Shantou Speeds Up Its Steady Progress Towards World Class Industrial Clusters

The textile and clothing industry is one of the pillar industries with the most distinctive, advantageous and complete industrial chain in Shantou. After years of development, it has become a manufacturing industry with an output value of more than 100 billion yuan above the city's scale. In December 2021, Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association was born. Over the past two years, under the leadership of governments and associations at all levels, Shantou's textile and clothing industry has ushered in high-end, intelligent, green and integrated high-quality development, and the textile modernization industry system has been steadily advancing by holding the China Chaoshan International Textile and Clothing Expo and implementing the "four major projects". It has successively won the honorary titles of "China's Export Base of Crafted Sweaters", "China's Capital of Underwear and Home Clothing", "China's Textile and Garment Industry Base City", and "Shantou Brand", "Shantou Textile" are renowned at home and abroad.

On January 10, the China (Shantou) Textile and Garment Industry High Quality Development Conference and the first third general meeting of the Association were held in Shantou. The event focused on the inaugural meeting of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association Pants Branch and Seamless Branch, the first third general meeting of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, China (Shantou) Textile and Garment Industry High Quality Development Conference and the second anniversary celebration of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, A series of colorful activities injected new vitality into the high-quality development of the industry.

Looking back on 2023 and looking forward to 2024. Shantou textile and garment industry will continue to write a new chapter in the high-quality development.

Boost the "four major projects" to build a solid industrial foundation, build a government enterprise docking platform, exchange and cooperation to promote industrial development, and enhance the influence of industrial clusters... The conference kicked off in the work summary (video) of the second anniversary of the establishment of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, which "works hard at the right time to move forward into the future". The solid and powerful work and service innovation, and the rising sun industry that is constantly revitalized and dynamic, are the perfect answers given by Shantou textile workers in 2023.

Weng Chuangjie, the president of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, said in his speech that since the establishment of the Association, from planning the "four major projects" of textile and garment industry development to successfully holding the first and second "clothing expo", the "fashion products · China travel" series tour, the construction of the headquarters building, the commencement of the International Textile City, to the establishment of today's underwear, seamless branch, It witnessed the changes of Shantou textile and clothing industry from "loose" to "group", from "agglomeration" to "cluster", and each step was steady and steady.

In 2024, the Association will focus on the following points: first, operating the textile city in depth; The second is to make the "Clothing Expo" bigger and stronger; Third, operate the industrial headquarters building well; Fourth, accelerate the construction of Chaonan home service professional market; Fifth, continue to promote the establishment of branches in various professional categories. In the future, we will make every effort to build Shantou into a gathering place of industrial information and industrial resources nationwide and even globally, and strive to develop the International Textile City into a global textile hub, providing important support for the sustainable and high-quality development of Shantou's textile and clothing industry in the next three decades.

Lin Yunfeng, president of China Knitting Industry Association, said in his speech that over the past two years, Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association has made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of the textile and clothing industry in Shantou, and has written a chapter of high-quality development of China's knitting industry with practical achievements. It has become one of the most dynamic and influential industry associations in the knitting industry in China.

In the new year, he stressed that under the guidance of the Action Outline for Building a Modern Textile Industrial System issued by the China Textile Federation, China's knitting industry will lead the new industrial upgrading with scientific and technological innovation; Create new industrial boundaries through cross-border integration; Build a new development pattern with the "Belt and Road". He hoped that Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association would actively practice the spirit of "red boat", make a declaration of Shantou's determination and confidence in developing the textile and garment industry, become a pioneer in expanding Shantou's broad market, and become a seeder for the bright future of Shantou's textile and garment industry. Shantou's textile and clothing industry has become the backbone of China's modern knitting industry system and a world-class textile and clothing industry cluster with important influence.

Wen Zhanbin, secretary of Shantou Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech that over the past two years, Shantou has unswervingly taken the road of "building the city through industry and strengthening the city through industry", insisted on resuming work through trade, invigorating trade through industry, and made every effort to build a textile and clothing industry cluster worth more than 200 billion yuan, which not only promoted the development of industrial associations from scratch, but also made the textile and clothing industry the most distinctive and advantageous in Shantou, A pillar industry with an output value of more than 100 billion yuan. The achievement of these achievements makes people excited and confident. After the completion of the "four major projects", Shantou will become the main battlefield of national and even global textile production and sales, and reach the Chinese textile and clothing industry base with international influence.

He pointed out that since its establishment, Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association has been striving for hard work and never asking for anything, and has constantly led the textile and garment industry to cluster, high-end and international development. At present, Shantou's development can be said to be more confident, more popular, better environment and higher morale. He hoped that the Association would work with one heart and one mind to hold the third clothing expo well. Accelerate the construction of Shantou International Textile City and its supporting facilities, and promote the construction of Chaonan Home Garment Market. Strive to forge ahead in the wind and waves, create a brand in a needle line, and contribute to the high-quality development of Shantou's textile and clothing industry.

At the meeting, in order to further improve the development layout of Shantou International Textile City, strengthen the cooperation and linkage between national industry associations and various industrial clusters, and build Shantou into a global textile products trading hub, Shantou International Textile City signed strategic cooperation with China Knitting Industry Association, Circulation Branch of China Textile Industry Federation, and China Wool Textile Industry Association.

With Zhejiang Knitting Industry Association, Zhejiang Seamless Weaving Industry Association, Guangdong Garment Industry Association, Guangdong Underwear Association, Guangdong Sewing Equipment Chamber of Commerce, Dongguan Garment Industry Association, Zhongshan Xiaolan Town Chamber of Commerce Underwear Industry Federation, Yiwu Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, Shaoxing Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, Zhuji Hosiery Industry Association Representatives of the Knitting Chamber of Commerce of Linyi Federation of Industry and Commerce and other industrial cluster business associations jointly signed strategic cooperation.

In order to promote Shantou's textile and clothing industry to speed up the pace of high-quality development, leaders, experts and scholars attending the meeting shared themes around the industrial chain, industrial clusters, the "Belt and Road", market parks, platform consumption trends and other dimensions, insight into the industrial prospects, pulse new directions, new courses, new markets, and help enterprises seize new opportunities.

Xu Yingxin, Vice President of the China Textile Industry Federation, delivered a keynote report entitled "Operation of the Textile Industry and Progress of the" Belt and Road "Cooperation". He first introduced the economic operation of the textile industry in 2023. Since 2023, the development pressure of China's textile industry has increased, and the production scale of the industry has declined, but since the end of the second quarter, the decline has gradually narrowed. He pointed out that thanks to the continuous optimization of the trade environment and convenient channels, the import and export scale of textiles and clothing of China and the countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" has steadily expanded. On the basis of better policies, the textile industry is expected to become a benchmark industry for industrial cooperation along the "Belt and Road".

He stressed that the current slowdown in world economic growth and insufficient terminal demand have become a common problem faced by the world's major textile and clothing exporters. In the future, the competition in the international supply chain will continue to intensify, but it is also important to note that the domestic market plays an important supporting role, cross-border e-commerce and other new forms of foreign trade are booming The positive factors of sustainable development, such as the deepening of economic and trade cooperation with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road", and China's accelerating construction of a global network of high standard free trade zones. At the meeting, he also introduced the seven actions of the Action Plan for Building a Modern Textile Industry System (2022-2035).

Lu Zhongyuan, the former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, shared the topic of "How to grasp the national high-quality development strategy from the economic situation to China's advantageous industrial chain and respond to global competition". He said that in the face of the complex and changing economic situation at home and abroad, the current industry development is facing many pressures, and how traditional competitive industries respond to challenges is particularly important. He pointed out that in response to international competition, traditional advantageous industries and clusters should pay attention to the transformation and upgrading of basic industries and accelerate transformation and upgrading; Accelerate the flexible, digital, intelligent and green high-quality development of the whole industrial chain; Pay attention to the extension of the industrial chain and actively build a new ecological environment for industrial development. In addition, enterprises should also increase "going global", speed up the global layout, and benchmark internationally.

Li Yawen, director of home life industry of comprehensive business of Diaoyin E-commerce, shared the topic of "Relying on the Flywheel of Growth: Global Operation Helps Industrial Breakthrough". She introduced that the global interest e-commerce started a new growth, and the underwear industry accelerated its growth. The Douyin e-commerce underwear and pantyhose industry has become the online top channel of China's e-commerce industry. In combination with a large number of cases, she × The shelves are driven by two wheels, and the whole region is interconnected. Shantou has shared how to create a "popular product" of underwear and tights, and the activity of "good underwear from the source - the first stop in Shantou". In the future, Diaoyin E-commerce will work with Shantou enterprises to increase cooperation and help "Chaopin" sell well nationwide.

In addition, the conference also awarded the unit of the first council of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association and the standing vice presidents of the branch. Dithering Mall won the "2023 Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Best Marketing Assistance E-commerce Platform", and SHEIN won the "2023 Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Best Cross border Assistance Platform".

On the same day, the third general meeting of the first session of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association was held at the same time.

At the meeting, Yu Shaofen, secretary-general of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association, made the 2023 Annual Work Report and 2024 Work Plan of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association. She said that for the past year, the Association has focused on industrial development and pragmatically improved service efficiency with industry development as the orientation and service for members as the purpose; Cohesion extends the chain to supplement the chain, and firmly builds the industrial foundation; Stimulate market vitality and promote internal and external circulation; Regional linkage of the platform to promote high-quality development of the industry; Cultivate industry benchmark and enhance cluster brand influence; A series of solid and powerful work has been carried out in several aspects, such as the practice of social welfare and the transmission of positive textile energy.

She pointed out that Shantou will welcome the 22nd International Chaozhou Group Friendship Association and the 10th Chaozhou Merchants Conference in 2024, which is a year full of opportunities and hopes. The Association will base on the new stage of industrial development, and continue to do a good job in industrial services and member services. Focus on promoting industrial chain aggregation and improving cluster development efficiency; Linkage between international and domestic markets to smooth the circulation of factors; Improve the service level and help enterprises to become stronger and better. In the future, the Association will stand at the forefront of industry development, keep pace with the times, advance with the industry, and accelerate the development and cultivation of world-class industrial clusters in the direction of leadership, cohesion, responsibility and contribution.

The meeting also heard and deliberated and passed the Work Report of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association in 2023 and Work Plan in 2024, Work Report of the Board of Supervisors in 2023, and Financial Report in 2023, and voted to pass the Administrative Measures of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association Branch. Guo Yongbiao, chairman of Guangdong Bailian Underwear Co., Ltd., served as the chairman of the underpants branch, Zhang Xiaoqiang, the chairman of Guangdong Mana Underwear Co., Ltd., served as the chairman of Seamless Branch, as well as the board member unit and vice chairman unit.

Opening up, innovation and win-win future underpants branch and seamless branch

Shantou, as the largest underwear production base in China, has more than 500 professional underwear production enterprises with an annual output of more than 3 billion pieces. The underwear category covers seamless underwear, sewn underwear, and fitted underwear, which are sold in domestic and foreign markets all over the world. It is one of the important categories for the development of Shantou's textile industry.

As one of the two major seamless underwear clusters, Chaoshan Cluster accounts for about 35% of the entire domestic seamless underwear industry in terms of production capacity and output value. As the proportion of seamless underwear industry in the whole clothing industry is expanding year by year, it will be a veritable market of 100 billion.

In order to further promote the marketing of Shantou underwear and seamless category, and improve the competitiveness and brand influence of Shantou textile and clothing industry's vertical category in the global market, the inaugural meeting of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association's underwear branch and seamless branch was officially established at the same time. Guo Yongbiao, the chairman of Guangdong Bailian Underwear Co., Ltd., was elected as the chairman of the Underwear Branch, and Zhang Xiaoqiang, the chairman of Guangdong Mana Underwear Co., Ltd., was elected as the chairman of the Seamless Branch. Peng Cong'en, Vice Mayor of Shantou Municipal People's Government, awarded the plaque at the high-quality development conference.

Outside the venue, the conference also set up a clocking exhibition area, including the conference theme clocking area, the industrial chain corridor, the overseas Chinese theme exhibition area, the marathon running clothes exhibition area, and the "four major projects" exhibition area, which in many ways demonstrated Shantou's textile and clothing industry background, development achievements, and industrial chain strength.

On the evening of the event, the second anniversary celebration and series of activities of Shantou Textile and Garment Industry Association were also held.

Sometimes I will ride the wind and waves, and I will sail straight to the sea. With the release of Shantou's Implementation Opinions on Further Promoting the High Quality Development of the Textile and Clothing Industry, Shantou's textile and clothing industry will, under the leadership of Shantou Textile and Clothing Industry Association, adhere to the fashion, high-end, branding, digital and intelligent, low-carbon, international and headquarters economic cluster, creative design source The high-quality development path of "six modernizations and three places" in the new highland of clothing trade exhibition has realized the butterfly change from "a big textile and clothing city" to "a strong textile and clothing city".