Right now, China’s largest cotton-producing area—Xinjiang The vast “cotton sea” in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains has entered the harvest season. In Korla City, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, high-standard cotton fields are lined up in rows. After drones sprayed defoliants, blossoming white cotton stands on the branches, waiting for large cotton pickers to pick them and return them to the warehouse. .
On the 8th, hosted by China Cotton Association The second phase of the “China Cotton” Sustainable Development Project (CCSD) on-site exchange meeting was held in Korla City. Nearly 200 people, including officials from Xinjiang government departments and heads of cotton spinning industry chain enterprises, attended the meeting and visited the Bajia Village in Halayugong Township. The CCSD demonstration farm in Gejidai Village – Guoxin Demonstration Park.
The reporter learned at the meeting that This year, 1.2 million acres of Xinjiang cotton fields participated in the CCSD project, and were planted and managed in accordance with the group standard “China Cotton” Sustainable Production issued by the China Cotton Association. During the production management process, these cotton fields pay attention to the management and use of agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, fertilizers, and mulch films; they also pay attention to water and soil health, biodiversity protection and greenhouse gas emission reduction; they pay attention to cotton quality and traceability; they also pay attention to the occupational health and safety of cotton farmers. Safety, welfare and social responsibility. The CCSD project launched in 2021 has produced a total of 260,000 tons of sustainable cotton in the past two years and is expected to produce 170,000 tons this year. All cotton is produced in Xinjiang. In the future, these cottons will be audited or certified for their sustainable production methods through third-party certification companies.
At this on-site exchange meeting Wang Jianhong, deputy director of the Agricultural Materials and Cotton and Linen Bureau of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Cotton Association, said that the drafting of a series of domestically pioneered sustainable standards such as the CCSD Sustainable Cotton Production and Supply Chain Management Standards and release, which brings together the joint efforts of all sectors of the domestic cotton and textile industry chain. It can be said that it is not only suitable for my country’s national conditions, but also benchmarked and aligned with relevant international standards.
The reporter learned that CCSD was developed by China The Cotton Association was jointly launched in 2021 by four textile industry associations including China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, China Cotton Textile Industry Association, China Home Textiles Industry Association, and China Garment Association, with the theme of “environmentally friendly, high quality, respect for labor, and full traceability” “As the concept, we strive to explore an effective path for China’s sustainable cotton development that is suitable for China’s national conditions and covers the entire industry chain, taking into account the balance of economy, ecology, and society, and leading the direction for the future development of China’s cotton and textile industry.
CCSD has established strict production The management system uses the first sustainable cotton production standard in China as the criterion, carries out 100% audit + certification, and conducts traceable management of the entire industrial chain process. Currently, 30 companies from the entire industry chain have joined the CCSD project.
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