On February 17, Ye Liang, Vice President of the Circulation Branch of the China Textile and Apparel Federation and Executive Chairman of the Anhui Textile Industry Association, and his delegation went to Fanchang District, Wuhu City to carry out the 2023 Anhui Province Textile and Garment Industry Research. Fanchang District, Wuhu City Party Secretary Qu Hui met with the research team. Qu Hui welcomed the research team and hoped that the Provincial Textile Industry Association would provide guidance on the textile and garment industry in Fanchang District. Ye Liang reported on the development planning layout of the province’s textile and garment industry and the work of the association.
Accompanied by Hua Guang, deputy director of the Fanchang District Government, and He Dingzhu, secretary of the Party Committee of Suncun Town, the research team visited Sun City, Fanchang District Villages and towns, visited Wuhu Letuo Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Fanchang County Fanxing Knitting Bleaching and Dyeing Co., Ltd., Anhui Zhongtian Textile Technology Co., Ltd., Anhui Zeqian Garment Group Co., Ltd., Wuhu Huayang Garment Group Co., Ltd., Wuhu City Rongyida Nonwoven Co., Ltd. and other companies conducted on-the-spot investigations into their production and operations.
Subsequently, the research team met with Hua Guang, deputy mayor of the district government, Gui Renzhang, director of the district development and reform commission, Zhao Fu, director of the district economic and information bureau, Li Weiqi, director of the district commerce bureau, and He Dingzhu, secretary of the Suncun Town Party Committee, etc. Fanchang District Government held discussions and exchanges.
He Dingzhu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Suncun Town, introduced the current development status of Suncun Town’s garment industry: Suncun Town currently has more than 210 textile and garment enterprises, 53 enterprises above designated size, and 13,000 employees, forming an industry with Huayang, The clothing industry cluster led by Zeqian, Zhongtian and Letuo analyzed the main problems faced by the textile and clothing industry in Suncun Town in the transformation and upgrading: First, there is a lack of planning and guidance, and transformation and upgrading are not fast; Second, the industrial level is low and the added value of products Not high; thirdly, brand awareness is weak and innovation ability is insufficient; fourthly, management model is backward and development motivation is insufficient.
Li Weiqi, director of the Fanchang District Commerce Bureau, analyzed the foreign trade export situation and pointed out that the total export volume of the district has increased year by year, from US$110 million in 2020 to US$220 million in 2022, of which clothing accounts for approximately 45%. However, this year’s foreign trade export situation is relatively severe. First, the overall market is weak and consumption power is declining; second, trade protectionism is on the rise; third, foreign trade export locations are too concentrated and there are risks; fourth, international foreign trade exports are transforming; and fifth, exchange rate risks.
Hua Guang, deputy director of Fanchang District Government, pointed out that the current difficulties in the development of textile and clothing in Suncun Town are that enterprises are highly dependent on exports. They mainly export foreign trade orders and are at the lowest end of the value chain. They lack clothing design, Enterprises with high value-added businesses such as independent brands pose a huge challenge to the transformation and development of the apparel industry and the core competitiveness of enterprises. He believes that the current development positioning and development path of Suncun’s textile and apparel industry is unclear, and no entry point or support point can be found, which makes industrial transformation and upgrading slow and implementation difficult. There is an urgent need to intensify the reform of the existing industrial status. Completely break the development dilemma of Suncun’s clothing industry. It is hoped that relying on the guidance of the Provincial Textile Association and the strength of resource integration, we can take the pulse of Suncun Town’s textile and clothing consultation and clarify the new direction of industrial development.
Cao Qinghua, executive member of the Technical Committee of the China Fashion Designers Association and president of the Guangzhou Fashion Patternmaking Technology Society, expressed his views on the development of the international and domestic industries. He believed that the foundation for the development of China’s textile and apparel industry is no worse than that of foreign countries. The reason is that R&D cannot keep up and requires technical support. The development of the textile and garment industry in Suncun Town, Fanchang District, firstly involves making single products and concentrating resources on industrial upgrading; secondly, the government builds a platform for enterprises and strengthens cross-provincial exchanges and learning; thirdly, the guidance and training of reserve talents; fourthly, going global. , bring in and do a good job of industrial grafting.
Ye Liang, Vice Chairman of China Textile Federation Circulation Branch and Executive Chairman of Anhui Textile Industry Association, looked at the relationship between the province’s industrial layout and the development of Suncun’s textile and garment industry, and from the creation of Suncun’s regional brand and characteristic towns. Scientific planning and construction, from the introduction of high-end projects to the integration of resources inside and outside the industry, from government guidance combined with cluster docking, many constructive suggestions have been put forward. He emphasized that it is necessary to build a characteristic town in Suncun and make it bigger, stronger, more specialized and refined based on the existing textile and clothing enterprises; it is necessary to shape the regional brand, corporate brand and clothing brand of Suncun Town, and integrate the fashion of textile and clothing. , brands and culture should be integrated into cultural tourism construction and rural revitalization and development; it is necessary to introduce high-end projects, integrate resources inside and outside the industry, and use advanced technology to form a group of high-quality clothing enterprises; it is necessary to promote intelligent production lines among powerful leading enterprises. and digital enterprise management, and establish a digital-intelligence integrated production management system.
The two parties conducted research and arrangements on the next step of the development of the textile and garment industry in Fanchang District.
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