Wuxi Textile Loss Old Factory Change Entertainment Club

For many locals, Wuxi has been a pillar industry for the past more than 100 years.

It is now at the critical moment of life and death.

Although the Rongxiang lane, the former residence of Rong, symbolizing the glory of the Rongshi family, and the original site of the first cotton mill in Wuxi, originally founded by the Rongshi family (hereinafter referred to as "one cotton"), is still in existence. The industry created by the Rongshi family is no longer brilliant.

Reporters from the Wuxi Textile Industry Association exclusive access to a material shows that in the first half of this year, the textile industry in Wuxi, about 326 enterprises suffered losses, an increase of 84.18% over the same period, the deficit increased by 17.14% to 37.39%; the amount of corporate losses increased by 158.66%, a cumulative loss of 653 million yuan.

In fact, the grim situation faced by Wuxi's textile industry is only a microcosm of the national textile industry.

According to the data released by the Ministry of industry and information technology in July 6th, 1-5 months ago, textile enterprises above Designated Size reached 21449 billion yuan in total industrial output value, an increase of 11.8% over the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped by 18.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

From the perspective of corporate efficiency, corporate profits have continued to decline and corporate deficit has expanded.

In 1-5 months, the total profit of textile enterprises above Designated Size reached 91 billion 700 million yuan, down 2.4% from the same period last year, and the growth rate was 40.5 percentage points lower than that of the same period last year. The deficit of Enterprises above Designated Size reached 18.6%, 5.4 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year, and the deficit of loss making enterprises increased by 128.5% over the same period last year, and the growth rate increased by 122 percentage points over the same period last year.

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Glory of the Rong family

The junction of the pre-school street and the liberation ring road is the ancient canal of Wuxi. Under the breeze of summer, the ancient canal flows through the river, and there are several old and shabby factories standing on the ancient river. Compared with the surrounding modern buildings, it appears very abrupt.

This is the original site of the first cotton mill in Wuxi.

"Cotton was once an enterprise of Rong family. Although it is a state-owned enterprise now, many people in Wuxi naturally associate it with cotton whenever they mention it.

Family. "

A Wuxi resident told reporters.

One cotton was founded by Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng, the head of the Rong family, in the nine years of the Republic of China. After ten years, it had 24% of the whole Chinese spinning ability, and was known as the "cotton yarn king" of China at that time.

After the founding of new China, Rong Yiren, with the help of the government, took the lead in publicing the Rongjia family business.

Today, cotton is still a wholly state-owned enterprise.

The original factory of Wuxi is located in the center of the city of Wuxi. It is a "land of gold and gold" in Wuxi. Therefore, many old factories have been renovated to become luxurious private clubs.

"These buildings are all old factory buildings of the former cotton, but they haven't been renovated by the ancient canal. They are now protected. They are not allowed to enter the building. They are likely to be refurbished in the future."

Old workers who once worked in cotton for a while pointed to the familiar buildings and told reporters.

Despite the incompatibility with the surrounding area, Wuxi people are regarded as geomantic treasures near the old factory building.

The ancient canal and the Grande Canale have been over the river since then, and the nearest factory buildings have also been developed into the most upscale commercial housing. The two districts of "west water east" and "Jing Liang he" are called "the most luxurious residential area in Wuxi" by local people.

The glory of the Rong family is still one of the proudest things of Wuxi people. But one of the industries that the Jung family is engaged in: the textile industry is now in a predicament that has never been before.

"Before the textile industry is one of the pillar industries in Wuxi, from one cotton to five cotton, and then to small and medium-sized private textile factories, textile mills bloom everywhere in Wuxi.

In particular, there were more than 10000 workers in the factory at the most brilliant time when it was a cotton enterprise for the Rong family.

Referring to the brilliance of the former cotton mill in Wuxi, even the local taxi drivers were elated by their memories.

But the good times are not long, and the increasingly difficult cotton mills have been merged.

"Two cotton, three cotton and five cotton are now combined to one cotton and now more than 20 kilometers away from the downtown area of Xishan."

"It's a great thing to work in a cotton mill before. Nowadays, young people in Wuxi do not want to enter a cotton mill. They are all foreign girls."

A Wuxi resident said so.

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The textile industry is no longer brilliant.

Friday, August 31st.

This is supposed to be a normal working day, but it is another scene in Xiexin Mao Textile Co., Ltd., No. 128, Furong Zhong Road, Xishan Economic Development Zone, Wuxi.

"Today, there are few people in the factory.

In the past, managers worked from Monday to Friday, but this year, because of insufficient orders, the factory started four days a week and rested for three days.

Managers also work with workers and rest on Friday. "

A staff member of Xie Xin Textile told reporters reluctantly.

Because of the rest day, there were no workers and vehicles in the factory, nor the roar of machines. The factory area, which covers an area of 200 mu, was particularly empty and desolate.

Just a few months ago, Xie Xin Textile also had about 800 workers. These workers were divided into three classes, working 8 hours per shift, three shifts in one day.

In this case, the workers go to work normally, and the machines in the factory run in 24 hours.

Today, the total number of workers in Xiexin textile has been less than 600, three shifts to two shifts, and workers' 8 hour working hours have been extended to 12 hours.

Machines that have never stopped have three days of rest each week.

"There is no way out, there is no market for the product, and it can only be put in the warehouse, and now there are a lot of goods in the warehouse.

Moreover, because of the rising cost, some varieties are destined to be produced.

Well, it's better to not produce it. "When it comes to this, the tone of the staff mentioned above is bitter.

The longer the working hours, the lower the total number of workers, but the workers' incomes did not increase.

According to its introduction, the average monthly wage of the workers in the past is about 3000 yuan, which may only be 1500 yuan per month.

When did this happen? Did this happen again when the Asian economic crisis and the global economic crisis of 2008 occurred?

"In the past, there had never been any downtime in our factory. Even during the Asian financial crisis and the 08 year economic crisis, there were no difficulties this year."

For the above questions, the staff said.

It is understood that the Xiexin textile, which was founded in 1935, has a history of nearly 80 years. It is not only the cradle of China's wool spinning industry, but also the key enterprise of China's textile industry.

At present, Xiexin textile owns 25000 pieces of worsted yarns, with an annual output of up to 6 million meters of high-end worsted fabrics, and over 60% of its products are exported to North America, Europe, Korea, Japan, Hongkong and other countries and regions.

As a large enterprise, Xiexin textile is only a microcosm of the textile enterprises in Wuxi. "Xiexin has gone through nearly 80 years of development, and now the factories are running inadequate, and the situation of other small and medium-sized textile mills can be imagined."

A local resident who worked in a textile mill told reporters.

It is understood that the growth rate of Wuxi's textile industry continues to slow down, and economic benefits continue to decline, and the situation is grim.

Wuxi textile industry association data show that in the first half of 2012, sales revenue of textile enterprises was 83 billion 468 million yuan, up 2.85% over the same period last year.

But the profit was only 3 billion 74 million yuan, an increase of -16.26%.

In the grim situation, the loss of textile enterprises has increased significantly. Data show that the number of enterprises losing 326 of the textile industry has increased by 84.18% over the same period last year.

The deficit of deficit companies is about 653 million 230 thousand yuan, up 158.66% over the same period last year.

At the same time, the finished product inventory and the accounts receivable of the textile industry are rising.

In the first half of the year, the finished product inventory of the textile industry was up to 12 billion 267 million yuan, up 13.93% over the same period last year, and the accounts receivable increased by 12.72% compared with the same period last year, and the cumulative amount in the first half was 15 billion 471 million yuan.