The garment industry is Hubei Province’s traditional advantageous industry and an important livelihood industry. It is also a leading industry that promotes cultural creativity, leads lifestyle fashion industry, foreign trade economic development, and business model innovation. As a new first-tier city, Wuhan is building a national trade and logistics center. Its fashion consumption capacity has skyrocketed, and the fashion industry has also ushered in massive opportunities and strong guarantees.
On October 25, the 2023 Wuhan (Hankou North) Commodity Fair (Hankou North), Global Digital Trade Conference, and China Clothing Conference opened in Hankou North International Trade City. Hubei’s textile and clothing industry became the focus of this Hankou Fair. At the opening ceremony, Huangpi District was awarded the title of “China’s Famous Garment Trading City” by the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation. Chen Dapeng, vice president of the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, presented the plaque to Zhang Jin, deputy secretary of the Huangpi District Party Committee, Party Secretary of the District People’s Government and District Mayor. In the next step, Huangpi District will accelerate its development into a major textile and clothing industry town in Hubei Province and a new consumption highland in Wuhan. It will introduce a number of policies in the fields of trade logistics, technological innovation, textile and clothing, and platform construction, strengthen planning and guidance, and help textile and clothing and trade logistics. Industrial transformation and upgrading.
At the meeting, the “Three-Year Action Plan for the High-Quality Development of the Textile and Garment Industry in Hubei Province (2023-2025)” was officially released, proposing that by 2025, the operating income of textile and garment enterprises above designated size in the province will reach 500 billion yuan, and efforts will be made to build It has become the main carrying area for the transfer of the national textile and apparel industry, the superior production capacity gathering area of the cotton textile industry, the research and development and manufacturing highland of industrial textiles, and the application demonstration area of new digital fashion industry formats. In addition, at the opening ceremony, Huafang Chain was awarded the National Alliance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Cross-border E-commerce Full Service by the Small and Medium Enterprises Cooperation and Development Promotion Center.
In recent years, through development and accumulation since the reform and opening up, Huangpi has developed into a large and powerful district with a scale of 100 billion and a population of one million. It has strong comprehensive strength, industrial foundation, basic supporting facilities, and business environment. competitiveness. Huangpi District takes advantage of its unique location advantage and is backed by Wuhan to enjoy the development dividends of the greater Wuhan metropolitan area. At the same time, Hankou North has inherited the commercial civilization of Hanzheng Street and formed a pattern of dozens of professional market clusters, becoming a larger business hub in central China. . By 2025, Huangpi District will focus on the goal of creating a “famous clothing trading city in China” and build “one hall, one R&D center, one quality inspection center, one industrial park, one large market and one large platform”. The industrial scale will continue to grow and innovation will Capabilities have been significantly improved, the trading market has become more active, and industry influence and market radiation have been significantly enhanced. The output value of the textile and clothing industry has reached 20 billion yuan, textile and clothing wholesale transactions have maintained an average annual growth rate of more than 10%, and 1-2 new clothing brands have won the title of “China’s Boutique”.
In accordance with the relevant regulations and application process requirements for the industrial cluster pilot application of the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, in early October, Xia Lingmin, Secretary-General of the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, led a delegation to inspect Huangpi to gain an in-depth understanding of the development status of the local textile and apparel industry. .
By 2022, Huangpi District has built 6 parks including Jiahai Garment Industrial Park, Shunchang Science and Technology Industrial Park, and Aidi Fashion Industrial Park, with 1,362 garment enterprises, an output value of 15.1 billion yuan, and a garment output of 188 million pieces. With a staff of 55,600, it has formed an industrial cluster effect of a certain scale. In terms of trade circulation, clothing markets are dotted in Hankou North, Qianchuan, Panlongcheng and 19 streets and villages in the region, which together form the Huangpi clothing wholesale and retail market. Hankou North Brand Clothing City has a total area of 650,000 square meters, nearly 7,000 shops in the market, annual sales of more than 6 billion yuan, and more than 20,000 employees; Bailian Outlet Plaza has a total area of 96,000 square meters and clothing shops. There are more than 300 companies with annual sales of more than 2 billion yuan and more than 2,000 employees; e-commerce has accelerated its development and the Hankou North Live Broadcasting Base has been built. There are 15 Zaoer e-commerce ecosystem trading platforms alone, with a transaction volume of nearly 200 billion yuan. .
It is worth mentioning that Huafang Chain Co., Ltd., located in the north of Hankou, is established with the participation of the provincial and municipal government’s first-level state-owned investment platform in accordance with the core guiding ideology of “government-led, market-operated” and has become the province’s first state-owned investment platform. The three supply chain platforms are also the first mixed-ownership supply chain platform in the province. Focusing on the characteristics of a high degree of marketization of textile and garment enterprises and a large base of small and medium-sized enterprises, a new production and operation model of cooperation between state-owned capital and private capital will stimulate the strength of state-owned enterprises and the vitality of private enterprises, and achieve two-way efforts between a promising government and an effective market.
At the symposium and exchange meeting, Shao Feng, deputy director of the People’s Government of Huangpi District, said that Huangpi District will follow the development direction of “innovation-driven technology industry, culture-led fashion industry, and responsibility-oriented green industry” with “six “One” project is the starting point to continue to deepen the structural adjustment, transformation and upgrading of the textile and apparel industry, accelerate the expansion of the textile and apparel wholesale trading market, continuously improve the upstream and downstream industrial chains, promote the industrial chain value chain to move towards the mid-to-high end, and build national-level advanced textile and apparel Industrial cluster and the largest textile and clothing wholesale trading market in the central region, it has been built into a well-known “Chinese Clothing Trading City”.
After in-depth exchanges and discussions with the local government and enterprises, the research team members also put forward their own views on the future industrial development of Huangpi District.
Xiao Danlai, secretary-general of the Hubei Textile Industry Association, said that the textile and garment industry in Huangpi District has experienced rapid growth over the years.��Continuous development, the scale of the industry is growing day by day. In 2023, the Hubei Provincial Department of Economics and Information Technology awarded Huangpi District the title of Garment Industry Cluster, and the industry prospects are immeasurable. In the future, the trade circulation in the zone must do a good job in data statistics and monitoring, actively implement the three-product strategy, use reform and innovation as the driving force, continuously replenish and strengthen the chain, accelerate the construction of a national pioneer zone for a new development pattern in Hubei Province, and realize the Hubei textile and garment industry. can play its due role in the goals of the three-year action plan.
Fu Guangwei, Chairman of the China Textile Engineering Society and Director of the China Textile Federation Testing Center, first affirmed the precise positioning of industrial development, complete supporting ten tasks, accurate development ideas, in line with the basic laws of modern industrial system construction, and drawing lessons from the eastern coastal areas The successful experience of the region drives industrial development through business and trade. He also pointed out that in the future, the construction of Huangpi Trade City must first reflect service quality, improve the business ecology and supporting facilities, and attract more buyers; secondly, it must be a hub, integrating with surrounding industries, integrating with the national business pattern, and creating new business formats. Drive new consumption; thirdly, science and technology. The investment in science and technology in the textile industry is too low. Huangpi should start from science and technology. Wuhan is a gathering place for colleges and universities, and there is a lot to be done in science and technology. Don’t just plant trees without watering, don’t start before the end.
Xu Jianhua, vice president of the China Textile Federation Circulation Branch and vice president of the China Textile Industry Enterprise Management Association, said that it is necessary and necessary for Huangpi District to build industrial trade circulation. Wuhan City, including Huangpi District, is a great opportunity for the central region to undertake industrial transfers. The traditional professional market, focusing on Hankou North, faces various challenges in upgrading, development, and innovation. The professional market needs iteration, fission, and upgrading. This is a big opportunity. He also emphasized that there is no trade without circulation. In the future, he hopes to take Hankou North Business District as the core, with brand enterprises as the guide, with various commercial complexes as the support, with various platforms as the empowerment, and with the government’s policy support and key formation. Guarantee and jointly build a famous commercial city.
Yin Qiang, deputy director of the Information Department of China Textile Federation, expressed his views on digital transformation. He suggested that Huangpi District establish a professional data agency, do a good job in top-level design, and actively promote the construction of industrial indexes, the implementation of public service platforms, and the implementation of industrialization and informatization. The implementation of the integrated work base and focusing on solving difficult problems for enterprises in the region.
Chen Xiaoqian, an economist at the China Institute of Textile Industry Economics, hopes that in the future Huangpi will pay attention to the expansion of its own influence and build a regional brand; at the same time, it will refine the highlights of culture and use culture to make the brand bigger.
Xie Qing, executive vice president of the China Textile Industry Enterprise Management Association and deputy director of the China Textile Industry Cluster Working Committee, made suggestions on how to help existing enterprises and markets develop better and faster. First, the government must Fully understand the current situation of local industries and communicate, exchange and learn more with coastal areas; secondly, make plans for current industrial resources, including the number of enterprises, industrial characteristics, product characteristics, output value and output requirements of several key parks. Do a good job of tracking; third, we must identify the leading industry department and truly implement the joint construction.
Zhang Haiyan, secretary-general of the China Textile Industry Cluster Working Committee and vice-president of the China Textile Industry Enterprise Management Association, also emphasized that through understanding the industry in Huangpi District, she first felt the attention and policy support from governments at all levels; at the same time, she had an industrial foundation , the degree of enterprise aggregation is relatively high; its status and role in national industrial circulation are obvious. How to extend and expand the market in the future is the key. The China National Textile and Apparel Industry Federation will also attach great importance to and fully support Huangpi District’s creation of a “famous garment trade city in China”, actively promote the city to become more solid and stronger, and contribute to the transformation and development of the local economy.
Xia Lingmin, secretary-general of the China Textile Federation, emphasized in his summary that in promoting cluster construction, he hopes that local governments can gather resources for industrial development. Huangpi District has a solid industrial foundation, especially in the field of commercial and trade circulation. A series of industries represented by Hankou North are relatively complete and have strong influence. Each enterprise is in good condition and has the conditions to develop a cluster. In the current economic environment, our competitiveness is still strong and we should have firm confidence in industrial development. Hubei Province strongly supports the development of the textile industry, which is an important opportunity for the development of business and trade in Huangpi District. The China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation will also provide strong support for this.
As for future development, he also pointed out that, first, the upgrading and development of the commercial and trade circulation field should be regarded as an important current task, and corresponding service departments should be clarified, and special classes should be organized to promote the industry to take the initiative in the application of science and technology; second, with Hankou Enterprises represented by Bei must strengthen their autonomy, learn from brands in Guangdong, Jiangsu and other places, fully integrate online and offline, and actively improve design, research and development, circulation and other links; third, clarify the current key tasks and strengthen their competitiveness in scientific and technological progress. , attaching importance to technological innovation and accelerating application capabilities, digitalization is the support for improving corporate capabilities, greening is the responsibility of corporates, and branding is the cornerstone of long-term development. In the future, I hope that the China Textile Federation can work with the government to create a good atmosphere for industrial development, and that brand companies and small and medium-sized enterprises will work together to promote Han style clothing. </p
