Jiangsu has a long coastline, going west along the Longhai Line, and can reach Central Asia and Europe directly; along the “Maritime Silk Road” to the east, it can penetrate East Asia, Southeast Asia and the African continent. Therefore, it has become an important meeting point for the “Belt and Road” strategy. . With the advantage of location, various industries in Jiangsu have used the existing resources to “go out” to achieve industrial transformation. As a traditional pillar industry of Jiangsu's national economy and an important civilian production industry, how does the textile and garment industry rise rapidly in exploration and open up new development space in the international market with strength? In this regard, the reporter conducted an in-depth interview.

The reporter learned from the Provincial Textile Industry Association that Jiangsu is the largest province in China's textile industry. In 2016, the main business income of the whole industry was 1.5103 billion yuan, ranking first in the country. From January to May this year, Jiangsu textile and garment exports totaled 174.94. One hundred million U.S. dollars. On such a large scale, in order to achieve sustainable development of the industry, more companies must be driven overseas.

In the eyes of many people, it is not the case that enterprises go out to OEM and export products. When the reporter was interviewed in Wuxi, Shen Chunhong, an industry manager who has been in the textile and garment industry for nearly 30 years, sighed: "The OEM process is only the initial stage of going out. It is a 'toddler', to win your own. In the market, it is necessary to sail and sail!" Originally, with the expansion of the industrial scale and changes in market demand, the production costs of labor, land, energy and other products continued to rise. Orders for OEM processing, production companies earned less than 10% of profits, with price wars. The development model of winning by quantity is no longer suitable for the textile and garment industry in our province.

Xie Ming, president of the Provincial Textile Industry Association, told reporters that product output is only the first step in the province's garment industry. With the advancement of supply-side reform in our province, the traditional textile and garment industry must make strategic adjustments based on its own resources, and constantly inspect, explore, and meet the needs of consumers, and take the initiative to attack, reform and innovation according to market demand changes. Accelerate the integration of upstream and downstream resources in the industry and carry out in-depth layout at the industrial chain level. At present, many enterprises have changed from "big progress and big out" to "excellent and excellent".

Capital output welcomes big opportunities

In the context of the “Belt and Road”, the pace of textile enterprises in the province has gradually accelerated in recent years. It is understood. Through the way of capital export, Jiangsu Textile currently has 84 industrial projects overseas, involved in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and the United States, Europe and Australia; involving overseas cotton planting and processing to wool spinning, cotton spinning, printing and dyeing, weaving, design, and garment manufacturing. , sales, service, trade and other industrial chains. For these companies going global, some people will guess whether the industrial transfer due to the deterioration of domestic conditions? Will it increase the cost and risk of overseas operations because of the strength of the market? In this regard, Xie Ming explained: "Going out is a new stage of Jiangsu textile. They are not simply transferring production capacity. Whether it is equipment or technical market, they have more thoughts and will expand the international textile and garment industry. The market has opened up new development space.” The reporter understands that “the number, the scale and the influence” have become the “label” for Jiangsu textile enterprises to go out. Among these enterprises, the Sihanouk Special Economic Zone, which is led by the Hongdou Group, has achieved an output value of 554 million yuan, and is known as the iconic project on the “Belt and Road”. Sunshine Group also officially invested in the construction of a plant in Ethiopia, Africa, with an estimated total investment of 980 million US dollars. After the first phase of investment is completed, it can form a production capacity of 50,000 spindles, 10 million meters of worsted fabrics and 1 million sets of high-grade suits. Tianyuan Company invested in a small plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, and reached a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with the George University of Technology Textile Laboratory on the development of a fully intelligent unmanned production line. It is expected that the garment manufacturing will be unmanned within five years.

Brand output achieves the highest level

From the output of products to the output of capital, Jiangsu textile enterprises have achieved remarkable results, but many enterprises are not satisfied. They have begun to rely on the power of brands to make enterprises go further, and the overseas investment of Jiangsu textile enterprises has reached a higher international stage. In the past two years, many Chinese top brands have risen overseas and are highly sought after by overseas markets. However, among the “out-of-war” teams with strong overseas development momentum, there are very few clothing companies. However, this situation has changed in the near future. In July this year, the Haishu House, known as the men's national brand, opened a store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, opening a new journey of the textile brand output of our province. At present, many companies plan to catch up with the brand's output. The history of Jiangsu textile and garment enterprises has gone through three stages: from “toddler” to “nothing to stop” to “big stepping meteor”, and constantly promote brand promotion and globalization, and strive to create world influence. The independent brand of Chinese clothing. Xie Ming said that textile and clothing is also a carrier of culture, a way of life and life, which will change the concept of consumption and promote industrial development.

Editor in charge: Xu Yuehua