&Nbsp; The Golden Age Of Textile And Garment Industry In The Next Ten Years

Speaking of that year trade friction When negotiating with Americans, Gao Yong, vice president of the China Textile and Garment Industry Federation, is fresh in memory. "No matter what, only if you make yourself strong, foreigners will be honest with you."

It is precisely with the trade friction and its own strength that China's textile industry has gone through the first ten years after its entry into WTO. In an interview with reporters, Gao Yong said that after ten years of WTO entry, the development of China's textile industry exceeded expectations. China really has the status of a big textile country. And the next ten years will be the real "golden period" for China's textile industry to grow from strength to strength.

Reporter: before joining the WTO, the textile industry is considered to be the biggest winner. Has the textile industry reached its original level in the past ten years? Expect ?

Gao Yong: ten years after joining the WTO, the development of textile industry exceeded expectations. Textile industry is the first profitable industry after entering the WTO, and its export volume and industrial scale have gained unprecedented growth. The gross industrial output value of Enterprises above Designated Size in the textile industry was only 880 billion yuan in 2000, exceeding 47000 billion yuan last year, and this year will exceed 5 trillion yuan. Textile and garment exports increased from 50 billion US dollars in 2000 to US $206 billion 500 million last year.

When joining the WT O, China's per capita fiber consumption is much lower than that of the world average, and now it has far exceeded the world average level. At that time, the share of China's textiles in world trade was relatively low. Now it accounts for 1/2 of the world's processing volume and 1/3 of export volume. At that time, the raw material processing was the main factor, and the proportion of processing trade accounted for less than 20% now. Judging from these changes, China now has the status of a big textile country.

Reporter: when it comes to the export of Chinese textile and clothing, there is always the topic of trade friction. Especially in recent years, various kinds of technology and green barriers have taken place. How much impact has it had on China's textile industry?

Gao Yong: textile industry It is the first industry restricted by trade protection. Although the textile trade friction has been increasing every year, it has entered a normal stage.

After the Sino US trade frictions between 2003 and 2005, two effects have been achieved in fact. First, the growth rate of exports has not been restricted. In 2005, China's textile and apparel accounted for only 15% of the import market in the United States, accounting for 41% in 2010, and basically the same proportion in the EU. Two, the government, industry departments and enterprises have been trained and learned how to make use of the international market. Trade Rules to do things, how to deal with international trade friction.

In addition, technical barriers are not necessarily barriers. This is a double-edged sword. From a positive point of view, technical barriers promote us to achieve international standards faster, and promote industrial upgrading and technological upgrading. In fact, during the transition from a big textile nation to a strong textile country, we must constantly improve our technical standards and technical rules. {page_break}

Reporter: the textile industry is often seen as a labor-intensive industry, which is why we feel that the textile industry has great comparative advantages when entering the WTO. With the rising labor costs, orders have intensified to transfer to Southeast Asia and other countries. What impact has this made on China's textile industry?

Gao Yong: ordinary people think that textile and clothing are the same thing. In fact, the real labor-intensive products only have clothing, and textile automation is becoming more and more high, and employment is less and less. Basically, it is technology intensive and capital intensive. Order transfer is the embodiment of industrial transformation and upgrading. In fact, it is a good phenomenon without exaggeration. From the perspective of transfer orders, mainly labor-intensive products dominated by low-grade clothing are mainly Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, which share a small proportion of total exports. Moreover, the export dependence of the entire textile and garment industry is becoming smaller and smaller, and the share of the domestic demand market is getting higher and higher. In 2003, the export dependency ratio of the textile industry was 34%, down to 18.3% last year, and the industry has gradually shifted to the domestic demand market. Therefore, orders transfer has little threat to the export market and the whole industry.

Reporter: many people think that the past ten years are the golden period of the textile industry. Now that the golden period is over, and then enter a period of gentle development, how do we view this view?

Gao Yong: over the past ten years, the average growth rate of the textile industry has exceeded 15%. The growth rate of the textile industry may slow down in the future, but this does not mean the end of the golden period. The past ten years are the golden period of scale expansion, and the next ten years will be the real golden period. China's textile industry will become stronger and stronger in the next ten years.

First, from the international development experience, the per capita G D P exceeds 3000 US dollars, and the textile industry will increase substantially; when the per capita G D P reaches 5000 to 6000 US dollars, the consumer goods industry will see a big increase, and the consumption of clothing and textiles will enter a new stage, which is the way for China to go in the next ten years.

Two, China's textile industry is undergoing major structural adjustment. When it comes to textiles, many people think that they are only "clothed quilt". In fact, textile is divided into three parts, including clothing, household textiles and industrial textiles. Among them, the proportion of industrial textiles accounts for more than 60% in Japan and Germany, and over 40% in the United States, while China has just reached 20% this year. In the next ten years, this sector will have a very big development.

Industrial textiles can be divided into 16 categories, such as the construction of expressways, high-speed railways, Geotextiles used for reservoir dams, membrane materials for construction, medical artificial skins, artificial blood vessels, and even the fairing of rockets. High tech fibers, which are widely used in industrial textiles, have been included in the catalogue of new materials industry, which laid a good foundation for the realization of textile power.