The International Competitiveness Of China'S Textile And Garment Industry Is Expected To Increase

Recently, the China industry and enterprise competitiveness research center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released the "industrial blue book: China's Industrial Competitiveness Report (2020) No.9" (hereinafter referred to as the "report"). According to the analysis of the report, the competitiveness of China's textile and garment industry has the following characteristics: first, from a static point of view, clothing products and textiles still have a strong competitiveness, which is more prominent from the perspective of export alone; second, from the perspective of development trend, the rising trend of international competitiveness of textile products is also obviously sluggish; Third, developing countries such as Vietnam, India and Cambodia have become strong competitors of China.

In this regard, the report, with the help of several cases, puts forward suggestions on the cultivation of new competitive advantages in China's textile and garment manufacturing industry.

First of all, with the help of technological innovation and product innovation to cultivate new competitive advantages. The main ways and means include technology upgrading, product innovation and green manufacturing to reduce the cost of environmental protection. Chinese textile and garment enterprises pay more and more attention to technological innovation and product innovation. If Chinese textile and garment manufacturing enterprises can make good use of this transformation stage to cultivate the ability of technological innovation and upgrading, they may regain greater competitive advantage. Because, the advantage of low-cost labor in emerging developing countries is also showing a downward trend. Take Vietnam, the biggest competitor of China's textile and clothing industry, as an example, its labor and land rent costs are rising rapidly. With the increasing investment of countries in Vietnam, the wage level in Vietnam in 2019 has been about 50% higher than that in 2014. The minimum wage standard in the first region is about 1237 yuan per month. Many enterprises expect that the wage level will be basically the same as that of China in about seven years. The land rent of Vietnam in 2019 is also about 2 times higher than that in 2015, and the land rent price of Haiphong Industrial Park in Vietnam is no different from that in China's first tier cities.

Secondly, with the help of intelligence, effectively reduce the impact of rising labor costs. In order to reduce the impact of the rising labor cost on the competitiveness of enterprises, many textile and garment enterprises began to use intelligent manufacturing in part of the production and manufacturing links to reduce the use of unskilled labor. On the one hand, it can save labor costs, on the other hand, it can effectively improve the production efficiency and improve the stability of product quality. For example, Shenghong group has independently developed the "chemical fiber production intelligent logistics system". Through the production of the Internet of things, all production orders are directly sent to the workshop by the general control room. The machines and equipment in the intelligent production workshop start production immediately after receiving the instructions. Through the replacement of machines and the introduction of Internet of things technology, Shenghong can save 15 million yuan of annual cost, and one production line can save labor 127 people, the labor rate decreased by 34%, the failure rate decreased by 55.9%, the per unit area production increased by 29.8%, and the production capacity increased by 33%.

Giving full play to the advantages of security and industrial chain integrity is conducive to enhancing competitiveness. Under the background of new pneumonia, China's textile and garment industry is likely to gain new competitiveness. The first is security. After rapidly controlling the epidemic situation, China has made overall efforts to promote epidemic prevention and control, economic and social development, lost no time in promoting the resumption of work and production, and launched a series of policies and measures to ensure production. In contrast, China is more secure and sustainable in global emergencies. The integrity of the second industry chain. Under the background of smooth globalization, the integrity of the industrial chain has little impact on the competitiveness. As long as it is in the link with comparative advantages, it can obtain competitiveness. However, once the globalization is blocked, such as the impact of public health emergencies, leading to the stagnation of production in other affected countries, the integrity of the industrial chain is very important. With a complete industrial chain, we can ensure the normal operation of the industrial production. China's textile and clothing industry chain is the most complete in the world, from the production of cotton, linen, wool and chemical fiber in the upstream, textile and manufacturing of accessories and fabrics in the middle reaches, and garment manufacturing in the downstream, almost all of which are involved and relatively mature in China.