FIFA: Maintain Global Vision, Fulfill Its Responsibilities, And Do A Good Job In The Construction And Standardization Of Think Tanks

In his opening speech, sun Ruizhe said that 2022 is another year full of challenges for the world. The new epidemic situation has not been completely overcome, and Ukraine's crisis has come one after another. Although it is still too early to judge how the global economic situation will develop, if energy trade changes, supply chain restructuring, payment network fragmentation, and countries reconsider the allocation of reserve currency reserves, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may fundamentally change the global economic and geopolitical order.

Sun Ruizhe pointed out that the International Textile Federation should continue to maintain a global vision, perform its duties, pay more attention to the voice of industries and enterprises, and help it survive and develop in a changing and increasingly complex world. It also focused on the work of the think tank of the International Textile Federation

Sun Ruizhe first talked about think tanks active in the field of textile and clothing at the national, industrial, enterprise, University and research institutions, and even at the international level; The State Key Laboratory supported by the government, the National Engineering Technology Center and the scientific research and innovation platform established by leading enterprises themselves are mentioned; Some world-famous think tanks or funded projects related to textile and clothing, such as affoa and horizon Europe, are listed.

On the impact of IFLA think tanks on the future development of the industry, sun Ruizhe stressed that think tanks can carry out research in priority areas such as climate change, digitization, artificial intelligence, the future of textile manufacturing industry, and the future of the International Textile Federation itself, so as to plan a sustainable and prosperous road for the industry; Deliver speeches at frontier international forums and maintain high-level contacts with industry executives, academic thought leaders, start-ups and entrepreneurs to enhance the image, capability and influence of IFN at the national, regional and global levels.

Sun Ruizhe proposed that in a given key field, the International Textile Federation can establish its global R & D platform around the world through cooperation with universities, scientific institutions, research institutions or key industrial clusters, such as the international textile union global research and development center, the International Textile Federation global innovation center or the international textile Union global industry demonstration base, so as to realize the cutting-edge technology into advanced productivity, Carry out pilot projects to lead the development of the industry.