Yangcheng Evening News reporter Yi Luya correspondent Shantou industry and Information Technology Bureau
There are Hangzhou school in the East and Chaozhou school in the south. Shantou, as the core city of the regional layout of the "modern light industry and textile" industrial cluster in Guangdong Province, has a textile and garment industry scale of more than 100 billion yuan. On December 12, Shantou textile and Garment Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as "Shantou Textile Association") was officially established. From December 13 to 14, 2021 China (Shantou) textile and Garment Industry Development Forum opened in Shantou, marking the full opening of a new pattern of nearly 7000 textile and garment enterprises in Shantou. Yangcheng Evening News reporter learned at the event that next, Shantou textile and garment industry will develop towards intelligence, high-end and clustering, and is committed to creating a new business card of Shantou textile and garment industry.
Famous brand underwear and home clothes account for more than 75% of the country
China's home service industry looks at Guangdong and Guangdong's home service industry looks at Shantou - Shantou is China's largest underwear home service production base and industrial well-known brand demonstration area. The textile and garment industry is Shantou's largest pillar industry. In 2020, the industrial output above the scale of Shantou's textile and garment industry was 108.7 billion yuan, the output of underwear home service accounted for about 45% of the country, and the famous brand products accounted for more than 75% of the country.
In the 14th five year plan for the high-quality development of manufacturing industry in Guangdong Province, the modern light industry and textile industry is listed as the strategic pillar industry of Guangdong Province, and Shantou is clearly listed as the core city for the layout and development of "modern light industry and textile industry" in the east wing of the coastal economic belt. At the just concluded 12th Party Congress of Shantou, Shantou determined the strategic deployment of "building a city by industry and strengthening the city by industry", and accelerated the construction of a new industrial development pattern of "three new, two special and one large". As one of the two characteristic industries, textile and garment will accelerate the construction of textile and garment industry cluster with more than 200 billion yuan. In this context, Shantou textile and garment industry association was inaugurated.
In addition, the event also held signing ceremonies such as industrial financial credit, logistics cooperation projects and industrial talent cultivation plan. The 2021 China (Shantou) textile and garment industry development forum also gathered a number of "big masters" of the textile and garment industry to explore new ways of industrial development.
Build the largest underwear industry cluster in China
Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association, believes that in order to adapt to the new high-quality development, Shantou's textile and garment industry needs to make continuous efforts in all aspects - in addition to actively integrating into the new development pattern dominated by China's big cycle and mutually promoted by China's international double cycle, Shantou's textile and garment industry also needs to achieve high-quality development under the support of scientific and technological innovation and technology guidance, Work together in new materials, new textiles and intelligent manufacturing. In addition, in the context of the "double carbon" goal, we should promote green development and sustainable development.
Weng chuangjie, President of Shantou textile and garment industry association and chairman of Hongjie Underwear Co., Ltd., has been engaged in underwear production for 23 years. He has witnessed the process of Shantou textile and garment from small to large and from weak to strong. He said: "The significance of the establishment of the association is to integrate 7000 textile and garment enterprises in Shantou, jointly plan the future development of the industry and build it into the largest underwear industry cluster in China. Next, the association will assist the government in building a textile and garment trading market in Shantou, cooperate with 100 enterprises in the local textile and garment industry to establish a textile and garment industry headquarters in Shantou, and assist in the construction of multiple textile and garment enterprises Clothing industry park. "
Plan to hold an international underwear exhibition and start a brand
The reporter learned that although Shantou's textile and garment industry has a good foundation, there are still short boards to be developed, such as small overall scale of enterprises, serious product homogenization, slow pace of transformation and upgrading, insufficient effective supply of medium and high-end products, especially in high-end value-added links such as design, R & D and marketing. The establishment of Shantou Textile Association will build a platform for enterprises to brainstorm and attack together.
Next, Shantou Textile Association will actively plan with the help of various resources to create an international underwear exhibition belonging to Shantou. According to Weng chuangjie, the exhibition will solve the problem that a large number of local underwear brand enterprises and sweater enterprises travel around to participate in the exhibition every year, help gather enterprise resources, work together to build regional brands, and help Shantou underwear exhibition move towards the whole country and benchmark the world.
(Yangcheng Evening News)