Building a strong Chinese textile industry chain in the global transformation

The textile industry is a traditional pillar industry in China, and its sustainable and healthy development is of great significance to the economy and society. As the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter of textiles and clothing, China has built the most perfect modern textile manufacturing industry system in the world, and the manufacturing capacity and level of each link of the industrial chain are among the top in the world. However, we should also see that the development of each link of the textile industry chain is not balanced, and there are some obvious shortcomings. The long-term accumulated contradictions and problems are also more prominent, and the international trade environment and international competition are more severe. In the new situation, how to maintain the traditional competitive advantage, form a new competitive advantage, and build a stronger industry chain in the global change is a major issue worthy of study.
Relocation of textile industry chain
From the perspective of the textile industry chain, China's cotton textile, conventional chemical fiber, printing and dyeing, clothing, home textile, and some textile machines have competitive advantages. But at the same time, there is still a big gap between China and developed countries in high-performance fiber, high-end textile machinery, industrial textiles, and so on. In terms of high-performance fiber and bio-based raw materials, there is a significant gap between China and developed countries; the competitiveness of industrial textiles is not strong; the key technologies and equipment of high-end textile machinery need to be imported, and there are still 10 textile equipment and parts in China. It is estimated that the annual import amount is more than US $500 million, accounting for about 1 / 7 of the import amount of textile machinery and parts, including electronic cleaning equipment for automatic winder It includes yarn spinner, air splicer, and slot cylinder, high-speed electronic dobby for the shuttleless loom, automatic warp threading machine, industrial inkjet printing nozzle for textile, printing guide belt, etc. The textile equipment industry has import dependence on some high-performance metal materials, high-precision sensors, high-speed bearings, chips, seals, and other high-end common parts and raw materials.
In the textile industry chain, cotton textile enterprises and knitting enterprises invest most in the construction of production and processing bases abroad. The main investors are mainly domestic leading backbone enterprises. The investment areas are concentrated in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries, as well as the African countries represented by Egypt and Ethiopia. China's cotton textile enterprises have invested more than 2 million spindles in Vietnam. Tianhong Group is the largest yarn manufacturer in Vietnam. Lutai group's investment includes 60000 spindles and 30 million Beige fabrics. Huafu color textile has invested 300000 spindles and 10000 tons of dyeing. Brom Oriental has invested 500000 spindles. Overseas investment in weaving, printing, and dyeing, woven clothing, and chemical fiber has also begun to appear. In the past two years, woven garment enterprises have begun to transfer large quantities of relatively simple products to overseas bases in Southeast Asia and South Asia. For example, Shandong Dishang group has invested in factories in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar, Shandong Lutai has invested in shirts in Myanmar, and Jiangsu Hengtian has invested in two garment factories in Myanmar. The fabric projects invested by Shandong Lutai and Shandong Huafang in Vietnam include printing and dyeing. In 2019, Jiangsu Lianfa issued an investment announcement that it will invest in Indonesia to build a project with an annual output of 66 million meters of high-grade woven fabrics, with a total investment of about 190 million US dollars.