"A Piece Of Cloth" Looks Around The World Under The Great Changes

Under the great changes that have not happened in a hundred years, a new outbreak of pneumonia has impacted the global economy. Under multiple pressures and challenges, many global industries are surging up and facing remodeling and reform. In this special period, the textile industry stands in the window of change of the times.

From workers unable to work, industry chain blocked, to order cancellation, inventory increasing Since this year, the textile industry has been looking forward to a breakthrough. At the same time, masks, protective clothing and other textile products continue to export, showing the special period of textile responsibility.

Looking at Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, which has the largest textile market in Asia, the average daily passenger flow is about 100000 person times. It is worth noting that a few days ago, Shaoxing Keqiao held the third 2020 world cloth merchants conference with the theme of "new industrial value and new contribution of textile". Industry representatives from more than 50 countries and regions gathered online and offline to discuss the breakthrough path of the world textile industry under the great changes, and to share the beautiful vision of global industrial cooperation.

Textile people's "epidemic" has never gone forward and is responsible for economic restart

In the face of the epidemic situation, the textile and clothing industry has encountered many difficulties, from the initial shutdown and production stoppage, labor shortage to later goods delivery and difficult recovery. The industry has undergone a great test, but also demonstrated responsibility.

Sun Ruizhe, President of the International Federation of textile manufacturers and President of the China Textile Industry Federation, said, "suddenly, when the epidemic comes overnight, wearing masks in the streets and alleys reflects the strength and responsibility of textile."

"From the cancellation and delay of orders at the beginning of the year, to the timely production of epidemic prevention products, textile enterprises have responded very quickly." Zhang Xi'an, vice president of China Textile Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, said, "masks are actually very small commodities in the whole textile and clothing field. However, small masks have been pulling textile and garment exports since April with their own efforts, and they have been growing every month

Zhang Xi'an said that epidemic prevention supplies not only meet the domestic demand, but also meet the needs of foreign countries. "We can say with great confidence that China's textile industry has played an important role in protecting the health of people all over the world."

It is only the epitome of the textile industry's obvious responsibility to actively think about changes and change to produce epidemic prevention materials. At the moment when the epidemic has not yet dispersed, textile industry representatives from more than 50 countries and regions have gathered online and offline, hoping to voice the voice of textile industry for the global economic restart through the form of participation and discussion.

Zhejiang Province, where the conference was held, is a major textile province. As of September this year, there were 8107 Textile Enterprises above Designated Size in the province, with a total industrial output value of 587.9 billion yuan. Happy husband, vice governor of Zhejiang Provincial People's government, said that this conference is a grand gathering to display innovation achievements and discuss industrial development. Zhejiang will establish good cooperation and communication channels with textile industry organizations, experts and elites from various countries to comprehensively promote the development of Zhejiang's textile industry in the direction of intelligence, high-end and internationalization.

Focus on digital transformation, scientific and technological innovation, enhance competitiveness

For the textile industry, it is not the first time to cultivate new machines in the crisis and to open a new Bureau in the changing situation. Han bekke, chairman of the international garment Federation, said in a video, "in fact, since the world financial crisis in 2008, the global textile industry has been on the road of seeking recovery."

In the view of Ma Jianrong, an enterprise representative and chairman of Shenzhou International Group Holding Co., Ltd., "masks and protective clothing are just transitional products. In the end, we still rely on innovation and digitization to enhance our competitiveness."

Indeed, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation has come, especially for the traditional textile industry. However, people in the industry are well aware that digitalization is an important path for the high-quality development of the textile industry.

Xiao Lihua, vice president of Alibaba group, believes that the epidemic has accelerated the development of digital intelligence in the whole society, and the drive of digital intelligence is a new growth point of textile industry.

In the view of Chinese Academy of Sciences and technology, the extent of the development of science and technology is determined by the quality of the industry.

Take the fashion industry as an example, it condenses many elements of scientific and technological innovation. The 8th Keqiao fashion week 2020 will be held during the third world cloth merchants conference 2020. It is understood that this is a rare fashion week with fabric as the core at home and abroad, which can reflect the design creativity and technological innovation level of textile fabrics.

Zhejiang is also a big province of digital economy. In recent years, Zhejiang has attached great importance to the intelligent improvement and high-quality development of textile industry. Ma Weiguang, Secretary of the Shaoxing Municipal Party committee, said that Shaoxing Keqiao has become an important bridge connecting China and the world, opening up intelligent creativity and intelligent manufacturing, and connecting industrial production with a better life. The local government will unswervingly promote deeper reform, implement a higher level of opening-up, and make every effort to promote the new development pattern with cloth as the medium.

Reshape the global industrial chain and build a community of common destiny

Looking at the current situation, the trend of economic globalization is still unstoppable. However, the pattern of global industrial division of labor, trade and innovation are undergoing profound adjustment. The textile industry has entered a new stage of globalization, innovation and responsibility. "At the moment, we need to re plan the industry and the supply chain." Han bekke said.

Textile industry is one of the most important industries to promote economic globalization, and it is also one of the industries with the highest degree of globalization. The hardness and fragility of the industrial chain are closely related to the world economy and society.

Sun Ruizhe believes that "in the face of the increasing risk of economic recession, the in-depth adjustment of the industrial chain, and the acceleration of digital process, the textile industry needs to speed up the adjustment to adapt to the changes in the world."

At the third world cloth merchants conference in 2020, "the video of international cooperation alliance of world cloth merchants" was released. Industry representatives from more than 50 countries and regions, such as the United States, Italy and India, expressed their vision of coordinated development of global textile industry. Mario Boselli, honorary president of Italy's National Fashion Association, said through the video, "I hope to cooperate with China to exchange the excellent new designs of the two countries."

Not only has the industry expectation, the textile responsibility also manifests once again. At the 75th UN General Assembly, China proposed to strive for carbon neutrality by 2060. At this world cloth merchants conference, 12 textile entrepreneurs as representatives issued the Shaoxing Keqiao climate action declaration, hoping to help achieve the goal of low-carbon textiles with practical actions.

Shen Zhijiang, Secretary of Keqiao District Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that Keqiao will take the opportunity of the world cloth merchants conference to further expand opening-up and deepen cooperation, accelerate the construction of an "International Textile City" in the new era, spare no effort to provide more and better space and opportunities for the world's textile reform, innovation, exchange and cooperation, and strive to build a new pattern of CO discussion, co construction, sharing and win-win results.