Industrial Cluster: Xinjiang Cotton Textile Industry Chain And Supply Chain Construction Are Further Strengthened

China's cotton sees Xinjiang.

This year, Xinjiang launched the action of improving the quality and efficiency of cotton production, and the total cotton output in the region will remain around 5 million tons, continuing to consolidate Xinjiang's strategic position in cotton. This has strongly supported the development of Xinjiang's textile industry.

Xinjiang's textile industry has been improving month by month since the end of last year. In the first half of this year, the added value of the textile industry increased by 7.0% year-on-year, 9.4 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter.

At present, focusing on the construction of cotton and textile and clothing industry clusters, Xinjiang is constantly expanding the development space of cotton and textile and clothing industry, supporting the integrated development of chemical fiber and textile, and further strengthening the construction of cotton textile industry chain and supply chain.

Appearance of industrial agglomeration effect

At present, 330000 mu of high-quality machine picked cotton in Changji has entered the critical period of flower boll field management. Over the past few days, various cotton related towns and machine-made cotton production enterprises have actively organized professionals to guide cotton farmers to use modern scientific and technological means to increase cotton yield and income.

In recent years, the level of intensive, large-scale, mechanized and intelligent cotton production in Xinjiang has been greatly improved. In 2022, the cotton harvest rate in Xinjiang will reach 85.6%, and the cotton output of 25 major cotton growing counties (cities) including Shawan City and Shaya County will account for 90% of the cotton output in Xinjiang.

Under the empowerment of mechanization, digitalization and intelligence, Xinjiang's cotton industry has accelerated the development of the whole industrial chain. Xinjiang's cotton yield, total output and quality have significantly improved, international competitiveness has significantly increased, and the industrial agglomeration effect has begun to appear.

On July 25, in the workshop of Aksu Haimeng Textile Technology Co., Ltd. located in the Shaya County Circular Economy Industrial Park, workers were busy on the production line in an orderly manner. "The orders are sufficient, and the products are sold at full capacity." Wang Dong, the deputy general manager of the company, said that from January to July, the gross product of the company was 100 million yuan, an increase of 50% over last year. The company will expand its production scale and actively expand overseas markets.

In the first half of the year, the industrial added value of textile and clothing enterprises above designated size in the region increased by 7% year on year, 1.8 percentage points higher than the industrial growth in the region. 1.167 million tons of yarn were produced, up 9.8% year on year, and 558 million meters of cloth were produced, up 27.6% year on year.

Improvement of overall industrial competitiveness

Since July, Korla Huitongtai Printing and Dyeing Technology Co., Ltd. has been producing at full capacity, with a daily output of 15 tons of knitted fabric and a double twist output of about 12 tons. "The second phase of the expansion project of the new material industrial park has completed the equipment ordering and will be commissioned in October." Guan Yue, the general manager of the company, said that the enterprise will continue to increase scientific research investment and enhance competitiveness.

Korla Huitongtai Printing and Dyeing Technology Co., Ltd. is one of 43 textile enterprises in Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone. At present, there are 10 industrial enterprises with an annual output value of more than 1 billion yuan in the development zone, and 4 textile enterprises; The total output value of the textile and clothing industry in the development zone has exceeded 10 billion yuan, becoming the first textile industry cluster in Xinjiang with an output value of 10 billion yuan.

Today, this number is still refreshing. For a long time, Korla Development Zone has focused on industrial planning, attracted leading enterprises, expanded industrial clusters, and actively transformed textile resources into differentiated competitive advantages.

The development zone and Nantong City, Jiangsu Province strengthened cooperation by way of business invitation to introduce Henghui Group, imported internationally leading spunlaced non-woven fabric production lines, and filled the gap in five provinces and regions in northwest China. At present, Xinjiang Zhongtai Henghui Medical Sanitary Materials Co., Ltd. has 7 production lines put into production. In April 2024, when all 12 production lines of Zhongtai Henghui are put into production, the whole industrial chain will be extended from fiber raw materials to the end market of products. At the same time, 140000 tons of high white viscose fiber can be consumed on the spot, promoting the industrial upgrading of the textile industry and the development of new materials industry, which is of great significance for the textile industry to extend the chain, supplement the chain and strengthen the chain.

At the same time, according to the development layout of the whole cotton industry chain, viscose industry chain, and new material research and development, Xinjiang Zhongtai Textile and Clothing Group Co., Ltd., with the assistance of the development zone, integrates Korla Zhongtai Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Fuli Zhenlun Cotton Textile Co., Ltd., Bazhou Jinfu Special Yarn Industry Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang Lihua (Group) Co., Ltd, The industrial chain of "improved seed breeding, cotton planting, seed cotton acquisition and processing, cotton spinning and weaving" and the industrial system of "viscose staple fiber production, spinning and textile weaving" have been formed.

Liu Qin, Director of the Economic Development Bureau of the Administrative Committee of Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone, said that, centering on the unique advantages of Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in cotton, viscose, and ultra deep oil and gas resources, the development zone has now built a scale of 5 million spindles per year. It also actively undertakes the transfer of textile industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and cooperates with the Shangku Refining and Chemical Industrial Park in Korla City Cooperate with viscose manufacturers to produce a series of green, high-end, high-quality and high value-added textile products with cotton, viscose, chemical fiber, apocynum and other fibers as raw materials.

Stronger development momentum of the whole chain

At present, the scale and technical level of Xinjiang's cotton textile industry are among the top in China, and the weaving, printing and dyeing, clothing, home textile and knitting industries have begun to take shape. The pace of undertaking industrial transfer has been significantly accelerated, the industrial structure has been optimized, and the effect of cluster development has gradually emerged. Xinjiang has become the most important cotton textile production base, viscose fiber production base, and the main clothing processing base in northwest China.

Not long ago, the Qingyuan Municipal Enterprise Delegation of Guangdong Province went to Xinjiang to carry out investment promotion and investigation activities, and reached a consensus on practical cooperation to jointly build the cotton textile industry chain and achieve win-win industrial cooperation.

Qingyuan City plans to build an offline shopping mall for Xinjiang textiles in South China to fully meet the needs of intelligent manufacturing raw materials and consumption. The two cities will also further improve the strength and toughness of the cotton textile industry chain and supply chain through industrial cluster construction, digital empowerment and other measures.

At present, Xinjiang is accelerating the construction of cotton, textile and clothing industry clusters, and actively expanding the space for industrial development. On March 28, the first Xinjiang textile and clothing industry investment promotion conference was held in Shanghai. Ten enterprises signed investment intent agreements with Aksu region, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, with a total investment of 18.5 billion yuan. The textile projects signed this time are based on attracting large, strong and excellent enterprises, strengthening the chain, extending the chain and supplementing the chain, which has injected new momentum into the development of Xinjiang's textile and clothing industry.

"In the second half of the year, we will continue to optimize the industrial structure and promote the extension of the chain to supplement and strengthen the chain." Wang Qing, director of the Textile Industry Management Office of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region, said that we will make full use of the existing production capacity of paraxylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) in Xinjiang to promote the polyester (fiber) project to reach the production capacity as soon as possible and realize the coordinated development of the cotton textile industry and the chemical fiber industry. At the same time, we will increase investment attraction, promote the industry to move towards downstream terminal industries, constantly expand the scale of middle and back-end industries such as weaving, clothing, home textile, knitting and industrial textiles, and promote the coordinated development of the whole industrial chain of textile and clothing.