The Fourth World Cloth Merchants Conference Will Be Held In Keqiao, Zhejiang Province In October

In the new period of continuous deepening of the century change and the new starting point of the convergence of the two centuries, the establishment of carbon peak, carbon neutral goal and the rapid development of digital economy have brought new challenges and opportunities to the global textile industry.

On September 23, the press conference of 2021 4th World cloth merchants conference was held in Zhejiang Province. It was announced that the 4th World cloth merchants conference would be held in Keqiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province from October 26 to 29, 2021, along with the autumn Keqiao Textile Fair and Keqiao fashion week. Meanwhile, the relevant preparatory work of the event was introduced.

With the theme of "digital empowerment and green symbiosis", this conference will break new directions and solve new ideas from the dimensions of digital transformation, green sustainability, industrial community and cultural value chain. According to reports, the conference will be composed of a theme conference, a round table meeting of world-famous enterprises, a parallel forum, the 23rd China Shaoxing Keqiao International Textile Expo (Autumn), a national exhibition hall for well-known enterprises' products, an international import fabric exhibition, a 2021 Keqiao fashion week (Autumn), "Keqiao optimization" brand exhibition, and a series of "Keqiao optimization" brand exhibitions 2021 China Shaoxing Keqiao International Textile Trade Service Exhibition and other major plates.

Chain the global industry and add more splendor

"At present, the global manufacturing system, innovation system and governance system are undergoing profound adjustment, which requires the global textile and garment industry to build a new industrial ecology from the trend and systematic changes. Undoubtedly, greening and digitization are the two most important directions." Sun Ruizhe, chairman of the International Federation of textile manufacturers and President of China Textile Industry Federation, pointed out in his speech that, With the theme of "digital empowerment and green symbiosis", this conference aims to clarify the way of green development, optimize the technology of digital transformation, and build consensus and pool strength for the long-term development of the industry. Focusing on the value and future development of the textile industry, President sun Ruizhe proposed three suggestions to the global colleagues: to create real value hand in hand, to serve high-quality life with high-quality development; Work together to create long-term value and build sustainable ecology with responsible development; We should work together to create common values and promote inclusive growth through open cooperation. He said that China's textile and garment industry is willing to work with all the progressive forces in the world to seek the well-being of the people and add splendor to the world along the right path of building a community of common destiny for mankind.

Zhao Rulang, Secretary of the Keqiao district Party committee of Shaoxing City, said in his speech that after three sessions, the world cloth merchants conference has become an international conference with the highest comprehensiveness, the largest number of participating countries and the strongest recognition in China's textile industry. This year, it has been listed as a major exchange activity in Zhejiang Province's "belt and road" and "14th five year plan". Keqiao, as a famous cultural city with a long history, a fashionable and open international textile capital, and an innovative and dynamic new area, Keqiao, the permanent venue of the conference, will make this conference a high-quality and high-level textile event with the best service and the most superior environment, showing the historical background of "old Shaoxing" and the development of "jinkeqiao" to the world. He pointed out that he believed that the current cloth merchants' conference would further smooth the bridge of domestic and international cooperation, enhance cooperation and mutual trust, and achieve win-win cooperation, and bring new opportunities for the textile industry, such as "openness and integration", "green and low-carbon" and "digital change".

Focus on "double carbon" Vision & Digital empowerment

Based on the successful experience of the previous three sessions, what highlights will the 4th World cloth merchants conference present? In the introduction of the work preparation, rectangular Meili, Deputy District of Keqiao District People's Government of Shaoxing City, said that the first is to focus on "digital development" and focus on hot topics such as digital textile Innovation and development, digital manufacturing, digital security, digital fashion, digital cultural ecology, digital silk road, and global digital revolution construction. The second is to focus on the "double carbon target". Through the video release of "interconnection, symbiosis and sustainable development" of the world's cloth merchants, the "3060" double carbon action led by 90 well-known textile enterprises in China, the climate Innovation Summit, and the 10th Keqiao fashion week of "optimization · green wind", the feasible path of green capability upgrading, industrial system upgrading and harmonious coexistence of industry and environment are explored. The third is to aggregate "innovation achievements" and show innovation achievements in technology innovation, brand innovation, channel innovation, mode innovation and service innovation through a series of activities.

Fang Meili said that the conference will continue to implement the "Online + offline" dual venue mode, live broadcast online to the world simultaneously, and the scale of offline participation will be controlled at about 500 people. At present, the conference has widely contacted trade associations and well-known enterprises in more than 60 key countries of textile industry, such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India and Vietnam, and the preparatory work of various organizations has been promoted in an orderly manner.

Close global industrial collaboration

"The prosperity of the industry has risen to a high level, and the production situation has continued to improve; the domestic demand market has gradually recovered, and the operation quality and efficiency of the industry have continued to improve; the international demand has continued to recover, and the export situation has obviously warmed up; the confidence in the development of the industry has risen steadily." Xia Lingmin, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, said in an interview that China's textile industry's overall economic operation in the first half of the year was stable and strengthened, showing strong development toughness.

Talking about the close cooperation of the global textile industry chain under the complex situation, Xia Lingmin said that the international cooperation between China's textile industry and the global textile industry has never stopped, and both the product and technology cooperation and the brand cooperation are showing a growing and in-depth trend. He pointed out that he hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of the world cloth merchants conference to enhance the global consensus, make concerted efforts to maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. First, strengthen international cooperation in fighting the epidemic and jointly promote economic recovery. Second, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, and increase scientific and technological innovation. Third, build a new pattern of "double circulation" and actively expand domestic demand. Fourth, promote the implementation of the "double carbon" goal and pursue green development.