The Story Of Transformation And Exploration Of The Textile Town In Wangjiangjing Town, Xiuzhou, Jiaxing

Empower traditional industries with innovation. Recently, the 2023 China Filament Weaving Industry Technology Innovation Seminar was held in Wangjiangjing Town, Xiuzhou District. Around the new technology and development of the industry, experts and enterprises in the industry launched "brainstorming".

The seminar invited industry leaders and national well-known textile experts to make reports such as "Digital Innovation and Green Empowerment", "Research on Sizing Process of Filament Fabrics", "Development and Application of Key Technologies for Preparation of Composite Ultra Imitative Natural Fibers", and conducted in-depth discussions on hot and difficult issues such as the development of textile industry, technological innovation, and digital upgrading, which are rich in content and information, It involves a lot of forward-looking and practical content.

Wangjiangjing Town, a famous weaving town in China (photo provided by the Publicity Department of Xiuzhou District Party Committee of China Broadcasting Network)

The reporter learned that Wangjiangjing Town has a long history of weaving. Since the reform and opening up, the textile industry cluster has gathered, upgraded and upgraded. From the famous silk town with "ten thousand pieces of clothing and quilts rising every day" in history, it has developed into a famous "famous Chinese weaving town", which has formed an important private economic industrial belt in northern Zhejiang dominated by the textile industry, supplemented by chemical fiber, printing and dyeing and other industries. But at the same time, energy consumption, environmental protection and low added value problems also deeply perplex the further development of the industry.

"We also want to find some examples, some ideas and some directions from this seminar, so as to guide this traditional industry to step on the pace and step up again," said the relevant person in charge of Wangjiangjing Town.

It is understood that the textile enterprises in Wangjiangjing Town also regard the seminar as a rare learning opportunity. "I have heard several reports, and digitalization and green are the development direction of the textile industry in the future. Our enterprise is making fashionable fabrics, and the professor's" Discussion on the application of plant protein biological enzymes in the field of green textile processing "can be used in our products." said Qiu Jianliang, chairman of Jiaxing Hongliang Textile Co., Ltd.

In fact, for many textile enterprises in Wangjiangjing Town, transformation and upgrading are not unfamiliar words. Under the development mode of "Internet+" and "Intelligent+", the textile enterprises in Wangjiangjing Town are speeding up their pace on the digital and intelligent track, and the "famous weaving town" is moving towards "strong weaving town" step by step.

Production workshop of textile enterprises (picture provided by Publicity Department of Xiuzhou District Committee of the CPC Central Radio and Television Network)

In recent years, Hengfeng Textile, Mingye Textile, Rongxiang Jet Weaving, Chunda Jet Weaving, Jinlu Jet Weaving and a number of other enterprises have introduced more than 1000 sets of imported textile equipment, upgraded about 7000 water jet looms, improved equipment levels and significantly improved labor productivity. In particular, Jiaxing Tianzhihua Spray Weaving Co., Ltd. has built the largest vortex spinning production demonstration base in China; The development of differentiated fiber products of Zhejiang Changxin Biological Fiber Co., Ltd. is also well known in the industry. These leading enterprises with strong strength and strong technological innovation ability have effectively promoted the upgrading of upstream and downstream SMEs and supporting enterprises.

Industry university research cooperation is also deepening. The textile enterprises in Wangjiangjing Town actively connect with Donghua University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Dalian University of Technology and other universities in the textile field, jointly solve technical problems encountered in the production process, and promote industrial upgrading, process improvement, and new product research and development.

It is reported that in 2022, the industrial output value of Wangjiangjing Town's textile industry above designated size will be 11.58 billion yuan, accounting for 58.84% of the total industrial output value of the town. "Traditional industries are not backward industries. They cannot simply exit, but need to transform and upgrade. Textile enterprises need to update their equipment, introduce some new types of equipment with a higher degree of automation, innovate boldly, increase research and development investment, and enrich product categories. The government also needs to introduce some preferential policies for tax collection, innovative talents, innovative projects, and so on, to support the development of enterprises." Wang Jiayi, president of China Filament Weaving Association, said.

(Source: CCTV)