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On January 16, the 15th annual meeting of the China Textile Roundtable Forum with the theme of "Building a New Pattern of High-quality Development of Textile '14th Five-Yes'" was held in Beijing. Gao Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary-General of the China Textile Industry Federation Attend the forum and deliver a speech.

Economic Development Situation of Textile Industry and Development Focus of the 14th Five-Year Plan -- Speech at the 15th Annual Meeting of China Textile Roundtable Forum

Gao Yong, Party Secretary and Secretary General of China Textile Industry Federation

January 16, 2021, Beijing

2020 is the year when my country will build a well-off society in an all-round way and the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan". The textile industry has experienced ups and downs in the development process, withstood the test of the complex and severe international situation, and overcome the severe impact caused by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. We have made every effort to ensure the supply of important epidemic prevention materials, steadily promoted the resumption of work and production, supported the stabilization of national economy and social employment, and continued to deepen transformation and upgrading, tough to move forward on the road of building a strong textile country. In 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan" new development cycle has started. The complexity and severity of the international situation are still unabated. There are many risk factors derived from the new crown epidemic. The textile industry is in the stage of in-depth adjustment and transformation. Constraints, actively respond to and resolve various risks and challenges, strive to maintain stable and healthy development, and better serve the new strategic requirements of national economic and social development. Today, through the platform of the China Textile Roundtable Forum, I would like to share with you some information about the development of the textile industry in 2020 and my views on the development priorities of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Economic Operation of 1. Textile Industry in 2020

In recent years, the development of China's textile industry as a whole is in the stage of deep adjustment and transformation, focusing on improving the quality of development, and the growth rate of the total economic volume continues to slow down. Since my country's macro-economy entered the "new normal" of development in 2012, the growth rate of operating income (main business income) of enterprises above designated size in the textile industry has shown an obvious step-like slowdown, and the growth rate of indicators such as total exports and fixed asset investment has also Shows a downward trend of fluctuations. In 2020, the new crown epidemic spread around the world, triggering a world economic recession, shrinking market demand, the main operating indicators of the textile industry declined, exports in masks and other epidemic prevention materials pulled by the unexpected counter-trend growth, compared with the previous year, the economic trajectory has changed significantly.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to November 2020, the industrial added value of textile enterprises above the national scale fell 3.1 percent year-on-year, operating income fell 9.7 percent year-on-year, total profits fell 8.6 percent year-on-year, and fixed asset investment completed fell about 18 percent year-on-year. Among the major categories of products, only non-woven products increased significantly, with a year-on-year increase of 14.4 from January to November; chemical fiber production achieved a slight positive growth after entering the fourth quarter, and the output of other products decreased compared with the same period last year.
In the case of a year-on-year decline in the total size of the textile industry in 2020, there is still no lack of positive performance:
First, the economic operation bottomed out. Since March, with the steady progress of domestic resumption of work and production, economic life has gradually returned to normal, the growth rate of various operating indicators of the textile industry has shown a sustained upward trend. For example, from January to November, the growth rate of industrial added value of enterprises above designated size rebounded by 13.4, 3.6 and 1.5 percentage points respectively compared with the first quarter, first half and first three quarters of this year; from January to November, the sales profit margin of enterprises above designated size was 4.3%, which was not only significantly better than the 2.2% level at the end of February, but also 0.1 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
Second, the domestic demand market continued to pick up. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the year-on-year decline in retail sales of clothing, shoes, hats, needles and textiles of units above the national quota has gradually narrowed from more than 30 percent at the beginning of the year to 7.9 percent from January to November, and retail sales have maintained positive growth in a single month since August. Online sales due to more in line with the epidemic under the safe, convenient consumption needs, sales scale recovery more quickly, to the end of July the national online wear goods retail scale has exceeded the level of the same period last year, January to November year-on-year growth of 5.9 percent.
The third is the stable release of export competitiveness. According to customs statistics, China's total textile and clothing exports reached 291.22 billion billion US dollars in 2020, an increase of 9.6 percent over the same period last year, and the export scale is close to the best level in history set by the industry in 2014. Among them, masks, protective clothing and other epidemic prevention materials on the export of outstanding role, accounting for about 25% of the total export of the industry, which makes the textile industry export structure changes, textile exports for the first time more than clothing, accounting for 52.8 percent of the total export. The situation of clothing export in the first half of the year is more severe, but in the second half of the year, with the restart of overseas economy, the improvement of China's textile industry system and the stability of supply chain operation, clothing exports gradually improved, by the end of the year, the decline in exports has narrowed to 6.4, since August, monthly exports have achieved positive growth.
Fourth, some links of the industrial chain performed well. Industrial textile industry, driven by epidemic prevention materials, the economic performance continued to be good, with industrial added value up 56.4 percent year-on-year from January to November and total profits up 218.6 percent year-on-year. The production and profit scale of the home textile industry have exceeded the level of the same period last year. From January to November, the industrial added value and total profit increased by 0.3 and 21.7 respectively.

2. Development Foundation and Situation of Textile Industry in the 14th Five-Year Plan Period

The tortuous and bumpy year of 2020 is the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan". Looking back at the past five years, my country's textile industry has continued to achieve rapid development on the basis of the world's largest producer, laying a solid foundation for the "14th Five-Year Plan" high-quality development. With the steady enhancement of scientific and technological innovation and application capabilities, the textile industry has not only maintained the advantages of a complete industrial system and a stable supply scale, but also significantly improved the advanced, high-quality, and green manufacturing level of the entire industry chain, and its contribution to my country's economic and social development has been consolidated., The influence in the international textile supply chain continues to increase. In terms of scale, China's total fiber processing accounts for about 50% of the world's total, chemical fiber output accounts for about 70%, and total exports account for about 1/3. From the perspective of comprehensive capacity, China's textile industry chain has generally reached the international advanced or leading level in terms of variety, output quality, production efficiency, independent technology and equipment, and there is no serious short board link, the textile industry's goal of becoming a textile power in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period was basically achieved as scheduled. According to the results of the competitiveness evaluation carried out by the Chinese Academy of Engineering on 26 manufacturing industries in my country, the textile industry is one of the five advanced industries in my country in the world, and it is in the first echelon in the process of building a manufacturing power in my country.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the development situation facing China's textile industry will be more complex and severe, with uncertain and unstable factors emerging. The international economic and political pattern has been profoundly adjusted, economic globalization has encountered a countercurrent, the international economic and trade cooperation mechanism has changed, the slowdown in aggregate demand growth is inevitable, and trade environmental risks will continue to exist. The sudden onset of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, promoting the accelerated evolution of the century-old changes, the international textile industry division of labor and cooperation pattern has undergone important changes, China's textile industry to participate in international trade, investment and supply chain cooperation will inevitably increase the difficulty. But in the situation of risk, development opportunities still exist. The task of building a well-off society in an all-round way in China has been completed on schedule, the long-term economic development is improving, and the people's demand for a better life continues to be released, which will promote the continuous upgrading of the domestic demand market with broad space and provide the most core development driving force for the textile industry. With the in-depth development of the new round of scientific and technological revolution, material technology occupies the forefront of the scientific and technological revolution, and new fiber materials replace traditional materials with high-performance, multi-functional, lightweight and flexible advantages, providing an important path for the textile industry to achieve value enhancement; the software and hardware environment of China's scientific and technological innovation is constantly optimized, and the main body of new technology application is widely diversified, which provides superior conditions for scientific and technological innovation in the textile industry and strengthen the development.
Despite the complexity of the situation, standing on the basis of the basic realization of the goal of a powerful country, the textile industry has reason to strengthen its confidence in the future and its determination to promote high-quality development, based on the requirements of the national development strategy, accurately grasp the characteristics of the adjustment of the international industrial pattern, and face up to the gap with developed countries in independent innovation of cutting-edge science and technology, brand and fashion soft power, green development leading ability, international supply chain control ability, Strengthen the advantages, solve the shortcomings of the industrial chain and supply chain, open up a new situation in the new pattern, and achieve new development.

3. the development focus of the textile industry during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's national economic and social development will start towards the new goal of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. The textile industry will be based on the new goal of China's modernization development and the new pattern of "double cycle" development with the domestic big cycle as the main body. On the basis of adhering to the path of science and technology driven, fashion leading and green orientation, the textile industry will further promote high-quality development, strengthen the industrial foundation, optimize the industrial system, and take the 14th five year plan as a new starting point, Adapt to the new situation, seek new breakthroughs, and enter a new journey, achieving new developments.
Regarding the key direction of the textile industry to promote high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, I would like to focus on two aspects of communication with you:
First, adhere to the independent and self-reliant development strategy of scientific and technological innovation, and promote the advanced industrial base
1. Accelerate the independent innovation of new fiber materials and supporting equipment, and make up for the short board of the industrial chain. Accelerate independent research and development breakthroughs in key technologies, achieve better performance, low-cost, large-scale production of high-performance fibers such as carbon fiber, para-aramid, polyimide and other high-performance fibers and their composites, develop supporting special technical equipment, and fill the gap in cutting-edge technology in the industrial chain. Develop bio-based fibers such as polylactic acid, new solvent cellulose fibers, bio-based polyamides, chitosan, etc., break through the large-scale production technology of monomers and raw materials, develop differentiated products, establish a more diversified technical route of fiber raw materials, solve the problem of high proportion of petrochemical raw materials, improve the safety and controllability of the industrial chain, and firmly integrate into the domestic cycle. Develop functional, biodegradable aliphatic polyester and other new fiber materials, improve quality and performance, enrich product lines, strengthen the advantages of basic fiber materials long board, and better meet the needs of more fields, diversification and multi-level consumption and application under the conditions of a well-off society in an all-round way.
2. Insist on improving green manufacturing capacity and opening up the path of sustainable development. Vigorously develop and promote the application of textile green manufacturing technology, focus on promoting breakthroughs in key technologies of ecological printing and dyeing processing, develop high-efficiency, low-consumption and short-process printing and dyeing technology, non-aqueous medium printing and dyeing technology, green textile chemicals, high-efficiency and low-cost advanced treatment and reuse technology of printing and dyeing wastewater, further optimize the variety quality and production efficiency of textile fabrics, and reduce energy consumption, water consumption and pollutant emissions. Accelerate the research and development of key technologies for the recycling of waste textiles, improve the overall technical level, solve the technical bottleneck that restricts the development of the recycling system of waste textiles, and enhance the added value and competitiveness of products. Promote the design and development of green fiber materials, green fabrics and other products, build green textile factories, and carry out pilot demonstrations of green supply chains. The layout will carry out carbon emission related measurement and management, carbon neutral frontier basic research and other work, and make a useful contribution to China's carbon emission peak by 2030 and carbon neutral target by 2060. Establish a comprehensive service system to meet the needs of green development, improve the green standard system, and advocate a green lifestyle and consumption concept.
3. Develop high-end textile products and enhance the division of labor in the industrial chain and value chain. Strengthen the R & D and application of fine processing technology in the whole industry chain, such as spinning, weaving, non-woven, dyeing and finishing, sewing, etc., and comprehensively strengthen the industrial foundation of advanced and high-quality manufacturing. Integrate new materials, new technologies and the trend of domestic consumption upgrading, develop functional and multi-functional high-end textile products with high comfort, easy care, antibacterial health care, high-quality natural fiber products, intelligent textiles with perception and adjustment functions, and constantly improve the quality and added value of science and technology of clothing and home textiles. Vigorously promote the technological progress of non-woven technology and composite materials, and improve the level of advanced manufacturing technology of industrial textiles; for key areas such as medical and health, environmental protection, emergency and public safety, geotechnical construction, national defense and military industry, aerospace and other key areas, increase product development efforts, Expand the application space of fiber materials, and make due contributions to ensuring national economic security and public safety.
4. Vigorously develop textile intelligent manufacturing, continuously optimize production efficiency and production mode, and ensure the stable and safe development of the industry. Strengthen the industrial Internet, artificial intelligence, industrial robots, big data and other intelligent manufacturing common key technology application research and development, to solve the textile intelligent manufacturing key equipment, intelligent workshop/factory, intelligent service system in the key technical problems. Vigorously promote the construction of chemical fiber intelligent factory, unattended ring spinning factory, short process spinning intelligent factory, weaving intelligent production line, knitting digital workshop, printing and dyeing digital network factory, nonwoven fabric intelligent factory, clothing and home textile intelligent factory. Accelerate the development of textile intelligent manufacturing system integrators, form an effective innovation consortium, promote the collaborative innovation of special equipment, automation, software, information technology and other cross-field enterprises, and form an intelligent manufacturing development ecology in which leading enterprises advance and a large number of "specialized and special" enterprises deeply participate. Through breakthroughs in intelligent manufacturing technology, we will continue to improve production efficiency, optimize production processes, resolve the constraints of labor and other factor resources on industrial development, and ensure the stability and safety of the domestic industrial chain.
The second is to adhere to the deepening of supply-side structural adjustment as the main line of development, strengthen the guiding role of the demand side, and promote the modernization of the industrial system.
1. Vigorously optimize the industrial chain structure and enhance the value creation ability of the textile industry system. Strengthen industry-university-research cooperation and cross-industry chain integration and innovation, focus on new textile materials, green manufacturing, and high-end textile products, strengthen the development and application of related industrial chain supporting products and key technical equipment, and promote the upgrading of the entire textile industry system structure. Vigorously develop industrial textiles, improve the level of material innovation, manufacturing upgrades and product development, strive to penetrate the cross-sectoral application system of key products such as medical and health, geotechnical construction, and safety protection, expand application needs, and further increase the total amount of industrial textiles in fiber processing The proportion. Combining the personalized development trend of the consumer market, relying on the innovative achievements of intelligent manufacturing, developing textile service-oriented manufacturing, improving the service level of mass customization of clothing and home textile products, creating an intelligent service platform integrating online transactions and offline services, and broadening the value-added space of the textile industry chain. With integration into the domestic large-scale cycle pattern as the core foothold, we will promote the brand development of products in the entire textile industry chain, and actively enhance the leading role and control ability of the consumer market based on excellent product research and development, creative design, manufacturing and supporting services., To promote the development of independent brands to achieve new results.
2. Based on the deep integration into the "double cycle" development pattern, promote the optimization and adjustment of industrial regional structure. Continue to promote the transfer of the textile industry to the central and western regions, and continuously improve the industrial system, service support and comprehensive investment environment based on the characteristic resource conditions of the central and western regions, and form an orderly division of labor and cooperation, efficiently meet domestic demand, and help new urbanization of the textile industry Layout system. Strengthen the advantageous role of industrial clusters in improving the efficiency of resource allocation, create a world-class industrial cluster pilot demonstration zone in the eastern coastal areas, and promote the transformation and upgrading of emerging industrial clusters in the central and western regions. Adhere to a high level of opening up to the outside world, strengthen the integration and utilization of high-quality resources in the international supply chain, and obtain high-quality overseas resources such as technology, brands, channels, high-end manufacturing and talents through cross-border mergers and acquisitions and equity cooperation; under the premise of ensuring the safety and control of the domestic industrial chain and supply chain, select suitable areas, steadily promote the international layout of manufacturing capacity, and promote the excellent entry and exit of industrial resources, with the domestic industrial layout to achieve synergy, mutual promotion of development.
Dear friends, the "13th Five-Year Plan" period that has just passed is five years worth remembering in the history of the development of the textile industry in New China. Now that the new journey of the "14th Five-Year Plan" has begun, the textile industry will firmly promote high-quality development, consolidate the industry's supporting role for national economic and social development, and firmly establish pillar industries for national economic and social development, and solve people's livelihood and beautify life The new positioning of basic industries, international cooperation and integrated development of advantageous industries, and strive to make new development contributions that are compatible with the new goals of building a modern socialist country!