“Currently, there are more than 70,000 ‘specialized, special and new’ enterprises in the country, nearly 9,000 ‘little giant’ companies specializing in special new products, and only more than 100 in the textile and clothing industry. We still need to improve the development of specialized, special and new products. level.” At the “Light of Textiles | Specialized, Specialized and New” digital intelligent technology promotion event held recently, Cao Xuejun, a first-level inspector of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out that for the textile and clothing industry, specialized, specialized and special There are many new articles and great potential.
In Cao Xuejun’s view, “specialization, specialization, innovation” is the only way for high-quality development of textile and garment enterprises. “Focus on building expertise, supporting supporting enterprises to strengthen enterprises, and innovation to win the market” is an incisive summary of specialization, specialization, and innovation.
“In today’s textile industry, the path of relying on order processing and production of high-end products is getting narrower and narrower. Only by mastering unique technologies, products and services can enterprises have better room for survival and development.” Cao Xuejun Said that specialization and new development are particularly important for the textile and apparel industry.
Specialization, specialization and innovation lead the development of the industry
According to Xia Lingmin, Secretary-General of the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, so far, 270 small and medium-sized textile and garment companies have been approved by the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation. Awarded the title of “‘Specialized, Special and New’ Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Textile Industry”. These enterprises focus on deep cultivation of subdivided fields, are refined and excellent, have obvious characteristics, outstanding advantages, strong innovation capabilities and profitability, and have become leaders in subdivided fields. By.
“The number of small and medium-sized enterprises has an absolute dominant position in the textile and garment industry and industrial clusters. The number of enterprise units, assets, operating income, and number of employees are 80%, which is significantly higher than the overall level of the manufacturing industry. It is of great significance to expand employment, protect people’s livelihood, promote entrepreneurship and innovation, build a modern textile industrial system, and enhance the stability and security of the industrial and supply chains,” Xia Lingmin said.
According to Xia Lingmin, in recent years, these specialized and new textile and apparel companies have continued to invest intensively in core competitiveness such as talent, design research and development, and information construction. Among them, the investment intensity in design and R&D is maintained at 3%-4%, and the investment intensity in informatization is maintained at 0.5%-0.8%. The proportion of design and R&D personnel and the intensity of design and R&D investment are much higher than the manufacturing and industry average levels.
“Intellectual property rights are the lifeline of specialized and new enterprises. Among these 270 specialized and new enterprises in the textile industry, the proportion of invention, utility model and appearance patents accounted for 34%, 57% and 9 respectively. %. The average number of patents per household of enterprises with patents is 42, and the number of invention patents per household of enterprises with invention patents is 16.” Xia Lingmin introduced.
The soul of specialization, specialization and innovation is innovation
As for how small and medium-sized textile and garment enterprises can take the path of specialization, specialization and innovation, Cao Xuejun said that from the perspective of the industrial chain and supply chain, my country’s textile industry as a whole has a complete industrial supporting system, but there are still shortcomings in key components, key materials, advanced processes, and special products, and there is considerable room for improvement. If we focus on deeply cultivating these fields and strive for excellence to improve quality, we will definitely have good market potential. From the perspective of consumption trends, personalization, differentiation, fashion and functionality have become the main trends in consumption. Meeting the needs of the people for a better life is the fundamental goal of the development of the textile industry. Only by constantly seeking innovation and change can we better adapt to the needs of consumption upgrades. Enterprises Only in this way can we win the market and achieve better development quality and efficiency.
“The core of the development of specialization, specialization, specialization and newness must focus on innovation. The soul of specialization, specialization, specialization and newness is innovation. Encouraging specialization, specialization, specialization and newness is essentially to encourage innovation.” Cao Xuejun said, “According to statistics, the textile industry’s specialization The proportion of design and R&D personnel in Jingte’s new enterprises has increased from 11.8% in 2017 to 15.7% in 2021. The R&D investment intensity has remained at 3%-4%, which is much higher than the average level of the manufacturing and textile industries. R&D investment and innovation capabilities It has become a key indicator of the company’s core competitive advantage.”
Cao Xuejun said that first, we must highlight technological innovation and focus on the shortcomings and difficulties of the core parts and components of textile machinery, new materials, digital transformation services, and new production processes. , Improve the level of scientific and technological innovation, connect “breaking points”, clear “blocking points”, and solve “stuck necks” and shortcomings to the greatest extent, in order to enhance the gold content of specialization, specialization, and innovation; secondly, we must strengthen model innovation. Green digital service-oriented transformation is a must for industrial development. Digitalization is the most active and important must. Personalized customization, personalized production, networked collaboration, and platform design have greatly improved the production quality and efficiency of enterprises and improved the efficiency of enterprises. The ability to adapt to the market; third, we must focus on scene innovation, segment and refine application scenarios around consumer groups, locations, seasons, and seasonal functional needs to create new categories and new industries.
“We must build an ecosystem that integrates the development of large enterprises and specialized small and medium-sized enterprises. An industrial ecosystem full of vitality, resilience and competitiveness cannot be separated from the leadership of large enterprises, nor from the leadership of specialized enterprises. Jingte New Small and Medium Enterprises Support Package.” Cao Xuejun said, “Through department linkage, top-down promotion, and market-driven development, we can promote the innovation chain, industrial chain, supply chain, data chain, capital chain, service chain, and talent chain of large and medium-sized enterprises.’ Seven chains’ comprehensive integration.”
Cao Xuejun also suggested that in the textile industry, priority should be given to promoting large-scale chemical fiber companies and clothing and home textile brand companies to open technology markets, standards, talents and other innovative resources to small and medium-sized enterprises, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation. Build an integrated development ecosystem for large and medium-sized enterprises with efficient collaboration and smooth integration, and stimulate the emergence of a group of professionals with outstanding collaborative supporting capabilities.��New small and medium-sized enterprises.
Digital transformation is a powerful starting point
Currently, the digital economy is driving profound changes in production methods, lifestyles and governance methods.
“The vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the textile industry, especially specialized and new enterprises, must accelerate the pace of digital transformation. Use an open mind and thinking to keep up with the general trend of the digital economy era, and regard digital construction as a way to enhance the modernization of corporate management. It is an important means to reduce costs and increase efficiency, optimize resource allocation, realize the deep integration of enterprise management and digital technology, and inject new impetus into enterprise operations.” Xia Lingmin said, “In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises must combine their own actual conditions to promote digital transformation. and development needs, carefully review and analyze the key issues of one’s own enterprise, the key scenarios of digital application, combine the short term with the mid-to-long term, coordinate the local and the overall, and orient to the segmented scenarios of technology, management, production, products, services and other processes. Steady progress.”
“We must optimize resource allocation, promote collaborative research and development, promote application implementation, and build an innovation ecosystem.” Yang Jinchun, executive vice president of the China Garment Association, said that in the clothing industry, digital marketing can enhance customer Experience, digital products, services and the industrial Internet can empower enterprises to transform their business models. Digital R&D, digital supply chain, digital production, and digital management promote the reconstruction of internal operations of enterprises. Through digital transformation and development, enterprises can calmly cope with changing markets and Customer demand.
Xia Lingmin said that key regions or industrial clusters in the textile and apparel industry should accelerate the planning and construction of regional digital transformation innovation centers to provide one-stop services for regional small and medium-sized enterprises to implement intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation, and provide more convenient and A more economical scenario digital solution. Effectively solve the problem of “do not want to switch, dare not switch, and cannot switch” in the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, promote the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises to be “affordable and sustainable”, create “small lighthouse” enterprises for digital transformation, and promote enterprises to “go to the cloud and use data” “Empowering intelligence” to enhance the digital, intelligent, and networked capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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