Concerned About The Sustainable Development Of The Textile And Garment Industry In Asia, You Need The Six Bright Spots Of GET.

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In May 28, 2018, it was hosted by the Ministry of industry and information technology, Ministry of Commerce and China Textile Industry Federation, sponsored by the China Textile Information Center and the German international cooperation agency, and the social responsibility Office of the China Federation of textile industry. The "Shengze summit meeting on sustainable development and regional cooperation in Asia and the sustainable production dialogue in the Asian textile and garment industry" jointly organized by China Eastern Silk Market, was held in Jiangsu, Shengze, People's Republic of China.

From the Ministry of industry and information technology of People's Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce, China Textile Industry Federation, Bangladesh, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Burma and Pakistan, textile and garment industry organizations, Shengze town and China Eastern Silk Market Leader, as well as China's overseas investment enterprises, brands and social organizations, a total of 150 people attended the summit.

The Standing Committee of the Wujiang District Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Wujiang high tech Zone, Secretary of the Shengze town Party committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the China Eastern Silk Market, Fan Jianlong, deputy director of the Department of policies and regulations of the Ministry of industry and information technology, Fan Bin, Wang Tianruo, Secretary of the Department of international trade and economic relations of the Ministry of Commerce of People's Republic of China, Xu Yingxin, Chen Dapeng of the China Federation of textile industry, and jille, chief representative of the German international cooperation agency, delivered a speech at the Asia cooperation conference.

The meeting was co chaired by Yan Yan, director of the social responsibility Office of the China Federation of textile industry, and Alexandra Behns, director of the SLSG project of the German international cooperation agency.

Fan Jianlong, Secretary of the Wujiang District Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Wujiang hi tech Development Zone, Secretary of the Shengze town Party committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the China Eastern Silk Market, pointed out in her welcome speech that the "one belt and one way" initiative continued to push forward. The countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt established a good multilateral cooperation framework, forming an open, shared and collaborative development environment, and the textile and garment industry also benefited greatly.

In the future, Shengze town and China's Eastern Silk Market will firmly follow the direction of "one belt and one road", uphold the win-win concept of cooperation and develop the concept of green sharing, and play an active role in promoting the textile and garment industry in Asia to enter a healthy and sustainable development track.

Fan Bin, deputy director of the Department of policy and law of People's Republic of China Ministry of industry and information technology, pointed out that corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in China have further sublimated from concept to idea to a firm belief. In practice, corporate social responsibility has changed from passive to action into conscious initiative.

The Ministry of industry and Commerce will continue to improve the policy system, optimize the responsibility environment, strengthen the main responsibility of enterprises, encourage social participation and strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and continue to further promote the construction of corporate social responsibility.

In his speech, Wang Tianruo, a business secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and international trade and economic relations of the People's Republic of China, stressed the importance of conducting international dialogue and regional cooperation in the field of corporate social responsibility, and pointed out that the cooperation and dialogue mechanism of Asian textile and garment production associations helps to establish regional information exchange network and platform, promote the formulation and promotion of regional social responsibility standards, and enhance the brand influence of regional manufacturing.

He suggested that all parties should continue to strengthen regional sustainable development and dialogue mechanism, continuously strengthen communication and communication with other countries, and strive to build a long-term healthy development of the regional economic belt, and build a "Silk Road Pearl" of industrial chain, logistics chain and internal and external links of value chain.

Chen Dapeng, vice president of the China Federation of textile industry, believes that Asian regional trade and investment are reshaping the global value chain. The China Textile Federation encourages and encourages enterprises investing in and operating under different cultural and institutional backgrounds to refer to and adopt the CSC9000T social responsibility management system for textile and garment enterprises, and strengthen cross cultural management. It supports and encourages Chinese enterprises to "go out" to gain local legal permission and win local social permits, making positive contributions to the sustainable development of local society and economy.

GIZ, China's chief representative, Ji Le, introduced the experience of the German international cooperation agency in promoting the "social and labor standards of the textile and garment industry in Asia" in cooperation with the China Textile Industry Federation and other Asian countries under the framework of the cooperation between China and Germany, and pointed out that the German international cooperation agency will continue to support the active dialogue and cooperation among various industry organizations in order to build a responsible and sustainable supply chain for the textile and garment industry at the Asian level.

Six highlights

Highlight 1: China's textile industry cluster contributes to the goal of global sustainable development

At the beginning of the conference, Bo Jiade, senior policy adviser of the United Nations Development Programme, delivered a keynote speech entitled "the United Nations sustainable development goals and the" one belt road initiative ": the framework of action for global responsible enterprises. In response to the global common concept, Zhang Jianhua, deputy director of the Wujiang high tech Zone Management Committee, deputy secretary of the Shengze town Party committee and director of the China Eastern Silk Market Management Committee, delivered a keynote speech entitled" sustainable development and responsible pformation and upgrading of China's textile and garment industry: taking Shengze textile cluster as an example ".

Highlight two: cultural diversity and regional cooperation in the Asian textile and garment industry

At present, the regional trade and investment situation in Asia is reshaping the global value chain. The intra Asian trade and the internationalization of Asian multinationals provide a new impetus for the remolding of the global value chain.

Representatives from industry organizations from six countries discussed how to carry out cross cultural management in the Asian regional supply chain to help enterprises correctly handle different laws and regulations and sustainable standards in different countries.

The meeting was held by Pham Minh Huong, director of the Vietnam textile and Garment Association, Junaid Makda of Pakistan socks manufacturers and Exporters Association, Ken Loo, Secretary General of Kampuchea Garment Manufacturers Association, Sai Maung of the Burma Garment Manufacturers Association, Sai Maung, executive director of the Bangladesh garment manufacturers and Exporters Association, and Xu Yingxin, vice chairman of China Textile Industry Federation.

Highlight three: "overseas investment and corporate social responsibility of China's textile and garment industry: Asian four countries' Research Report" released

Dr. Liang Xiaohui, deputy chief economist of China Textile Information Center, issued the Research Report on the "overseas investment and corporate social responsibility of China's textile and garment industry" in Kampuchea, Burma, Bangladesh and Vietnam, and pointed out that compliance management, cultural traditions and trade union organizations are the most important challenges for Chinese Enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities in these countries.

Highlight four: cross cultural management experience of Chinese textile and garment enterprises sharing overseas investment

At present, more and more Chinese multinationals are opening up subsidiaries in Asia to effectively promote the investment and trade of the textile and garment industry in Asia. The Chinese textile and garment enterprises share the experience of cross cultural management, Huang Qin, the trade union chairman of the Oriental International (Group) Limited, the Secretary General of the Kampuchea Textile Association of China Chamber of Commerce, Li Kunying, general manager of Jingwei Hongkong trading company, Guo Heng, manager of the Department of business management of Ru Tai textile, Limited by Share Ltd, Tang Qun, chairman of Nantong new high printing and dyeing Co., Ltd., the vice chairman of the Burma Chinese Enterprises chamber of Commerce Clothing Branch, Cao Haidong, chairman of Nantong Dongfang garment manufacturing Co., Ltd., Zhang Xiaohui, general manager of the new Singapore Ma clothing Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Highlight five: STAR (Sustainable Asia Textile Network) website released

Qiao Yanjin, director of China Textile Information Center, and Irene Genzmer, SLSG Regional Cooperation Director of the German international cooperation agency, jointly issued the "Asia sustainable Asian Textile Network (STAR)" (http://star-textile.net).

The website will be an information exchange platform for enterprises in Asia to invest and run the textile and garment industry to provide sustainable development and social responsibility.

Highlight six: three year plan for overseas sustainable development of China's textile and garment industry under the initiative of "one belt and one road" (2018-2020)

Yan Yan, director of the office of social responsibility of the China Federation of textile industry, on behalf of the office of social responsibility of the China Textile Industry Federation, issued a "three year plan of action for overseas sustainable development of China's textile and garment industry (2018-2020)", which is aimed at helping Chinese Enterprises to "go out" to promote sustainable economic, social and environmental development along the "one belt along the road" with responsible business practices.

In the next three years, the China Federation of textile industry will help Chinese funded enterprises to solve the development challenges of social responsibility, labor standards and environmental protection in the "going out" process by guiding development, system promotion, capacity building, industry network, land support, policy advocacy, international exchange and promotion of experience.

Finally, Yan Yan, director of the social responsibility Office of the China Federation of textile industry and Marc Beckmann, director of the SLSG project of the German international cooperation agency, summarized the meeting.