With The Trend Of Synergy, Shengze Has Made Joint Efforts To Enter The "Another Spring" Of Private Economy

Shengze Town, Wujiang District, is a super large town in the south of Suzhou. The so-called "super large" is not only because it has a total administrative area of 145 square kilometers and a population of about 400000 people, but also because of its economic scale - it has two "world top 500" enterprises, Hengli and Shenghong, and more than 2500 industrial enterprises. It is a well-known "ancient silk town", "famous textile city", and "fabric city" in China. In 2024, the GDP of the town will exceed 50 billion yuan for the first time, the investment in fixed assets will exceed 10 billion yuan for the first time, and the industrial investment will exceed 5 billion yuan for the first time.

There is no doubt that the biggest force to create Shengze's super position is the private economy, which has become one of the most concentrated, active and developed places of private economy. In late March, when the reporter walked into Shengze, he saw that local private enterprises maintained their composure, strengthened their confidence and continued to deepen their real industries; The local government has also actively optimized the business environment, strengthened factor guarantee, supported and promoted the development and growth of private economy, and jointly entered "another spring".

　　 New opportunities for heart development

Enterprise is the main body of operation, and the endogenous power of enterprise development is the first. Shengze has a profound accumulation of silk textile industry for thousands of years, and its rich soil has planted the enterprising spirit of private enterprises. Faced with opportunities and challenges, local private enterprises have always been concerned about development, seeking a way out and new opportunities, and doing everything possible to improve the quality, efficiency and core competitiveness of enterprises.

　　 Go all out to promote innovation and technology——

Weaving with carbon dioxide is not a fantasy, but a reality.

"These coats look no different from ordinary coats, but in fact they have a lot of origins. Their raw materials are made of industrial waste gas!" In the exhibition hall of the National Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center, Bian Shuchang, deputy chief engineer of Shenghong Chemical Fiber New Materials Co., Ltd. proudly introduced several fashionable and simple sports coats to reporters. Looking at the clothes tag, the words "carbon capture fiber" in the fabric column reveal the secret of the uniqueness of these coats.

The production of traditional chemical fiber fabrics requires a series of complex chemical reactions such as oil refining, which will emit a lot of carbon dioxide. Shenghong's carbon capture fiber production line breaks this convention. In April 2024, after three years of research and development, Shenghong will build the world's first "carbon dioxide capture and utilization green ethylene glycol functional polyester fiber" green industrial chain, capture the carbon dioxide emitted from industrial production, convert it into fiber grade ethylene glycol through chemical reaction, and develop the direct "esterification condensation" and melt composite direct spinning process, The superfine carbon capture fiber is produced, which is not only elastic, but also UV resistant, and is very suitable for the textile and clothing field. It is estimated that each ton of yarn can consume 320 kg of carbon dioxide, and the carbon emission is 28.4% lower than that of the traditional process.

　　 Seize the opportunity to increase equipment and production——

In the workshop of Jiangsu Yasidi Group Co., Ltd., more than 700 looms are roaring. Yasidi focuses on fabric production, and has built a closed-loop industrial chain of textile, printing and dyeing, coating and lamination. This closed-loop mode enables enterprises to firmly control cost and product quality, which becomes their core competitiveness. On the roof of the factory, photovoltaic panels are shining in the sun. "The photovoltaic project has invested nearly 6 million yuan, but the saved electricity cost will enable it to pay back its cost in three years." Wang Yishi, the general manager, calculated the account. The laying of photovoltaic panels and the use of clean energy not only save a lot of electricity costs for enterprises, but also reduce carbon emissions, helping enterprises achieve green transformation.

In the workshop of Zhengfeng Weaving Factory, the advanced air jet loom is running at 900 revolutions per minute, allowing the weft yarn to precisely shuttle between the warp yarns with the help of air flow. "Since this year, our looms have basically operated at full capacity." General Manager Xu Zhengfeng introduced that the company has invested nearly 80 million yuan in recent years, actively implemented industrial organic renewal, introduced 192 Japanese Toyota 910 jet looms, and eliminated backward production capacity. "Before it was updated, the old water jet looms were very polluting and inefficient. Now the plants and equipment are completely new, not only improving the production capacity, but also attracting more talents to work here."

　　 Strive hard for orders and expand the market——

From February 10 to 12 this year, the French Fabric Exhibition, one of the world's top ten textile fabric exhibitions, was held in Paris. A total of 42 enterprises in Shengze participated in the exhibition with more than 1000 high-quality fabrics.

"Our goal is to increase 1 to 2 new customers every year through the exhibition." Suzhou Tunan Textile Co., Ltd., founded in 2021, is a new recruit in Shengze textile industry. When talking about the exhibition, Sun Xuedi, the general manager, introduced that selecting and selecting customers through the exhibition is the main purpose of the enterprise. It is relying on the high-quality customers obtained at the exhibition that the foreign trade volume of Tunan textile enterprises exceeded 10 million dollars for the first time last year, becoming a new rising star of Shengze textile foreign trade enterprises.

"According to our statistics, the company has more than 60 people going abroad in a year and spends 210-220 days in the exhibition every year." Jiangsu Roman Roland Group Outdoor New Material Co., Ltd. has become a frequent visitor to various overseas fabric exhibitions. General Manager Jiang Nan introduced that, "The exhibition is very important for the development of enterprises. In addition to meeting with old customers, we need to know the latest fabric technology, design concepts and fashion trends from the exhibition."

With the opening of Shanghai Suzhou Lake High speed Railway, Shengze is taking more initiative to go out and compete for orders. From March 11 to 13, the 2025 China International Textile Fabrics and Accessories (Spring and Summer) Expo was held in Shanghai. The "Shengze Exhibition Group", with 151 textile enterprises and tens of thousands of high-tech, green and fashionable fabrics, made a wonderful appearance, covering an area of 4650 square meters. In the three days of the exhibition, the "Shengze Exhibition Group" received more than 40000 domestic and foreign buyers, more than 140000 samples of fabrics, and nearly 1.6 billion yuan of intended orders. During the exhibition, Shengze set up a service guide desk at the "Shengze Exhibition Group" to provide "one-to-one" accurate docking for the incoming and outgoing consultants, invited customers to visit Shengze industry on the spot, and attracted more than 500 customers to visit Shengze on the spot.

　　 Make the "One Silk" Perfect

On February 17, the private enterprise symposium was held in Beijing, and Chen Jianhua, chairman of Hengli Group, was invited to attend.

Starting from a small textile factory in 1994, Hengli Group has now developed into the world's largest production base of super bright silk and industrial silk and the world's largest weaving enterprise, ranking 81st among the world's top 500 enterprises in 2024 and third among the top 500 private manufacturing enterprises in China in 2024.

Chen Jianhua said that Hengli has always adhered to the principle of "standing on the main business and sticking to the industry", worked hard in the fields where he is good at, and always maintained the confidence, patience and perseverance of development. He did not give up easily because of temporary difficulties, nor did he change his career because of temporary interests, and zigzagged forward in difficult exploration.

In the workshop of Hengli Chemical Fiber Intelligent Production Project with an annual output of 400000 tons of high-performance special industrial silk, the reporter saw Hengli's ultimate achievement of "one silk" - the special industrial silk with a diameter of 0.01 mm, which is as thin as hair, but contains huge energy. The single silk can bear 10 kg and 160 tow can drag 1.5 tons of cars.

Hengli Chemical Fiber Industrial Silk has an annual production capacity of 800000 tons, accounting for about one third of the global supply, and has a wide range of applications.

Looking around Shengze, the private enterprises here are basically concentrated in the textile industry. They regard sticking to their main business as the basis of survival and development. They have worked hard in the textile industry, mastered core technology, formed a unique competitive advantage, and occupied a place in the global market.

Shengze's private enterprises not only developed a textile industry with a production value of more than 100 billion yuan, but also jointly supported a Chinese oriental silk market with a sales volume of nearly 200 billion yuan in the local area.

When the reporter walked into the professional textile market - Oriental Textile City, there were three or five groups of customers in every shop negotiating business. At Fuhua Family on the first floor of the mall, Chen Qin, a staff member, told the reporter that in order to cope with the fierce market competition, the enterprise needs to launch about 300 new products every season, which are widely used in clothing, outdoor equipment, home textiles, industrial fabrics and many other fields, and are welcomed by Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries.

Wujiang Shengwei Bauhinia Textile Co., Ltd., next to the Fuhua Family, focuses on the R&D and sales of lightweight outdoor fabrics. After more than 20 years of accumulation, it has cooperated with more than 7000 enterprises, such as Adidas, Sima, Bosiden, etc.

On March 9, the second phase of the Oriental Textile City was officially opened and the third phase of the project was launched simultaneously, injecting new momentum into the textile industry of the "Millennium Silk City". The total investment of the second phase of the project is 1.077 billion yuan, with a construction area of 84000 square meters. The innovative mode of "shop+storage+exhibition hall" has attracted 126 large and medium-sized brand textile spot enterprises to settle in, with an investment attraction rate of 100%. As the first government enterprise cooperation business complex in Shengze, the Phase II project is positioned as a "high-quality color blank spot market" based on the concept of "vertical factory", and has paved a "new silk road" for the market trend of "small orders and fast turnaround".

Moreover, in order to promote the digital development of trade in China's eastern silk market, Shengze Town and Tencent Cloud jointly created the "Cloud Textile City" textile industry cluster digital platform, expanded the trade scene with AI technology, and committed to making every fabric product "have a booth in the cloud and a global order".

　　 Gather the power of government enterprise collaboration

On March 17, the professional ability improvement class for textile industry cadres in Shengze Town was officially opened. A total of 110 cadres from Shengze Town serving the textile industry and other towns participated in the three-day training. The first lesson of the class, Shengze's New Mission for the Transformation and Upgrading of Textile Industry, clearly conveyed the purpose of the class: to forge professional capabilities that fit the development of the industry, systematically master the knowledge of the whole textile industry chain, and finally realize that cadres understand the industry and meet the service.

It is not easy for private enterprises to stick to their main business and strengthen their industry. Shengze has always insisted on creating a first-class business environment to help private enterprises solve problems, strengthen confidence, promote innovation, and serve enterprises to become better and stronger. This support is not limited to increasing policy support, but also closely follows the pace of enterprise development, focuses on the actual needs of enterprises, creates comprehensive advantages for business development, and makes enterprises stand higher. For example, Shengze now combines urban renewal and industrial renewal, promotes the integrated development of industry, city and people, and marches toward a higher goal with the synergy of the government and enterprises.

In the Yangtze River Delta (Shengze) Modern Supply Chain Industrial Park, with the melodious sound of sirens, batches of goods are shipped from Shengze Wharf, Suzhou Inland River Port.

"For Wujiang Shengze and its surrounding enterprises, although the waterway transportation takes a longer time than the land transportation to Shanghai and then ships to the sea, the price of inland river transportation is stable, which can save 30% of the logistics cost." Fu Xiaojian, vice president of the Yangtze River Delta (Shengze) Modern Supply Chain Industrial Park, said that since it was launched last September, The monthly container throughput of Shengze Terminal has grown from less than 500 TEUs at the beginning to more than 1000 TEUs today, and has gradually become the preferred channel for surrounding large enterprises to export goods.

The Yangtze River Delta (Shengze) Modern Supply Chain Industrial Park, which serves the local industry, has a total investment of about 1.814 billion yuan. With logistics warehousing and modern integrated docks as the core, it will build about 250000 square meters of modern warehouses (including Class C I, Class C II, refrigerators and textile warehouses) and equipped with office facilities, dockyards, park roads and other facilities.

In the southernmost part of Shengze Town, a smart, green and scenic first-class printing and dyeing industrial park has taken shape, which is the "new home" of all local printing and dyeing enterprises - Wujiang Textile Circular Economy Industrial Park. Through the construction of "wastewater tail water recycling, sludge incineration power generation, power plant waste heat steam supply, waste cloth recycling" The whole chain of printing and dyeing industry is green and circular to develop the economic system and create a world-class (near) zero carbon modern industrial park. At present, the first batch of 8 printing and dyeing enterprises and 6 supporting enterprises have been completed in succession.

Entering the Shengze New Material Industrial Base in Suzhou, new modern standard factories stand tall, and the park environment is comfortable and pleasant.

Suzhou Xinyuan Yifeng New Material Co., Ltd. is attracted by the superior environment of the industrial park. The size and floor height of the new material industrial park perfectly match the production needs of enterprises, and the park is close to Shengze High speed Railway Station, which is convenient for customers to visit. "The finer the electronic products are, the higher the requirements for the fineness of the tin wire. Only the refined products can enhance the added value. Our products are widely used in mobile phones, earphones, hearing aids, new energy vehicles and other fields." General Manager Tu Guangming picked up a turn of 0.1mm extremely fine tin wire and said, "We only focus on one thing, that is, improving the welding technology and making this tin wire fine."

In 2024, the total import and export volume of Shengze cross-border e-commerce will reach 2.502 billion yuan, an increase of 85.3% year on year, accounting for more than one tenth of that of Suzhou. Of the 2.502 billion yuan, the share of more than 500 million yuan comes from a building type cross-border e-commerce industrial park cluster - Wujiang High tech Zone (Shengze Town) Silk Road · Nanhua cross-border e-commerce industrial park. This building gathers 71 platforms, supporting service providers and foreign trade enterprises, including 30 cross-border e-commerce enterprises. "Shengze has a complete woven fabric industry chain, and it is very rare to find a supplier without leaving town," said Wu Fan, general manager of Suzhou Xihe Textile Technology Co., Ltd.

Source: Xinhua Daily · reporter at the intersection Zhang Jun and Xiao Tian