Sidelights Of Zhangjiagang High End Textile Industry High Quality Development Promotion Conference

"We should use the 'shuttle' of innovation to penetrate the industrial boundary, use the 'thread' of quality to suture the market demand, and use the 'needle' of struggle to weave the competitive advantage, so as to help Zhangjiagang speed up the urban transformation and strive to create a strong growth pole of high-quality development!" On March 31, with the theme of "focusing on a hundred billion blueprint, weaving high-end dreams", Zhangjiagang High end Textile Industry High quality Development Promotion Conference was held, and strong development confidence was transferred from here.

At the conference, a three-year action plan of Zhangjiagang City to build a 100 billion high-end textile industry (2025-2027) was inspiring, which proposed nine major tasks and defined the development goals - by 2027, the city's textile industry output value scale should reach 100 billion yuan, and build wool, cotton core spun yarn, cotton textile printed cloth, chemical fiber Six ten billion yuan sub industrial clusters of special yarn and knitted clothing.

How can "one silk" weave a "hundred billion level" industrial chain? In the long history of Zhangjiagang's industrial development, "one silk" plays an important role. Since the early days of reform and opening up, Zhangjiagang has been deeply engaged in the textile industry. So far, it has gathered more than 3100 textile enterprises and more than 380 enterprises above designated size, forming a high-end textile industry cluster integrating wool, cotton, knitting, chemical fiber, clothing, printing and dyeing. The annual revenue of wool textile industry exceeds one sixth of that of the country, and the annual turnover of wool accounts for more than 60% of that of the country, showing a strong industrial agglomeration effect and market influence.

Outside the venue, the featured products of Zhangjiagang textile enterprises are eye-catching. Among them, there are not only cord fabric that won the national single champion in manufacturing industry, but also high-performance honeycomb paper for large aircraft and high-speed railway manufacturing... Each piece of product with excellent technical content makes people intuitively feel that the seemingly traditional textile industry is breaking new ground.

The textile industry is not only Zhangjiagang's traditional competitive industry, but also an important part of Zhangjiagang's promotion of new industrialization. Transformation and upgrading are imperative. Looking forward to the future, Zhangjiagang's regional advantages as a "Suxitong geometric center" and a "node type transportation hub city" are continuously expanding, and it is time to build a "100 billion level" high-end textile industry cluster.

"There are only sunset enterprises, not sunset industries. The textile industry is not only a livelihood project, fashion industry, but also a high-tech industry. In recent years, we have been able to maintain double-digit growth every year. In the first quarter of this year, our sales and warehousing tax doubled." Xu Weimin, chairman of Jiangsu Dongdu Textile Group Co., Ltd. firmly said, "As always, give play to the spirit of Zhangjiagang, focus on innovation and transformation, and the 'three-year action plan' will be realized ahead of schedule!"

This confidence and determination resonate among many textile enterprises in Zhangjiagang. At the conference, the surging momentum of industrial development has been surging - 20 high-end textile projects with a total investment of 7.1 billion yuan were successfully started and put into production. In the name of almost every project, "high-end" and "smart" are mentioned. These new projects not only project the new momentum of the development of our city's high-end textile industry, but also show the spirit of enterprises to actively invest and dare to do.

In Jiangsu Shayin Group, a high-end fiber intelligent manufacturing project with a total investment of 1 billion yuan has been officially started, which will further extend the industrial chain, achieve unified quality, control costs, improve efficiency, and build momentum for market development with the improvement of core competitiveness.

Aiming at "intelligent upgrading and digital empowerment", Cathay Pacific Group has planned a new Cathay Pacific intelligent manufacturing project to comprehensively build a spinning unit, logistics automation, data connectivity, quality traceable intelligent production system and intelligent chemical plant, and take the road of high-quality sustainable development.

In addition, Lugang Technology is actively embracing AI technology, exploring new directions such as "culture+" and "technology+", and leading the textile market; Jinling Textile focuses on process innovation, develops more than 3500 new products every year, and keeps the Leigou cloth, which has been inherited for more than 500 years, fresh; The textile enterprises in Deji Street will "go upstairs" together to reconstruct the industrial ecology. It is estimated that the annual spinning capacity will increase by 1 million spindles within three years

Focusing on "smart transformation and digital transformation", cluster development, industrial upgrading, etc., the textile enterprises in the city have taken active actions and played their own roles. In a vivid and perceptible picture of striving forward, the "100 billion level" industrial cluster woven by "one silk" is sure to be just around the corner.

(Source: Zhangjiagang Daily)