Dong Kuiyong, President Of China Cotton Textile Industry Association: We Will Continue To Lead The Way

As an important part of China's traditional competitive industry and textile industry, the cotton textile industry has a good foundation and strong industrial competitive advantage, playing an important role in prospering the market, expanding exports, attracting employment, promoting regional economic development, etc. Dong Kuiyong, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, said in an exclusive interview with reporters, The report of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward important statements such as "accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, focusing on promoting high-quality development", "building a modern industrial system, focusing on improving total factor productivity, and focusing on improving the resilience and security of the industrial chain supply chain", "accelerating the green transformation of the development mode", and "strengthening the talent support for modernization", It plays a leading role in achieving high-quality development of the cotton textile industry.

　　 Aim for high quality

Reporter: The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that we should implement the project of rebuilding the industrial foundation and tackling key problems of major technical equipment, support the development of specialized and special new enterprises, and promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry. For the cotton textile industry, where do you think we have reached in this road, and in what areas do we need to work harder?

Dong Kuiyong: After the reform and opening up, especially after joining the WTO, the scale of the cotton textile industry has achieved long-term high-speed growth. At this stage, the development of China's cotton textile industry is facing changes in the factors, combination mode and allocation efficiency, and the hard constraints are increasing significantly. It is urgent to solve the problem of scale and quality through high-quality development.

The high-end and intelligent manufacturing can be reflected in two aspects: the high-end and intelligent manufacturing process, and the high-end and intelligent products. As far as the cotton textile industry is concerned, we should gradually realize the high-end and intelligent manufacturing process, and at the same time promote the high-end products to help the final products become intelligent.

In terms of high-end and intelligent manufacturing process, promoting the digital transformation of the industry is the key. At present, informatization, networking, digitalization and intellectualization are intertwined and evolving, and big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy are deeply integrated, boosting the quality, efficiency and power changes of enterprises. Driven by scientific and technological innovation, the cotton textile industry's manufacturing system of "high efficiency, high quality, high responsibility and low cost" is taking shape.

Since the first full process intelligent production line was put into production in 2015, the cotton textile industry has officially taken the step of exploring intelligent manufacturing. By the end of 2020, the industry's intelligent production line has reached 3 million ingots. At the same time, the digital and intelligent transformation of the original production line is also rapidly advancing. The whole process intelligent production line realizes the real-time supervision of the entire production system. The number of workers for 10000 spindles can be reduced to less than 20. The spinning workshop can realize the night shift "unmanned factory", and realize intelligent process management, intelligent quality management, intelligent order management, intelligent transportation management, intelligent packaging management, etc. In the future, industrial enterprises need to further promote the improvement of production management system, the optimization and improvement of the whole process, the deep integration of intelligent production and enterprise comprehensive management, establish the intelligent manufacturing standard system of the cotton textile industry, and gradually realize high-end and intelligent production.

In terms of high-end products, innovation, quality improvement and green sustainability are the key. The integrated application of non cotton fiber and cotton fiber not only alleviates the supply and demand gap of cotton raw materials, but also greatly improves the functionality and diversity of products. During the "13th Five Year Plan" period, new products in the industry continued to emerge. The proportion of new yarn output based on new materials and new processes was gradually increased, and the product quality level was also gradually improved. In the future, the industry needs to be guided by consumption upgrading, constantly improve product quality, provide stable and effective supply of varieties and quality for downstream industries, and ensure the safety of the supply chain industry chain. At the same time, we will continue to develop new products and endow them with new functions in combination with consumption trends and new demands for industrial development. For example, in terms of increasing varieties, we need to vigorously promote the integration of green design and manufacturing of products, enable green production by digital means, improve green product standards and certification systems, accelerate the supply of green products, and increase the proportion of green environmental products such as recycling and recycling.

Facing the requirements of high-end and intelligent development, enterprises should first fully understand its importance, which is the key and inevitable direction of industry development; Secondly, it is necessary to have a clear and accurate self orientation and carry out digital transformation and product transformation realistically; Thirdly, we should deeply integrate into the industrial chain and value chain, find our own position, and strive to build our own brand. 　

In the new era, the green and low-carbon development of the industry has become unstoppable. Accelerating the green transformation of the development mode is essential to achieve high-quality development. The cotton textile industry should accelerate the green transformation with green and low-carbon characteristics, and form a high-quality development pattern of resource efficient, green and low-carbon, and ecological security through technological progress, efficiency improvement and other means. Under the background that carbon peaking and carbon neutrality have become the global consensus and national strategy, the cotton textile industry should realize the green transformation of the whole product life cycle from material design, production and processing to recycling, focus on green production, accelerate the construction of the industry's green development system, build green factories and parks, and implement green supply chain management. Provide more green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly yarn and cloth products for downstream industries, and guide green consumption. 　

As a cotton textile enterprise, we must firmly establish and practice the idea that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, and plan for development at the height of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Continue the work of energy conservation and emission reduction, strive to make new achievements, and implement energy-saving transformation of key energy consumption equipment in spinning and weaving production, lighting, motor, air compressor and other energy consumption units; Improve the energy efficiency of the air conditioning system in the production workshop; Actively purchase green electricity, promote the optimization and improvement of energy structure, and promote low-carbon development. Continue to promote cleaner production to meet new requirements. Promote the research and development of environmentally friendly slurry; Adopt environmentally friendly sizing processes such as low sizing, low sizing and low temperature sizing; Yarn dyed fabric and denim enterprises accelerate the development and promotion of energy-saving and environment-friendly dyeing and finishing production technology. Accelerate the improvement of water efficiency, promote the recycling of water resources and the recycling of sewage. Weaving enterprises should focus on improving the development and application of unconventional water resources such as reclaimed water and reclaimed water.

　　 To be competitive with innovation

Reporter: The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward that science and technology must be the first productive force, talent is the first resource, and innovation is the first driving force. We must thoroughly implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the innovation driven development strategy, open up new areas and new tracks for development, and constantly shape new driving forces and new advantages for development. In your opinion, how should the cotton textile industry and enterprises practice and improve their innovation ability?

Dong Kuiyong: To respect talents is to respect creation. For many years, skilled workers in the cotton textile industry have both a quantitative gap and a structural imbalance. The cotton textile industry, characterized by "labor shortage", "difficult recruitment" and "skilled labor shortage", is not attractive enough, and the shortage of skilled personnel is increasing. Among the 100 occupations listed as "the most short of jobs" by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security every quarter, spinners and weavers have been listed for a long time, and graduates of textile colleges and universities have chosen interdisciplinary employment.

The report of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that, "Deeply implement the strategy of strengthening the country with talents", "adhere to respect for labor, knowledge, talents and creation", "improve the strategic layout of talents" and "accelerate the construction of the world's important talent center and innovation highland". These important statements pointed out the direction for the cultivation of skilled talents in the cotton textile industry. The cotton textile industry should guide enterprises to improve the management system of talent introduction, training and reward, strengthen the training of compound, innovative and practical talents, and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of enterprises.

At present, technological innovation is changing the connotation and extension of cotton textile products. The breakthrough in material technology, combined with the development of process technology, has made the category and boundary of cotton textile products continue to expand. As a cotton textile enterprise, facing the future, it is necessary to strengthen the concept innovation and mechanism innovation, enhance the innovation power and innovation vitality, and put the innovation idea and innovation behavior through the whole process of enterprise production, research and development, marketing, financing, management and diversified development. Specifically, it can start to practice the innovation idea from the following aspects.

Accelerate technological innovation. With improving efficiency, saving labor, stabilizing quality, saving energy and reducing consumption as the main direction of attack, continue to consolidate the industrial technology foundation of the whole industry. Comprehensively promote intelligent manufacturing and improve the equipment and management level of the industry. Carry out process innovation, improve production quality and efficiency, and enrich yarn and fabric varieties. Carry out research on fundamental issues of the industry, and drive technological progress of the whole industry with breakthroughs in fundamental issues.

Implement product innovation. Improve product competitiveness through various ways, and reduce product production costs through intelligent manufacturing and lean management; Expand application fields through structural optimization, function endowments, etc; Use green raw materials and energy-saving processes to produce green products; Create the brand of yarn and cloth products in the whole industry, and comprehensively improve the profitability of products.

Promote marketing innovation. Integrate into the value chain of the terminal brand supply chain, focus on the research of consumer lifestyle, market environment, market segmentation and brand strategy, price strategy, channel strategy, etc., combine their own advantages with market demand and product positioning, use multiple channels such as domestic and foreign markets, new and old customers, online and offline, new product promotion, order production, processing with supplied materials, etc, Achieve new breakthroughs in industrial chain management, brand management and rapid response.

Promote management innovation. Focusing on quality, efficiency, cost and social responsibility, starting with reducing employment, reducing costs and expenses, tapping potential and increasing efficiency and effective control, we will focus on the construction of systems such as excellent performance management, social responsibility management, comprehensive budget management, enterprise internal control and assessment incentive mechanism, and achieve new breakthroughs in improving the level of refined management.

Promote business model innovation. Focusing on market positioning innovation, business system innovation, and profit model innovation, improve the ability to control important resources in key links such as R&D and marketing, optimize the asset operation model, and achieve new breakthroughs in changing from quantity oriented to brand oriented.

　　 Take the healthy development of the industry as its own responsibility

Reporter: To study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, what will the cotton textile industry association focus on in the future?

Dong Kuiyong: China Cotton Textile Industry Association will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, base on national economic and social development, livelihood security and industrial safety, continue to implement the guidance of the industry's "14th Five Year Plan" development In terms of product competitiveness, green development and professional talent system construction, we will implement six major tasks, implement a series of key projects, promote a number of key technologies, and promote high-quality development of the industry.

In terms of improving the coordination of industrial development, optimize the spatial layout of productivity, promote regional coordinated development, expand new space for development, and improve the coordination and accuracy of industrial structure. Position the main regional functions according to the development level of the industrial chain; Give play to the scale advantages and supporting advantages of the cluster, and improve the division of labor in the global value chain; Use the advantages of leading enterprises to highlight the industrial brand label; Increase the encouragement of enterprises' special advantages and drive the coordinated development of the industry as a whole.

In terms of building an industrial security development system, we will strengthen the early warning of industrial security, and prevent risks such as abnormal capital flow, data network security, geopolitics, and international trade frictions. Further promote the reform of the cotton management system, continue to promote the combination of macro-control and market regulation, promote the linkage of multiple policies, such as the target price of cotton, high-quality subsidies, regular reserve cotton rotation in and out, import cotton quota management, reasonable optimization of cotton planting area, play the role of stabilizing the market, and ensure cotton demand and industrial security. Promote the wide application of non cotton fibers in the cotton textile industry, improve the added value of products, and form a long-term and safe raw material guarantee mechanism.

In terms of improving scientific and technological innovation ability, we will build a technological source of cotton textile industry. Through scientific and technological innovation, continue to consolidate the industrial technology foundation of the whole industry. Improve the overall level and proportion of intelligent manufacturing in the industry, formulate technical standards and application specifications for intelligent manufacturing, and break through the blocking problems of intelligent manufacturing in the whole process. Continue to improve the technical level of multi fiber mixing, yarn new structure R&D and processing, new fabric design and processing, increase product categories through process innovation, improve production efficiency and product quality, and reduce production costs. Basic technologies such as fiber carding technology, drafting technology, leveling technology, yarn twisting technology, winding technology, environmentally friendly sizing technology, and high-speed weaving technology are deeply studied. Continue to optimize the construction of industry standardization system, collaborative innovation system and other supporting systems and innovation platforms. It also carried out key research and technology promotion in 15 fields, including production and processing of new gauze, color matching and dyeing, environmental sizing, and regional industrial big data.

In terms of improving the core competitiveness of products, help cotton textile enterprises to improve their product competitiveness through various ways; Reduce product production costs through intelligent manufacturing and lean management; Expand application fields through structural optimization, function endowments, etc; Use green raw materials and energy-saving processes to produce green products; Create the brand of yarn and cloth products in the whole industry, and comprehensively improve the profitability of products.

In terms of promoting green and sustainable development, we will continue to adhere to the sustainable development strategy, guide enterprises to actively fulfill their social responsibilities, focus on green production, and accelerate the construction of the industry's green development system. Actively and steadily promote carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in the industry, implement carbon peaking action in a planned way, and actively participate in climate change governance.

In terms of strengthening the construction of professional talent system, guide enterprises to fully understand the importance and urgency of strengthening the construction of professional talent team, take the construction of professional talent team as the first resource to support development, promote entrepreneurship, innovation, model labor spirit, craftsmanship spirit, strengthen the construction of various talent teams and the utilization of talent resources such as innovation, management, technology and skills, Ensure the healthy and sustainable development of enterprises.

Author - Wei Shiwen