Gaoyang County, Hebei Province, Makes Every Effort To Promote High-Quality Development Of Textile Industry

The picture shows a corner of the spinning workshop of Hebei Hongrun New Fabric Co., Ltd.

The picture shows workers of an electronic technology company in Gaoyang County producing insulating materials.

Gaoyang County, Hebei Province is adjacent to Xiong'an New Area, 63.5km from the New Area, and only 23km from the core area; It is located in the core functional area in the central part of the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, about 150 kilometers away from Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang respectively. Baocang, Daguang and Tianjin Shijiazhuang expressways are closed around the territory. The planned Beijing Kunming high-speed railway (Xiongxin section) and Baocang intercity railway cross the city and set up stations, bringing Gaoyang into the "one hour traffic circle" of Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang. The county covers an area of 441 square kilometers, governs 7 towns, 1 street, 1 provincial economic development zone, 165 administrative villages (communities), and has a permanent population of 320000. It has five business cards, namely, Millennium Ancient County, Red Hot Land, Home Textile Capital, Cultural Tourism New Town and Ecological Gaoyang.

Gaoyang has been successively rated as the "Hometown of Chinese Textile", "Hometown of Chinese Blankets", "County of Chinese Textile Base", "Famous City of Towels and Blankets in China", "County of National Demonstration Base for Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading", and "National Industrial Cluster with Small and Medium Enterprises Characteristics". After years of development, Gaoyang textile industry has formed a towel textile industry cluster with "complete chain, large scale, various categories and excellent benefits" and a complete industrial chain integrating "spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, finishing and sales". It has a complete supporting system from the supply of textile raw materials, looms and accessories to design, research and development, quality testing, logistics and distribution, The supporting rate of the industrial chain reached 89%. Gaoyang Textile Trade City, with a market turnover of more than 6 billion yuan in 2023.

The scale of the cluster is huge. Gaoyang County has more than 4200 textile production enterprises, 125000 employees, 115 textile industrial enterprises above designated size, and many influential large and medium-sized textile enterprises in China, such as Hongrun, Sanli, Rongyi, Yongliang, Bolixin, Tuqiang, etc; The annual output of towels is 5 billion and that of blankets is 45000 tons, accounting for one third of the total output of towels and blankets in China. Gaoyang towels have been listed by relevant national departments as one of the "Top 100 Textile and Clothing Brands to be Cultivated". In 2023, the output value of the textile industry will reach 57.9 billion yuan.

The product range is diverse. The cluster has a variety of products, including cotton towels, bedding, baby and child products, chemical fiber dry hair towels, car wipes, blankets, kitchen and toilet products, hotel supplies, etc., covering many fields, such as process design, tourism, functional products and disposable products. According to domestic and foreign markets and local customs, the cluster has formed a variety of styles and styles, covering all levels of markets in many countries and regions.

The brand advantage is obvious. Gaoyang has 14 provincial-level "specialized, special and new" small and medium-sized enterprises, 4 provincial-level "specialized, special and new demonstration" enterprises, 23 enterprise research and development institutions, 4 provincial-level digital workshops, 11 provincial-level water-saving enterprises, and 1 national green factory.

In order to promote the transformation of the textile industry into a digital, intelligent and high-end one, Gaoyang has worked closely around five aspects to promote the magnificent transformation of the textile industry.

Smooth circulation and create an environmental protection model for the textile industry. In order to solve the development bottleneck of water pollution and coal pollution in the textile printing and dyeing sector, Gaoyang County actively explores new modes and paths of circular economy development, and was listed as the founding unit of the national circular economy demonstration county in 2013. Gaoyang County has vigorously promoted the construction of the circular economy demonstration zone. Through the construction of sewage treatment plants and heat and power cogeneration and central heating projects, the two key environmental bottlenecks of water pollution and coal pollution in the textile industry printing and dyeing process have been solved. The sewage treatment capacity can reach 260000 tons/day, the heating capacity can reach 440 tons/hour, and the integrated textile printing and dyeing, sewage treatment The "seven in one" circular economy industrial chain of renewable water use, central heating, waste heat power generation, slag ash brick making, sewage and heat energy utilization has created a new green development model of ecological and environmental protection for the textile industry. Recently, the construction of Gaoyang County as a demonstration county of circular economy successfully passed the acceptance of relevant national departments and became a national demonstration county of circular economy.

Pay attention to technical transformation and improve the quality and efficiency of the textile industry. In recent years, Gaoyang has strongly supported textile enterprises to accelerate technological transformation and equipment upgrading, improve product quality and promote industrial transformation by relying on advanced technology and equipment upgrading. The county finance will allocate a special fund of 5 million yuan every year to vigorously support textile enterprises to carry out technological transformation and update production equipment. At present, the county has 20000 sets of advanced shuttleless looms at home and abroad, and more than 7000 sets have been added in the past two years; More than 40 printing and dyeing enterprises have successively entered the park, updated and upgraded advanced equipment, and the printing and dyeing technology and equipment are at the leading level in China.

Focus on innovation and stimulate the endogenous power of the textile industry. A series of documents, such as "Gaoyang County's Support and Reward Policy for Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation" and "Gaoyang County's Support and Reward Policy for Strengthening Industrial Design Innovation and Achievement Protection", were formulated and issued. A special fund for industrial design development in Gaoyang County was set up, and 2 million yuan was allocated annually to support industrial design development. At present, the textile enterprises in Gaoyang County have independently established more than 10 various technical centers and 1 provincial industrial design center. The R&D investment of enterprises has increased from less than 2% at the beginning to 10% now, far exceeding the level of domestic peers. A number of creative products, such as the "Royal Cotton Map" brocade, magic pillowcase, unzipped towel, "singing towel" and "color changing towel", which are independently developed by the enterprise, have emerged one after another, realizing the transformation from Gaoyang weaving to Gaoyang creation.

Promote transformation and promote the digital development of the textile industry. Gaoyang County expanded its application scenarios, enabled industrial development, identified small cuts and breakthroughs, and actively planned to hold a large-scale national textile and clothing supply optimization, promotion and upgrading activity combining online and offline, and China Gaoyang Towels Digital Carnival Season (the second season). Gaoyang has established a product quality traceability system, issued the quality standards for Gaoyang towel groups, and guided enterprises to strengthen quality control and improve product quality; Register the collective trademark of "Gaoyang towel", strengthen brand management, and promote Gaoyang textile to achieve high-quality and high-quality development. The establishment of Gaoyang County New Generation Digital Innovation and Development Alliance has brought together more than 50 outstanding young entrepreneurs' volunteer mass organizations in Gaoyang County. The average age of its members is only 30 years old. It is a new force for Gaoyang's industrial development and a new hope for Gaoyang's enterprises to move forward in the direction of digitalization and technology. Cooperate with Hebei Yishang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. to build the operation architecture system of Gaoyang County's textile industry. Through the construction of a "virtual group"+operation mode, build an Internet platform for Gaoyang County's textile industry, form a local industrial brain, link all production enterprises to the network platform, and establish a professional operation team to work together online and offline to maximize incremental development. At the same time, we will vigorously promote the internal digital transformation of textile enterprises, and use information and digital means to improve the production efficiency and mutual accommodation and coordinated development ability of enterprises. At present, 10 functional systems have been developed and put into use. More than 340 enterprises on the current industrial map have been visited and investigated. 148 enterprises have been on the platform, 28 enterprises have in-depth cooperation, the platform has obtained output value data of 22.96 million yuan, 109822 finished products inventory, 37 cooperation channels for various industries, links to textile enterprises in Gaoyang towns and streets, and boosts the digital transformation of textile enterprises. Build Gaoyang "Cloud Pavilion", firmly grasp new opportunities for digital development, expand new space for economic development, and promote high-quality development of Gaoyang regional brands. Gaoyang actively seizes the new opportunity of industrial digital development, relying on the advantages of Gaoyang County's characteristic industrial clusters, and successfully builds the "Gaoyang Digital Cloud Exhibition Hall". The construction area of the exhibition hall is 2000 square meters. The exhibition hall is in a "1+1+7" layout, including one Gaoyang County Digital Cloud Exhibition Hall, one Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, and seven industry leading enterprise exhibition halls. It has created a "digital person" of vegetation dyeing with the concept of Gaoyang textile intangible cultural heritage vegetation dyeing culture, and displayed Gaoyang's "deep foundation, excellent location, special industry, ecological beauty, and honest folk customs" online. We will help enterprises to achieve digital transformation and upgrading, make every effort to build four enterprise digital transformation benchmarks, namely, Ericsson, Tuqiang, Shengxiang and Hongrun, play a leading role in demonstration, and drive the overall transformation and upgrading of the cluster. Introduce efficient and convenient business information systems such as ERP, MES, PDM, TQM, etc., break through the information barriers among equipment, systems, and personnel. From order receiving to production, inspection, and delivery, the per capita daily production level has increased from 1100 yuan to 1300 yuan, the production efficiency has increased by 20%, the operating cost has decreased by 15%, the product upgrade cycle has been shortened by 12%, the rate of defective products has decreased by more than 7%, and the energy consumption per unit output value has decreased by 4%. Through system reshaping, we have got rid of the dilemma of "empiricism", and promoted industrial development with "digital intelligent manufacturing" to improve quality and efficiency. The concept of "digital intelligent manufacturing" enables the traditional enterprises in the county to reshape their enterprise structure, external business and internal management, and step into a new model of digital driven development.

Convergence, the cooperation and joint empowerment of colleges and universities. Utilize the digital resource endowment of Hebei Digital Economy Federation, gather the multi forces of high-quality intelligent technology companies, and promote the deep integration of digital and real industries. Focusing on the digital transformation of the whole industrial chain, such as digital workshops, intelligent warehousing, big data marketing, etc., we will establish a digital alliance, improve the digital ecology, create "digital intelligence" technology, and provide a strong endogenous power for the upgrading of the textile industry. At the same time, we will strengthen the guidance of Towel Association, Ruichun Textile Industrial Design Center, Sanmiqing Design Center and Xingaodian Design Center to explore advanced digital AI technology through the application of intelligent tools and intelligent software equipment identification technology, build pilot projects in Tuqiang Company, Kaman Company and other key enterprises, explore and promote AI design technology, and reduce enterprise design costs. Gaoyang County cooperates with Donghua University, Tianjin University of Technology, Hebei University of Science and Technology, and Hebei University to strengthen technology development, science and technology resource sharing, product promotion, and academic exchanges, carry out textile industry university research cooperation projects, combine the advantages of Gaoyang County's industrial resources with the advantages of university talents and scientific research, and promote the transformation and upgrading of Gaoyang County's textile industry, Expand the functions and services of modern textile industry innovation service complex. Among them, Hongrun New Fabric Company and the Party branch of the Department of Nonwoven Materials and Engineering, School of Textile, Donghua University signed an agreement on the joint construction of the Party and established a graduate internship base; Sanli Group invested 20 million yuan to cooperate with Donghua University to build an innovation research and development center; Ruichun Company and Tianjin University of Technology have established an industry university research cooperation base to jointly carry out textile environmental friendly dyes and green dyeing and finishing technology and other cooperation projects. Through the industry university research base, we can achieve complementary advantages and resource sharing.

(Source: Science and Technology Daily)