Facing the new changes in the external situation, the current textile and garment industry has also entered a new normal. The growth of the total economic volume of the industry has begun to gradually change from high speed to medium speed, and the growth rate has slowed down to single digit growth. According to industry insiders, during the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, the textile industry is faced with many opportunities and challenges. Adjustment and deepening and upgrading of industry competitiveness will become the focus, and the overall development will remain at the medium-speed development level.

"13th Five-Year" positioning will be adjusted

China is the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of textiles and garments. The total fiber processing accounts for more than 50% of the world's total. The share of textile and apparel exports accounts for 37%. It is also the most complete and complete category of the global textile industry. country.

From the indicators of industrial added value, total exports, and total profit, the growth rate of the industry since the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” is significantly lower than that of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. By 2014, it has slowed down to a single-digit growth.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the growth rate of industrial added value of China's textile industry in the first half of 2015 was 6.8%, slightly lower than the national GDP growth rate in the same period, which was significantly lower than in previous years. However, it has rebounded from the first quarter, and it has continued to rise in the second quarter.

At present, the 13th Five-Year Plan for the textile industry is being formulated. Under the new normal of China's economic development, the textile industry will be repositioned, which can be summarized into three sentences, namely, the people's livelihood and pillar industries of national economy and social development, promoting cultural creativity and leading life. The fashion and consumer industries, the leading industries of high-tech applications, international development and business model innovation.

At the same time, in the context of China's current comprehensive construction of ecological civilization, China's textile industry will promote ecological civilization construction from the three levels of mechanism, technology and products and circular economy during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. E-commerce, intelligent digital production, energy conservation and environmental protection are expected to become new highlights. There may be breakthroughs in the waste recycling system, and it is expected to organize pilot demonstrations of resource recycling and reuse, foster leading enterprises, and establish parks and industrial bases for recycling of used textiles under the guidance of the government.

Multiple factors bring benefits

The implementation of the “Belt and Road” strategy has brought new opportunities to the industry. Sun Huaibin, deputy secretary-general of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, said that at present, the regional structure of the textile industry is mainly concentrated in the coastal areas, while the obvious development in the central and western regions is lagging behind and insufficient. Through the strategic adjustment of the “Belt and Road”, the Midwest will be a New developments, such as capacity cooperation, cotton textile industry and industrial textiles.

"Especially in Xinjiang, it is the core area of ??the 'Belt and Road' for our country, and it is also a middle ground of the Eurasian continent. Moreover, the State Council has specially issued a document to vigorously develop the textile industry in Xinjiang for the social stability and long-term stability of Xinjiang. Promote employment, but also gave a lot of policy support, I think these policies are conducive to Xinjiang's development of the textile industry, especially the clothing industry." Sun Huaibin said.

In terms of overseas investment, with the rising cost of domestic labor, environmental protection, land, etc., the current overseas investment in the industry has spread from clothing to the upstream yarn, dyeing and finishing of the industrial chain, and has also grown from small enterprises to large scales. Enterprises have also begun to deploy overseas and transfer production bases abroad.

Internet + change industry form

The Internet's adoption of e-commerce has long changed the traditional textile industry, but it was only in the sales segment. Cao Xuejun, director of the Textiles Division of the Consumer Products Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Internet has brought significant opportunities to the textile industry and vigorously promoted the integration and development of the textile industry and Internet technology. This is an important task for the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry in the future. "From the current situation of the integration of manufacturing and informatization development, compared with the German Industry 4.0 system, China's textile industry is in the stage of catching up with 3.0 and pilot 4.0."

The future direction is to promote the integration of the Internet, information technology and textile industry in the textile industry, enhance the level of collaborative innovation, precision manufacturing and fine management in the industry, optimize the supply chain, and promote the textile industry to high-end, intelligent and green. Service transformation.

At the same time, the Internet will promote the extension of textile manufacturing to service. In the process of promoting the application of the Internet by textile enterprises, suppliers who have derived information systems and systematic solutions have formed new growth points for enterprises and provided better services for enterprises to expand their core businesses.