There is great hope for revitalizing the textile industry in Anhui – Interview with Ye Liang, Executive Chairman and Secretary-General of the Anhui Textile Industry Association
“Anhui’s image, industry Image; business environment, government action.” This is what Ye Liang, executive chairman and secretary-general of the Anhui Textile Industry Association, wrote in his notebook on the seventh day of the first lunar month when he participated in the province’s conference on improving work style, doing practical things for the people, and optimizing the environment for enterprises. A few keywords. “Very exciting and inspiring.” Ye Liang said that as an Anhui textile and garment person, he has stronger confidence and more expectations for the future development of Anhui’s textile industry.
“New Anhui people” have experienced the great industrial development
“I am from Zhejiang “New Anhui people.”” Ye Liang said that Anhui is his second hometown, and he has personally experienced and witnessed the great construction and development of Anhui after the reform and opening up, especially the development of the textile and clothing industry.
“In the early days of reform and opening up, Zhejiang was an example for Anhui to learn from. Businessmen from Wenzhou and Zhejiang invested and started business in Anhui, which was a trend.” Ye Liang said , Now Anhui’s GDP has exceeded 4 trillion, and Hefei has exceeded 1 trillion, surpassing Wenzhou. However, the economic, social and cultural integration between Zhejiang businessmen and Huizhou businessmen, Anhui and Zhejiang has also become closer.
Ye Liang told reporters from Anhui Business News that he had served as the vice president of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Hefei City since 2002, and later initiated and prepared the establishment of the Anhui Provincial Garment Chamber of Commerce, serving as the executive vice president and secretary-general, created the Anhui garment industry development model of “promoting industrial development through market construction, cultivating local brands through industrial development, and building apparel culture through brand cultivation”, which also laid the foundation for Anhui’s garment industry. The influence and status of the clothing industry in the country.
“Everyone knows that the Zhanqian Road business district of Hefei Railway Station is home to textile and clothing markets. In fact, as early as 2006, the then Hefei New Railway Station The pilot zone has already won the China Federation of Commerce to officially name Zhanqian Road ‘Anhui Clothing Street’, and Anhui’s first garment industry cluster was born.” Ye Liang said that at that time, the Xinzhan Pilot Zone set up a special “Anhui Clothing Street” Working Committee, in addition to the heads of relevant government functional departments, as the person in charge of social organizations, he is also one of the main leaders of the working committee.
After zoning adjustment and more than ten years of development, “Anhui Clothing Street” has now become a key commercial development in Yaohai District and even Hefei City. Circle and upgraded to “Anhui Fashion District”.
The busier you are, the more hopeful you are to revitalize the textile industry
However, for the industry Despite the heat of development, Ye Liang has always remained professional and calm. “Last year, the output value of Zhejiang’s textile industry exceeded one trillion yuan, and looking at Anhui as a whole, the data we got was 140 billion yuan. This gap is still huge.” Ye Liang said.
From 2011 to 2020, Ye Liang went north to Beijing to work at the China National Textile and Apparel Federation. “For nearly 10 years, I have actually been traveling around the country and the world, but my heart has always been in Anhui.” Ye Liang said that in 2021, he will return the focus of his work to Hefei and participate in the establishment of the Anhui Textile Industry Association. And serves as executive president and secretary-general.
“Anhui vigorously undertakes industrial transfer, but the industrial transfer of the Yangtze River Delta textile industry in the past few years has not focused on Anhui, but on surrounding provinces. “Ye Liang said frankly that the development potential of Anhui’s textile industry has not been fully explored.
Now that the focus of work has returned to Anhui, Ye Liang said that he and the Anhui Textile Industry Association should work hard to contribute to the development of the textile industry in Anhui Province. A little effort.
“There is Dingji Town in Lu’an. The wedding dress industry is quite prosperous and serves Suzhou, the leader of the national wedding dress industry. Shenzhou Knitting in Wangjiang County has solved the problem Tens of thousands of people were employed, and an output value of nearly 10 billion yuan was achieved last year.” Ye Liang said that Wuhe County in Bengbu City and Changxing, Zhejiang Province have also formed close and good interactions and integration in the development of the textile and clothing industry in recent years, and have set their goals. The local textile and clothing industry has an industrial output value exceeding 10 billion.
“As far as my personal feeling is concerned, Anhui’s development in recent years can be said to be a ‘fission-type’ rapid development. Anhui’s image has also been greatly improved. Speaking of Anhui, people’s impression is no longer one of backwardness, but replaced by hot words such as innovation and technology,” Ye Liang said.
After the Spring Festival, Ye Liang was very busy. On the afternoon of February 9th, he will attend a meeting on learning and implementing the spirit of the province’s improvement of work style, doing practical things for the people, and optimizing the environment for enterprises, and will give a speech to talk about his experience; on February 10th, he will go on a business trip to Anqing with a group of industry elites. Plan and negotiate key industry development projects.
“Anqing City has established a municipal-level special class to promote the development of the textile and clothing industry, and wants to build the largest city in Anhui’s textile and clothing industry.” Ye Liang said , he and the association are reporting and docking with relevant provincial departments and bureaus to plan the development layout of the province’s textile industry and revive the glory of Anhui’s textile industry. “As the provincial capital, Hefei should be the center of originality, fashion, technology, and brands. We also plan to build a textile industry Internet center. Wuhu, Anqing and other places have proposed to build textile industry industrial belts along the river. Fuyang and other places in northern Anhui have rich human resources, and they are also The advantages of the development of the textile industry.”
In 2022, Anhui Province Textile IndustryAmong the “Ten Major Work Plans” of the Industry Association, we assist local governments in industry planning, assist the government in the construction of industrial clusters (bases), and hold activities such as the Anhui Textile and Garment Industry Development Conference and the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Industry Cooperation and Development Summit. , promoting the construction of Hefei’s fashion industry system, and promoting the integrated development of industry, academia, and research, etc., have all been clearly written into the work plan.
“The busier you are, the more motivated you are, and the more hopeful you are!” Ye Liang said excitedly.
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