Akesu Develops Textile Industry To Push Local Employment Out Of Poverty

Xinjiang Yi Ling Knitting Co., Ltd. was admitted to Akesu textile industrial city (Development Zone) in August 2017. There are more than 400 employees, including 93% of the minority employees, 93 of the poor families, 23% of the total number of employed persons. The average monthly wage of employees is 2500 yuan.

Guli Turhun, 20 years old, is a poor family in qaci village, Cooley, Akesu. The family has 4 people and 15 mu of land, with an annual income of more than 1 yuan. With the help of the government, she came here to become a garment worker, and her life in the family has been greatly improved since then.

"I have been in the company for more than 1 years, and now I earn more than 2700 yuan a month. The company's environment is very good. I learned not only the whole process of clothing, but also the general language level of the country. I want to work here for a long time, earn more money and let my family have a good life. Guli Turhun said on Sunday.

Akesu textile industrial city (Development Zone) was established in October 2010. In 2013, the autonomous region designated the Akesu textile industrial city (Development Zone) as the first city of four prefectures in the southern Xinjiang of "three cities, seven gardens and one center". The Akesu textile industrial city (Development Zone) is an autonomous development zone centered on the development of the textile and garment industry. It is a demonstration base to undertake the transfer of the Eastern Textile and garment industry to the West. It is also an important textile production and processing outlet for the western part of the country in Central Asia, South Asia and even Europe. It is the only industrial city named after the textile industry in China. It has been listed as the national textile industry transfer demonstration park and one of the 10 major industrial parks in China.

Up to now, a total of 100 textile and garment enterprises have been admitted, attracting 40 thousand industrial workers, including 24 thousand workers in the textile and garment industry. This year, the Akesu textile industrial city (Development Zone) plans to add 1 million spindles, 1000 looms and 30 million home textiles and garments, 7000 jobs, and 10 thousand rural poor families to get rid of their jobs.