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2.9 and 4.1, this is China's "along the way" along the country's textile and clothing exports in 2017 and 2018 growth, this year, the growth rate rose by 1.2. Compared with the fluctuations in the traditional markets of Europe and the United States, my country's overall exports of textiles and clothing to countries along the "Belt and Road" are relatively stable. In addition to the increase in trade volume, what does the "Belt and Road" initiative bring to the textile industry?

Six years ago, in Astana, Kazakhstan, a major initiative of the Silk Road Economic Belt was born. Today, six years later, on the banks of Yanxi Lake in Beijing, the second "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Forum was grandly held. The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has completed the foundation and entered a comprehensive stage of taking root and blooming.

The 65 countries along the "Belt and Road Initiative" route have a 4.4 billion population and a total GDP of 21 trillion billion US dollars, accounting for 63% and 29% of the world's total, while the total trade volume accounts for only 1/4 of the world's total, which means that the market potential of these countries is huge.

Since the "Belt and Road" initiative was put forward, my country's textile and clothing exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" have frequently shown bright spots. According to statistics from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, in 2016, my country's textile and clothing exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" totaled US $89.15 billion, accounting for 33.4 percent of total exports; in 2017, my country's textiles and clothing exports to 64 countries along the "Belt and Road" totaled US $91.47 billion billion, an increase of 2.9 percent, and the proportion of exports rose to 34.1 percent; in 2018, my country exported textiles and clothing to countries along the "Belt and Road, year-on-year growth of 4.1 percent, accounting for 34 percent of total textile and garment exports.

Since 2015, the negative transmission effect of economic fluctuations in the traditional market on China's textile and clothing exports has begun to appear. Take clothing as an example. In 2015 and 2016, my country's exports of clothing and clothing accessories were US $175.886 billion and US $159.447 billion respectively, down 6.35 and 9.35 respectively. During this period, affected by the implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative, my country's clothing exports to some emerging markets achieved rapid growth. In 2016, my country's clothing exports to Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Kazakhstan and Iraq increased by 34.84 year-on-year.%, 71.54%, 24.88%, 30.03% and 26.43%. New export markets are being developed and nurtured. According to Chinese customs statistics, in 2018, my country's textile and apparel exports increased by 3.66 year-on-year. Among them, textile raw materials and textile products to Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and Kazakhstan increased by 25.31, 4.34, 19.29, and 6.91 respectively.% And 1.93.

Overall, since 2018, the growth of China's exports of textile raw materials and textile products to some countries along the "Belt and Road" has played a positive role in the overall export. Countries along the "the belt and road initiative" route have brought new opportunities to export-oriented export enterprises.

At the same time, under the influence of the continuous advancement of the "Belt and Road" construction, more and more garment companies have gone abroad and participated in the "Belt and Road" construction as an important way for enterprises to transform and upgrade.

Hongdou Group's investment in Cambodia's West Port Special Zone is a typical example of success. In April 2007, Hongdou Group and Chinese and Cambodian enterprises began to build and plan the West Port Special Zone in Cambodia, which is one of China's first overseas economic and trade cooperation zones confirmed by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance. The overall planning area is 11.13 square kilometers, and the first phase of development area is 5.28 square kilometers. It takes textile and clothing, hardware machinery, light industry and household appliances as the leading industries, and integrates export processing zone, business area and living area. After completion, it can accommodate 300 enterprises, forming a livable new city with 100000 employment of industrial workers and 200000 people living.

At the recent "Belt and Road Initiative" Entrepreneur Conference, Zhou Haijiang, vice president of the China Civil Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Hongdou Group, said that each country on "Belt and Road Initiative" has different national conditions, and the project must take root in the local area. Only by cooperating with the local government and the people can it last for a long time. This is the biggest experience of Hongdou Group in running overseas parks for more than a decade. Zhou Haijiang also expressed the need for a "win-win situation in all directions", that is, to achieve a win-win situation between the SAR company and eight relevant stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, partners, government, environment, and society (community), and share the fruits of development.

Ruyi Group is also the first forerunner to develop along the "the belt and road initiative" economic belt. Since 2013, Ruyi has made advanced decisions, seized opportunities, and launched new intelligent manufacturing projects in policy-intensive and low-cost areas such as Ningxia, Xinjiang, and Pakistan, forming an innovative business model and profit model for the entire industry chain of "high-quality raw material intelligent manufacturing Internet", Successfully implemented industrial transformation and upgrading ahead of time.

China's textile industry is inseparable from the vigorous cooperation in the field of professional education and vocational training in the textile industry. Professional education is the top priority of China's textile and garment production capacity cooperation with countries along the "Belt and Road.

In March 2018, Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin Urban Construction University and the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training of Punjab Province of Pakistan jointly launched a cross-border school project-Punjab Tianjin University of Technology held an opening ceremony in Lahar. The first batch of 290 local students enrolled will receive applied technology education in related majors at the school. The three universities in Tianjin have respectively set up the College of Engineering and Technology, the College of Textile Engineering and the College of Architectural Engineering, and set up seven majors, including mechanical engineering technology, textile engineering technology and civil engineering. in the form of joint education, the training model of Chinese higher education is used to train applied technical talents for Pakistan.

Baotuan Exhibition to Explore the Road of Industry Win-Win

The implementation of the "Belt and Road" strategy has pointed out the direction for the internationalization of more Chinese textile companies. For many years, participating in the exhibition is one of the most effective ways for textile companies to enter and understand the market. Through this model, not only Chinese companies can be faster, More accurately docking with local industries, the local industry can also deepen the understanding of Chinese textile and garment enterprises, and promote the realization of a win-win situation between the two industries.

On December 7, 2017, the Indian Textile Machinery Exhibition (ITMACH INDIA) opened in Gujarat, India. The scale of this exhibition broke all previous records. More than 500 exhibitors from more than 20 countries and regions participated in the exhibition, covering the entire field of textile equipment. At this Indian Textile Machinery Exhibition, more than 100 domestic textile machinery enterprises in China participated in the exhibition. Hengtian Lixin, Zheng Textile Machinery, Jingwei Textile Machinery Yuci Branch, Qingdao Hongda, Changde Textile Machinery, Jingwei Jintianju, Wuxi Hongda and other enterprises under China Textile Machinery Group joined hands. China Textile Machinery Group did not exhibit physical host equipment. It mainly exhibited various latest and best-selling products through multimedia forms such as 3D cotton spinning full-process unmanned factory video and online textile machinery exhibition.

From "new export markets" to "good partners for investment and running schools", countries along the "Belt and Road" have become important target markets for my country's textile trade and overseas investment. The textile and garment industry is closely related to the development of human civilization, and China's textile and garment industry will also accelerate its development under the guidance of the "Belt and Road" strategic policy. "the belt and road initiative" has benefited the textile industry and trade in developing and underdeveloped countries. It can be predicted that countries around the world will adopt more multilateral free trade agreements in the true sense, and China's textile and garment industry will also resist the storm and set off a new wave of development climax.(Source: Textile Science Research)