Gushi, Henan: Take Human Resources As The Foundation And Take A Big Step In Developing The Textile And Garment Industry

Entering the Gushi County of Xinyang City, Henan Province, the reporter first set foot in the textile and garment enterprises in the industrial cluster area of Gushi County, the high standard plant infrastructure, advanced production machinery, well ordered production scenes, and neatly placed middle and high-end products waiting for shipment, which made journalists have the first impression of the high quality and modernization of the textile and garment industry in Gushi county. All this started from a major decision made by the Gushi county Party committee and county government in the second half of 2017.


Gushi county is located in the southeastern part of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan and Anhui provinces, and is the first large population County in Henan province. As a gateway with unique location, Gushi is the southeast gate of Henan facing east China. It is the bridgehead of "eastward and westward advance". It is also crossed by the Central Plains Economic Zone, the Wanjiang economic belt and the Wuhan metropolitan area. It is also one of the five accelerating regional central cities and ten provincial pilot counties.


The elements are ready to solve the worries of enterprises.


"Gushi is a stable and harmonious place for people to live in. It is also a dynamic entrepreneurial plateau." Wang Zhixue, chief of the Gushi County of Xinyang, Henan, said that Gushi county is rich in human resources, and its production and living facilities such as water, electricity, road traffic and standardized factories are perfect. It has a unique advantage in undertaking the transfer of the eastern coastal textile and garment industry.


"In the 80s and 90s of last century, Gushi county had the tradition of developing the textile and garment industry, but the real positioning of the textile and garment industry as a key industry and pillar industry began in 2017." Wang Zhixue told reporters that at that time, the Gushi county Party committee and the county government realized the development opportunities along with the transfer of the textile and garment industry in the eastern coastal areas. After many visits to the eastern coastal areas, they finally decided to vigorously develop the textile and garment industry. In this regard, Wang Zhixue analyzed the six advantages of Gushi County in terms of manpower, foundation, space, planning, platform and policy, and let us follow his analysis to understand Gushi's textile and clothing industry's "story" in detail.


"There is manpower." To list the advantages of Gushi County in developing the textile and garment industry, the first thing to emphasize is its abundant human resources. "Gushi county has a population of about 1 million 800 thousand, of which 700 thousand are migrant workers, and 200 thousand are engaged in the textile and garment industry, of which only 130 thousand people live in Shengze." Behind Wang Zhixue's series of alarming figures is Gushi's greatest strength in developing the textile and garment industry.


Recruitment is difficult and expensive employment is the fundamental reason for the transfer of industries in the eastern coastal areas. From the initial workers settled around the enterprises, and now the enterprises follow the workers, employment has become the "urgent need" for all business owners. "What we are most abundant is human resources, and the most skilled workers are skilled workers." Wang Zhixue said.


Xia Zhenzhong, general manager of Henan Yucheng Textile Co., Ltd. is a Gushi native who returned home to start her business. It was also one of the first business owners to move to Gushi county industrial gathering area in 2018. The main reason for his determination to return to Gushi is artificial. "Southern recruitment is difficult and wages are high, which has greatly occupied the profits of enterprises. Instead of trying hard to maintain in the south, it is better to come back for greater development." After Xia Zhenzhong's rational planning to return home and start his own business, his hometown still gave him a great surprise. "In the hometown, not only the recruitment is fast and stable, but also the skilled workers have been recruited, which has greatly accelerated the withdrawal of funds from enterprises." Xia Zhenzhong said.


Shen Qi, the person in charge of Henan Zhong Qin Textile Co., Ltd., was a foreigner who was invited to invest. "Before entering Gushi industrial gathering area, I inspected many parts of the country and almost broke my leg. The biggest concern was employment. Today, the factory has been in Gushi for more than six months, and I am glad for that decision. " Shen Qi told reporters.


"There is foundation." Nowadays, the textile and garment industry in Gushi has a solid foundation. There are 38 textile and garment enterprises in the industrial cluster area, among which, there are 6 enterprises with output value of more than 100 million yuan. "The development of textile and garment industry in Gushi county has not only introduced a large number of foreign enterprises, but also revitalize the local textile and garment enterprises." According to Wang Zhi theory, the development trend of textile and garment industry in Gushi is increasingly clear.


"There is room." In addition to the four large areas of the existing textile and garment industry, the industrial cluster area in Gushi is building a garment industrial park with an area of 560 Mu and a new development area of 400 mu. In addition, Gushi county has also planned to further develop 1000 acres of industrial land for textile and clothing and start construction at any time. The county Party committee and the county government made great efforts on the industrial land, which provided a strong and necessary condition for the rapid development of the textile and garment industry.


To this end, the supporting investment in Gushi county is also advancing rapidly. The development ideas of "industrial investment, business invitation, service promotion and special class investment" have been clearly defined, and the specific working methods of "enhancing confidence, solving difficulties and striving ahead, grasping opportunities, strengthening leadership, further improving and innovating work methods, widely using social resources, running projects, recruiting large businesses, integrating force concentration investment, strengthening industrial chain investment and ensuring the completion of investment promotion tasks" have been formulated. Wang Zhixue said that the relevant units are making every effort to solve the urgent problems that restrict the development of the textile and garment industry, and realize the leaping development of Gushi's textile and garment industry.


Policy guarantee to help enterprises "pack in"


In order to develop the industry well and well, besides the basic conditions, it also needs supportive supporting policies. The investment sincerity of the Gushi county Party committee and the county government is also reflected in the meticulous planning for the service of the industry.


"Planning." Since the upgrading of the textile and garment industry to the height of industrial strategic transfer and industrial transformation and upgrading, the Gushi county Party committee and the county government have set up the highest standard leading group to institutionalized all actions to develop the textile and garment industry.


"There are platforms." Industrial development is inseparable from supporting resources. "Our county has three major platform companies, namely, construction investment companies, investment and investment companies and industrial cluster areas. It fully ensures that all kinds of textile and garment enterprises can enter light assets, and the county Party committee and the county government are preparing to issue a textile and garment industry fund, which will help enterprises develop from many aspects such as infrastructure construction, supporting services and financial support." Wang Zhixue said.


"There are policies." Today, the Gushi county Party committee and the county government have issued opinions on vigorously developing the textile and garment industry, including a series of preferential policies. The business environment of "decentralization, decentralization, and optimization of services" will enable enterprises to come forward happily and get better development than expected in Gushi county. Wang Zhixue said.


For this reason, the leading group of industrial development will hold regular meetings every month to solve the problems arising from the introduction of the enterprise to the landing production process.


Shen Qi also told reporters in an interview that he was deeply aware of the importance of the Gushi county Party committee and county government to the textile and garment industry when he discussed with the relevant departments of the industrial gathering area. "The local government's assistance policy and implementation efficiency are far beyond other places I visited." As a result, when Shen Qi came here in September last year, the company began to put into production this Spring Festival.


For more than two years, the textile and garment enterprises in Gushi have been delighted by their choice at that time and look forward to the win-win development with Gushi County in the future.


Develop industries and lead urban and rural areas together to become rich


The planning industry should also lead the people to become rich. The Gushi county Party committee and county government did not "let go" because of the "big catch". While seeking the large-scale development of the textile and garment industry, they also brought the industrial development to the field.


Gushi county "clever daughter-in-law project" production workshop throughout the county, one of them is in the Sun Tan Village of Chen Ling zi Town. Sun Tan Village is about 70 kilometers away from Gushi county. It can cross Anhui province within one step. When you stand on the opposite bank of Anhui province to the Sun Tan Village, a new 5 story small building on the top of the "three earth dress of Henan" appears to be eye-catching. This is a milestone in the development of Sun Tan Village from the start of "clever daughter-in-law project" and "Rural Revitalization".


At the beginning of April this year, when the three soil clothing started, it attracted nearly 150 people in the village and surrounding areas to work at home, and directly drove dozens of villagers to get rid of poverty. Unlike many enterprises who choose to set up factories in villages and towns to reduce labor costs, Qian Wenzhong, the head of three soil clothing, insisted that workers enjoy equal treatment in the south. Therefore, young people account for a large proportion of them in the workshop. "In this way, many villagers do not have to leave their homes for further work." "Clever daughter-in-law project" benefits the rural areas, condenses people's hearts, and lets Sun Tan Village become the famous "red flag village" in Gushi county from the once "three paralyzed villages".


There are many such stories in Gushi. In recent years, the Gushi county Party committee and county government has grasped the industrial development trend with close touch with the actual situation in the county, and has taken the initiative to act as a whole. The county has vigorously promoted the "clever daughter-in-law project", and has explored a new path for Gushi's poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, and has made gratifying achievements.


Gushi is a stable and harmonious place for people to live in. It is also a dynamic entrepreneurial plateau.