton producing province, the biggest bottleneck of the sustainable development of Shandong's textile industry is structural contradiction. "Although the textile industry in Shandong has two relatively perfect industrial chains for clothing and home textiles, the industrial structure dominated by primary processing of cotton textile has not changed."

Data show that the overall scale of the cotton textile industry in Shandong reaches about 35 million spindles, and its economic benefits occupy half of the whole province's textile industry, with a relatively high proportion.

Labor shortage is also a hidden worry for the sustainable development of Shandong's textile industry. According to statistics, the average wage of many enterprises in the province increased by 18% last year, for example, Wei Qiao group increased wages five times, with an average salary of 200~300 yuan per person. In addition, compared with the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, the scale, grade and level of the specialized market of Shandong textile industry and the development of industrial clusters need to be improved.

Xia Zhilin said that during the "12th Five-Year" period, the development orientation of Shandong's textile industry was to make the industry sophisticated, make the brand beautiful, make the terminal bigger, do well in the network, and make the best use of benefits.

Among them, the adjustment of industrial structure highlights three major fields, namely, combining the actual situation of Shandong Province, consolidating the development of clothing categories, optimizing the expansion of home textiles and developing industrial textiles, adjusting and optimizing cotton textile, making bigger and stronger wool textiles, vigorously developing new raw materials for chemical fiber, and vigorously improving the dyeing and printing capacity.

On the regional structural adjustment, Shandong textile industry plans to build Jiaodong Peninsula home textile production base, industrial advantages belt in the central and western regions, and some characteristic industrial bases and industrial clusters. At the same time, it should pay more attention to domestic demand and technological innovation, vigorously optimize investment structure and eliminate backward production capacity.

Zhejiang Haining warp knitting industrial park is a typical representative of the eastern coastal characteristic industrial clusters. Looking forward to the idea of transformation during the "12th Five-Year" period, Shen Shunnian, director of the park management committee, mentioned two key words -- promotion and expansion. Among them, the former includes innovation, service, talents and the ability of sustainable development, which covers market space, industry chain, and enterprise development space.