Guangxi Builds Docking Platform For Textile And Clothing Industry Chain To Share Development Opportunities

The textile and clothing industry is China's traditional pillar industry, connecting people's livelihood at one end and developing at the other.

In 2021, Guangxi will implement the three-year action plan to promote industrial revitalization, and list the light industry and textile industry as one of the nine major industrial clusters of the whole region; In 2022, the light industry and textile industry chain will be listed as one of the 15 key industry chains in the region; In 2023, guidance documents such as the Work Plan for Breakthrough Year of Investment Promotion in Guangxi's Key Industrial Chains will be issued, proposing the goal of striving to increase the investment promotion funds of key industrial chains in the region by more than 15% and to introduce more than 100 strong and excellent enterprises.

On July 19, the reporter learned from the Investment Promotion Office of Guangxi Textile and Clothing Industry Chain that from January to May this year, the Guangxi textile and clothing industry chain had a capital of 16.04 billion yuan, 78.3% of which was completed, ranking the top three among the 15 key industry chains; The amount of newly signed projects was 7.57 billion yuan, 38.8% of which was completed; Complete the target task of introducing strong and excellent enterprises in the whole year ahead of schedule.

Strengthen top-level design and improve industrial layout

During the two sessions of the National People's Congress this year, the Proposal on Supporting Guangxi to Build a Textile and Garment Industry System for ASEAN attracted the attention of relevant ministries and experts. The proposal proposes to build Guangxi into a national textile industry transfer base.

The Guangxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade is the leading unit of the Guangxi Textile and Garment Industry Chain Investment Promotion Special Class. Yang Yanyan, the president of the Council, said: "To do a good job in the textile and garment industry chain investment promotion, we should first strengthen the top-level leadership and design."

In order to strengthen the top-level design of the textile and clothing industry and further improve the industrial layout, from February 7 to 10, CCPIT Guangxi Council, together with the China Textile Industry Federation, went to Yulin, Liuzhou, guests, Guigang, Nanning and other places to carry out field research around the textile and clothing industry in our region, and held a special session on investment planning of the textile and clothing industry in Guangxi, Deeply exchange and discuss how to promote the development of the textile and clothing industry in Guangxi in the next step, and carry out more accurate, pragmatic and efficient industrial investment promotion, and form the Guangxi Textile and Clothing Industry Investment Promotion Plan.

The reporter learned that the Investment Promotion Plan for Guangxi Textile and Clothing Industry pointed out that the districts and cities in Guangxi have formed a new pattern of dislocation development: Yulin, Guigang, and Laibin have become key bases with textile and clothing as the leading industries, and accelerate the undertaking of the whole knitting industry chain. The jeans, sports and leisure, and down industry chains have distinctive characteristics; Hechi, Baise, Wuzhou and other cities develop cocoon and silk featured industries with clear layout and complete supporting facilities, focusing on upgrading the industry; Qinzhou, Nanning, Liuzhou and other places will expand their industrial extension and become a new space for the incremental development of fiber raw materials, sports shoes and clothing and other industries. In terms of industry selection, Guangxi will develop the textile and clothing industry, focusing on building two key industrial chains, namely, the whole knitting industry chain and the whole cocoon and silk industry chain, with industrial undertaking, industrial upgrading and industrial innovation as the starting point and path; Three characteristic industrial chains of jeans, down and sports shoes and clothing; Dyeing and finishing and chemical fiber raw materials support the industrial chain.

The Investment Promotion Plan for Guangxi Textile and Garment Industry puts forward the investment promotion goal: by 2025, Guangxi textile and garment industry will increase the paid in capital of key enterprises by 100 billion yuan, form a batch of 10 billion and 50 billion level advantageous industrial clusters, and strive to create two national textile industry transfer demonstration parks.

   Build a docking platform to share development opportunities

On March 17, the 2023 Guangxi ASEAN International Textile and Garment Industry Expo (hereinafter referred to as "ASEAN Textile Expo") was opened in Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center.

In the Report after the 2023 Guangxi ASEAN International Textile and Clothing Industry Expo, the reporter noticed a group of data: the exhibition area is 20000 square meters; There were 18000 visitors and 7358 professional merchants in and out of the region, 67% of whom believed that the expected results had been achieved; 35 business associations inside and outside the region participated in the exhibition, and 305 textile enterprises from all over the country brought more than 3000 exhibits to the exhibition. At the same time, three city/county investment promotion conferences and one ASEAN textile and clothing cross-border e-commerce summit and purchase and selection matchmaking conference were held, with a total on-site sales of 12 million yuan, 137 intended cooperation projects were signed, 353 intended cooperation and agents (dealers) were reached, and the amount of intended contract signing reached 1.46 billion yuan.

As the first comprehensive textile and clothing industry exposition facing ASEAN in 2023, it is not easy to achieve such achievements.

"ASEAN Textile Expo links upstream production, middle end manufacturing and sinking channel buyers, helps the industry transition from traditional operation mode to intelligent and cooperative efficient emerging mode, and aims to create a professional exhibition integrating trade exchanges, equipment procurement, order docking and trend discussion for enterprises in the textile and clothing industry." One of the sponsors of ASEAN Textile Expo Deng Shijun, deputy general manager of Guangxi Expo Group, introduced that Guangxi strives to build it into an integrated communication and docking platform of "production, learning, research and marketing" and an important platform for Guangxi textile and clothing investment attraction in 3-5 years.

Wu Juan, Vice President of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Guangxi, believes that Guangxi has the most convenient access to the sea in southwest China and is one of the regions with the most development potential and investment value in China's textile industry during the "14th Five Year Plan" period. The establishment of the ASEAN Textile Expo, an international platform, has given Guangxi textile and clothing industry more opportunities to attract investment.

In recent years, CCPIT Guangxi Council has also taken the lead in holding large-scale events such as the China Silk Conference and the Second China Silk Cocoon and Silk Industry High Quality Development Conference, and the Maritime Silk Road Textile and Clothing Fashion Conference, to build a platform for foreign investment and exhibition of textile and clothing, effectively promote investment opportunities in Guangxi's textile and clothing industry, and form a multi-dimensional platform network.

   Take big steps to "go out" and make efforts to "bring in"

Since this year, all districts and cities in the district have seized the favorable opportunity to actively "go out" and vigorously "introduce". The textile and clothing industry chain has been attracting more investment than ever before.

From March 21 to 23, the Guangxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade, together with the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Autonomous Region, took the initiative to dock with the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and organized investment teams from districts and cities such as Qinzhou, Guigang, Yulin, Hechi, etc. to carry out investment promotion activities for the textile and clothing industry in Suzhou, hold symposiums in Suzhou and Fenhu, and share business opportunities and discuss cooperation with more than 60 leading enterprises in the textile industry in Suzhou. Suzhou entrepreneurs showed great interest in Guangxi's investment advantages such as location, resources and policies, and the business opportunities brought by the ASEAN market. They said they would visit Guangxi in due time to further understand Guangxi's investment environment and explore cooperation opportunities.

From May 31 to June 2, the Guangxi textile and clothing industry chain investment promotion special class went to Guangdong to carry out the textile and clothing industry chain investment promotion activities. Under the promotion of the investment promotion team, a textile enterprise in Foshan officially signed a tripartite agreement with Bobai New Ecological Environmental Protection Industrial Park to settle in Bobai New Ecological Environmental Protection Industrial Park. It is reported that at present, printing and dyeing enterprises in Foshan are stepping up their outward transfer, and many enterprises intend to settle in Bobai New Ecological Industrial Park.

The heads of many famous textile and garment enterprises in China are optimistic about the development prospects of Guangxi's textile and garment industry chain.

Driven by the President of Guannan Group, Zhou Jianhua, more than 100 textile, clothing, finishing and dyeing, wool weaving equipment manufacturing enterprises from Dongguan, Guangzhou, Wenzhou, Kunshan and other places settled in Pingnan. "Guangxi is the front position for docking with the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN countries. It has great advantages in industrial undertaking and capacity gathering. The textile and clothing industry has broad prospects for development," Zhou Jianhua said.

Zhang Wei, general manager of Guilin Yida Textile Co., Ltd., said that Yida has been working in Guangxi for many years and has a direct feeling for the continuous improvement of the business environment in Guangxi. At the same time, Guangxi's consumption is also gradually upgrading, which helps to enhance the company's business confidence. In the future, Guangxi will actively strive to become the industry leader in brand operation and sustainable development.

"At present, Guangxi has a good momentum in developing the textile and clothing industry, with a strong industrial atmosphere and prominent regional advantages. It is adjacent to the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, and has outstanding advantages in undertaking and developing the textile and clothing industry in the future." Zhang Tenghui, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Weimasi Industrial Co., Ltd., said, "We are full of confidence in Guangxi."

"Guangxi regards the textile and clothing industry chain as a key industry chain, and the government departments attach great importance to this industry from top to bottom, which gives us a great 'reassurance' for practitioners of the textile and clothing industry." Huang Hong, general manager of Jinlin Printing Clothing (Foshan) Co., Ltd., said.

According to statistics, from January to May this year, the Guangxi Council for the Promotion of International Trade organized and guided all district cities in the region to carry out 107 "going out" and 132 "bringing in" investment promotion, connecting more than 700 enterprises and business associations.

According to the person in charge of the Investment Promotion Office of Guangxi Textile and Garment Industry Chain, next, Guangxi will deepen the docking and cooperation with China Textile Industry Federation and Guangdong Garment Industry Association, give full play to the advantages of industry associations, and introduce more textile and garment industry projects; Carefully plan the investment promotion activities of the team, visit relevant enterprises in time, explore more cooperation, and promote project negotiation; Strengthen cooperation with textile fabric enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places, promote the construction of China ASEAN surface and auxiliary materials trading center in border areas, and build it into a purchasing and trading center and logistics center for fabrics, auxiliary materials, hardware accessories and other materials for ASEAN countries. (Reporter Jian Wenxiang Correspondent Zhong Wenhan Intern Ma Shiting)