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Lin Lin, President Of China Printing And Dyeing Industry Association: Look For Opportunities In The Changing Situation And Drive Development With Innovation

2025/1/23 20:14:00 7

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　　 At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, it is an important moment to review the past and look forward to the future. In order to summarize the development of the industry in the past year and look forward to the development direction of the new year, through in-depth dialogue with the presidents of various professional associations, we will show the highlights, achievements and challenges of the industry development, and discuss the trend of the future situation. Lin Lin, President of China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association, was interviewed in this issue.

　　 In 2024, a year full of challenges and opportunities, facing the changing external environment, the printing and dyeing industry still shows tenacity and vitality, the pace of transformation and upgrading is steady, leading enterprises set a benchmark, and the whole industry unswervingly pursues digital, high-quality, green and sustainable development. In this process, the China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association is also guiding, accompanying and witnessing the development and innovation of the industry. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, Textile and Clothing Weekly specially invited Lin Lin, president of the China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association, to review 2024 and look forward to 2025. Let's follow her eyes and look forward to the new year of forging ahead.

　　 The pressure still exists, and the situation is stabilizing and improving

　　 TAweekly: In the face of the complicated domestic and international situation, what is the development trend of China's printing and dyeing industry since 2024? What are the main characteristics and trends?

　　 Lin Lin: Since 2024, the lack of momentum for world economic growth, the continuation of geopolitical conflicts, and the deepening of domestic structural adjustment have brought new challenges, but the continued release of macro policy effects and the accelerated development of new quality productivity have formed new support for the smooth operation of China's national economy. Against this background, China's printing and dyeing industry continues to recover its development trend. From January to November 2024, the output of printing and dyeing fabrics of enterprises above designated size in the printing and dyeing industry will increase by 3.59% year on year; The export scale of major printing and dyeing products continued to expand, with the export volume increasing by 5.57% year on year and the export amount increasing by 2.59% year on year; The main economic indicators showed a recovery trend. The operating revenue of printing and dyeing enterprises above designated size increased by 7.98% year on year, and the total profit increased by 33.89% year on year. The profitability of the industry improved significantly. At the same time, it should also be noted that the current domestic and international market demand is still insufficient, the export pressure of the printing and dyeing industry appears, the growth rate of major economic indicators tends to slow down, the industry's deficit is still on the high side, the profit differentiation of different enterprises is obvious, and the foundation for the industry's economic recovery needs to be further consolidated.

　　 The Central Economic Work Conference proposed that China's economy has a stable foundation, many advantages, strong resilience and great potential, and the supporting conditions and basic trend for long-term improvement have not changed. Although geopolitics, trade frictions and other factors will have a long-term impact on China's economic development, the advantages of China's printing and dyeing industry with complete industrial system, complete supporting facilities and high efficiency of coordination exist for a long time, forming favorable conditions for the industry to continue to improve. From the perspective of the export market, with the continuous deepening of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the effective expansion of the diversified international market pattern, the demand for printing and dyeing products in the international market is expected to maintain growth, and the industry's foreign trade development toughness is enhanced. From the perspective of domestic market, China's macro policies will continue to provide strong support for economic recovery, and the potential of terminal consumption will be further released. The recovery of domestic demand will drive the overall improvement of the profitability of the printing and dyeing industry, and the pressure on enterprises to operate will be eased. It is expected that the economic development of printing and dyeing industry will continue to pick up in 2025.

　　 TAweekly: With the continuous increase of national environmental protection efforts and the acceleration of industrial transfer in the central and western regions, can you introduce the changes and adjustments in the current transfer of printing and dyeing industry and domestic layout? What are the trends in the future?

　　 Lin Lin: High regional concentration is the main feature of China's printing and dyeing industry. The printing and dyeing capacity is mainly concentrated in the five eastern coastal provinces, which account for more than 90% of the output. In recent years, the printing and dyeing industry has shifted to the central and western regions, such as Xinjiang, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Anhui and other provinces, which are driven by policies to develop the printing and dyeing industry. From 2018 to 2024, the proportion of printing and dyeing output in the five eastern coastal provinces will decrease from 95% to 91%. From January to October 2024, the output of printed and dyed fabrics in Jiangxi, Hunan, Xinjiang and other regions will increase by more than 20% year on year. According to the characteristics of the industry, it is suggested to adhere to the industrial layout principle of giving priority to the development of the eastern coastal areas and moderately developing the central and western regions according to the environmental carrying capacity.

　　 Technological progress has always driven the industry forward

　　 TAweekly: The new quality development of printing and dyeing industry is inseparable from technological progress and innovation. What new technologies, processes and models have emerged in the printing and dyeing industry in terms of energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection in the past two years? How about their promotion and application? What technological breakthroughs are worth paying attention to in the future?

　　 Lin Lin: In the past two years, the printing and dyeing industry has achieved remarkable scientific and technological progress, and innovative achievements have emerged constantly, such as digital inkjet dyeing, continuous open width dyeing of cotton knits, high-speed intelligent detection and identification system for textile defects and other technologies have made progress; The continuous pad dyeing of polyester fabric with less water, online sizing of digital inkjet printing and other technologies have been industrialized; The application scope of technologies such as low fluid efficient rolling car, ultrasonic continuous washing, fluorine free waterproof finishing, Lyocell fabric antigen fiber cross-linking finishing, unmanned real-time precise blending and conveying system of dyes and chemicals has expanded.

　　 In the future, the industry will further develop high-quality textile dyeing and finishing technology, including functional textile finishing technology, multi-component textile printing and dyeing technology, high color fastness textile printing and dyeing technology, new fiber printing and dyeing technology and intelligent textile printing and dyeing technology; Further research and development of green low-carbon printing and dyeing technology, including cleaner production process, three waste treatment technology, etc; Further R&D and application of intelligent manufacturing technology in printing and dyeing industry, including intelligent conveying system, intelligent cloth inspection system and MES system.

　　 TAweekly: With the continuous iterative upgrading of digital printing technology, the development of digital printing will grow rapidly in 2024. What do you think of this phenomenon? What suggestions do you have for the future development of digital printing?

　　 Lin Lin: At present, digital technology has been widely used in the printing and dyeing industry. As a modern productivity with the characteristics of a new era and cultural connotation, digital ink-jet printing conforms to the new trend of high-end, digital, green and integrated development, and has become an important force to foster new quality development of the industry. In recent years, the digital inkjet printing industry has developed rapidly, the process technology has become increasingly mature, the iteration speed of equipment and consumables has been accelerated, and the cost performance ratio has been continuously improved, which provides important support for the production of green high-end, creative and fashionable textiles, and has broad prospects for development.

　　 In view of the future development of the digital inkjet printing industry, I suggest that, first, we should continue to improve the industry's R&D and innovation capabilities, further promote the intelligence and functionality of digital printing equipment, as well as the differentiation and quality of ink; Second, expand the breadth and depth of digital printing applications, enrich printing application scenarios and product types, promote better matching between supply and demand, and promote sustained market growth; The third is to accelerate the formation of a new marketing model, and constantly improve the supply capacity of fabrics with multiple varieties, small batch, quick response, strong sense of design and fashion.

　　 Take the road of service upgrading of the Association

　　 TAweekly: Looking forward to 2025, from what aspects will the Printing and Dyeing Association make efforts, accurately connect, continuously improve the service content, and help the industry enterprises develop in a new quality?

　　 Lin Lin: First, promote scientific and technological progress in the industry. The Printing and Dyeing Association will do a solid job in the research work of the "Tenth Five Year Plan" to improve the systematic and forward-looking research. Strengthen the connection and implementation of the plan, play its guiding role in leading scientific and technological progress, driving industrial upgrading, and cultivating new quality productivity, and strongly support government decision-making, industry services, and enterprise development. We will continue to build a docking and exchange platform, focus on scientific and technological innovation, green development, digital intelligence transformation, quality upgrading and other industry hotspots and difficulties, promote collaborative innovation of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and improve the modernization level of the industrial chain supply chain.

　　 Second, promote green and low-carbon development of the industry. The Printing and Dyeing Association will actively practice the concept of green and low-carbon development, continue to promote green advanced applicable technologies and processes, and through the annual conference on energy conservation and environmental protection, release the "Recommended Directory of Advanced Technologies for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in China's Printing and Dyeing Industry", release the "Research Report on Green and Low Carbon Development in China's Printing and Dyeing Industry" and other work to clean production Green transformation and carbon emission management indicate the direction.

　　 The third is to promote the industry to become more high-end. The Printing and Dyeing Association will continue to strengthen the guidance of standards, orderly promote the drafting and approval of multiple standards such as Polyester Transfer Printed Cloth, and promote the continuous improvement of product quality with the promotion of standards as the guide. Focusing on the "four new" (new materials, new technologies, new processes and new products) of the printing and dyeing industry, as well as the subdivisions of green low-carbon chemicals, digital inkjet printing, clothing and apparel printing, research and exchange activities were carried out to serve the needs of member enterprises and industry development, and further promote the high-end upgrading of the printing and dyeing industry and the development of the industrial chain.

　　 Clarify the high-quality development direction of the industry

　　 TAweekly: This year is the end of the 14th Five Year Plan. The state has put forward many directions in encouraging high-quality development of industries and enterprises, which has strengthened confidence in the development of the industry. In your opinion, what national policy orientation should industry enterprises focus on and what development opportunities should they seize?

　　 Lin Lin: First, scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation provide a solid support for industry innovation driven development. To achieve self-reliance in high level science and technology and develop new quality productivity, it puts forward a more urgent demand for industrial scientific and technological innovation and integration of industrial innovation. In the face of complex and intense international competition, the industry must firmly grasp the initiative of development, strive to improve the resilience and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain, focus on high-quality fabrics, new chemicals, green processes, intelligent equipment, digital management systems, waste water and resource recycling and other fields, strengthen basic research and key core technology research, and accelerate the breakthrough "choke" Technology, seize the commanding heights of future science and technology, and constantly improve the autonomy and security of industry development.

　　 Second, green has become the bright background of high-quality development of the industry. The printing and dyeing industry is the key link of energy conservation, emission reduction and technological innovation in the textile industry. At present, the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth has become an inevitable choice for the overall green transformation of economic and social development. The printing and dyeing industry must actively adapt to the global green development trend, strengthen green and low-carbon scientific and technological innovation, improve the quality and efficiency of industry development and resource and energy utilization efficiency, promote green transformation in development, achieve greater development in green transformation, and provide a strong green development momentum for the comprehensive construction of a modern textile industry system.

　　 Third, deep reform and high-level opening-up have injected strong impetus into the development of the industry. As China continues to deepen multilateral, bilateral and regional economic cooperation, it will be more and more open, and the level of openness will be higher and higher, creating a good external environment for promoting Chinese style modernization. Enterprises should grasp the development opportunities of the "Belt and Road", better integrate into the domestic and international double cycle, carry out in-depth international cooperation and exchanges, integrate international resources such as brands, technologies, channels, and cultures, build a win-win industrial chain supply chain cooperation system, and constantly improve international market competitiveness.

　　 Fourth, the supply structure was upgraded to enable the industry to enhance its market control ability. With the support of a series of favorable factors, the new consumption potential based on new technologies, new business types and new scenarios is accelerating to release. The printing and dyeing industry should adapt to the new changes in consumer demand such as function, fashion, green and health, strengthen product innovation, optimize product structure, constantly improve the supply capacity of printing and dyeing products with high technology content, high added value and high cultural connotation, and adapt to and lead the market with higher quality and better products.