Shanxi: Cotton Textile Industry Seeks A Brand New Rise

cotton Spin Industry, the industry that Shanxi people used to be good at, the industry that had been "occupied" by the southern people for a long time, and the "Red Sea" which was almost ruthless in competition. Now, Shanxi's cotton spinning and weaving industry will reunite and seize the opportune time of the comprehensive reform pilot area in our province to fight for the Red Sea. In July 23rd, the Shanxi Cotton Textile Industry Association came to the news that by 2020, the cotton textile industry in the province will achieve a sales income of 4 billion yuan, with a focus on supporting 5-10 textile enterprises with 10-20 million spindles. The technology level of enterprises, the automation level of mainstream technology and production process of technical equipment reach the advanced level of the same industry in China.

Cotton textile industry is a traditional economic industry in China. It played a decisive role in the early stage of reform and opening up. It also contributed greatly to the economic prosperity of Shanxi. Who would have thought that before the 80s of last century, our province had always been a textile export province. Shanxi's light industry was once brilliant in the 80s of last century, and began to decline after 2000. Now, Shanxi's transformation and leaping eyes are gathered in this once brilliant industry. In 1980, the Shanxi textile printing and dyeing mill had a net profit of 13 million yuan a year. With the increasing importance of heavy industry such as coal, steel and machinery manufacturing in the province's economy, the cotton textile industry occupies only 1% of Shanxi's economy.

It is understood that in recent years, by promoting technological transformation of enterprises, eliminating backward production capacity, actively expanding production scale, and continuously developing two domestic and international markets, our cotton textile industry has achieved steady growth in total economic output, and private capital from the coal sector has begun to invest in the textile industry, and there are strong leading enterprises such as Hua Xiong textile, oasis textile and so on, which has added new vitality to the revitalization of our textile industry.

Provincial Cotton Textile Industry Association said that the province has rich cotton Wool, silk, hemp and other natural resources to develop textile. clothing Favorable conditions and abundant labor resources are also important advantages for the development of the textile and garment industry in the Midwest. The approval of the comprehensive reform pilot area in our province is an opportunity for the development of the cotton textile industry.

While there are opportunities, Shanxi's cotton textile industry is also facing fierce market competition. "Cotton spinning industry is a small profit industry, but it is a labor-intensive industry. It has an irreplaceable role in solving the problem of labor employment and easing social contradictions, but it has not received enough attention from the government, which has made the development enthusiasm of cotton textile industry in our province affected. A textile enterprise official admits that lack of policy support, lack of scale effect and lack of brand effect make it difficult for Shanxi's cotton textile industry to compete with similar enterprises in the south.

At present, the light industry in our province is not a key industry, and the ranking in the whole country has also fallen behind. From the vertical and horizontal perspective, our province's light industry must accelerate development and catch up with it. The Provincial Bureau of industry policy department staff said that the next step will be to accelerate industrial agglomeration and improve the industrial chain, focusing on textile leading enterprises, speeding up the construction of specialized textile industrial parks in Yuncheng garment industrial park, and extending the industrial chain as the main line, and gradually forming an integrated production pattern driven by leading enterprises and supporting development of small and medium-sized enterprises.