As an important part of my country’s traditional advantageous industries and textile industry, the cotton textile industry has a good foundation and strong industrial competitiveness. It plays an important role in prospering the market, expanding exports, absorbing employment, and promoting regional economic development. Dong Kuiyong, president of the China Cotton Textile Industry Association, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Textile News that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to “accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and strive to promote high-quality development” and “build a modern industrial system and strive to improve the overall quality”. Important discussions such as “factor productivity, focusing on improving the resilience and safety level of the industrial chain and supply chain”, “accelerating the green transformation of development methods” and “strengthening talent support for modernization construction” have a leading role in achieving high-quality development in the cotton textile industry.
Aiming at high quality
Reporter: The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out , implement industrial base reengineering projects and major technical equipment research projects, support the development of specialized and new enterprises, and promote the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing industry. For the cotton textile industry, where do you think we have gone on this road and what aspects do we need to work harder on?
Dong Kuiyong: The scale of the cotton textile industry has achieved long-term rapid growth after undergoing reform and opening up, especially after joining the WTO. At this stage, the factor conditions, combination methods, and allocation efficiency faced by the development of my country’s cotton textile industry have changed, and the hard constraints it faces have increased significantly. It is urgent to move from mainly solving scale problems to solving quality problems through high-quality development.
The high-end and intelligent manufacturing industry can be reflected in two aspects. One is the high-end and intelligent manufacturing process, and the other is the high-end product. , intelligent. As far as the cotton textile industry is concerned, we must gradually realize the high-end and intelligent manufacturing process. At the same time, we must also promote the high-end of products and help make the final product intelligent.
In terms of high-end and intelligent manufacturing processes, promoting the digital transformation of the industry is the key. At present, informatization, networking, digitalization, and intelligence are intertwined and evolving, and big data, artificial intelligence, and the real economy are deeply integrated to promote enterprise quality, efficiency, and power changes. Driven by technological innovation, a manufacturing system of “high efficiency, high quality, high responsibility and low cost” in the cotton textile industry is taking shape.
Since the first full-process intelligent production line was put into operation in 2015, the cotton textile industry has officially taken the step of exploring intelligent manufacturing. As of the end of 2020, the number of intelligent production lines in the industry has reached 3 million spindles. At the same time, the digital and intelligent transformation of the original production lines is also rapidly advancing. The full-process intelligent production line realizes real-time supervision of the entire production system. The number of workers per 10,000 spindles can be reduced to less than 20 people. The spinning workshop can realize a night shift “unmanned factory” and realize intelligent process management, intelligent quality management, intelligent order management, and intelligent transportation. management, intelligent packaging management, etc. In the future, industry enterprises need to make in-depth progress in improving production management systems, optimizing and improving the whole process process, and deeply integrating intelligent production with comprehensive enterprise management, establishing an intelligent manufacturing standard system for the cotton textile industry, and gradually realizing high-end and intelligent production.
In terms of high-end products, innovation, quality improvement, and green sustainability are the keys. The fusion application of non-cotton fiber and cotton fiber not only alleviates the supply and demand gap of cotton raw materials, but also greatly improves the functionality and differentiation of products. During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, new products in the industry continued to emerge, the proportion of new yarn production based on new materials and new processes gradually increased, and product quality levels also gradually improved. In the future, the industry needs to be guided by consumption upgrading, continuously improve product quality, provide stable and effective supply of variety and quality to downstream industries, and ensure the safety of the supply chain industry chain. At the same time, in conjunction with consumer trends and new needs of industrial development, we continue to develop new products and provide new functions. For example, in terms of increasing varieties, we need to vigorously promote the integration of green product design and manufacturing, empower green production with digital means, improve green product standards and certification systems, accelerate the supply of green products, and improve green products such as regeneration and recycling. The proportion of environmentally friendly products.
When enterprises face the requirements of high-end and intelligent development, they must first fully understand their importance, which is the key and inevitable direction of industry development; secondly, We must have a clear and accurate self-positioning, be realistic and pragmatic in carrying out digital transformation and product transformation; thirdly, we must deeply integrate into the industrial chain and value chain, find our own positioning, and strive to build our own brand.
In the new era, the green and low-carbon development of the industry has become unstoppable, and accelerating the green transformation of the development model is necessary to achieve high-quality development. The cotton textile industry must accelerate the realization of a green transformation characterized by greenness and low-carbonization, and form a high-quality development pattern that is resource-efficient, green, low-carbon, and ecologically safe through technological advancement and efficiency improvement. In the context of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, which has become a global consensus and national strategy, the cotton textile industry must realize the green transformation of the entire product life cycle from material design, production and processing to recycling, focus on green production, and accelerate the construction of the industry Green development system, build green factories, green parks, and implement green supply chain management. Provide more green, low-carbon, environmentally friendly yarn and cloth products for downstream industries and guide green consumption. </pDevelopment guidance, implement six key tasks in terms of industrial structure, industrial safety, technological innovation, product competitiveness, green development and professional talent system construction, implement a series of key projects, promote a number of key technologies, and promote high-quality development of the industry .
In terms of improving the coordination of industrial development, optimize the spatial layout of productivity, promote coordinated regional development, expand new development space, and improve the coordination and accuracy of the industrial structure. . According to the development level of the industrial chain, position the main regional functions; give full play to the scale advantages and supporting advantages of the agglomeration area to enhance the division of labor positioning in the global value chain; use the advantages of leading enterprises to highlight the industrial brand label; increase the encouragement of the special advantages of enterprises to drive the industry Overall coordinated development.
In terms of building an industrial security development system, strengthen industry security early warning work to prevent risks such as abnormal capital flows, data network security, geopolitics, and international trade frictions. Further promote the reform of the cotton management system, continue to promote the combination of macro-control and market regulation, and promote the implementation of multiple policies such as target prices for high-quality cotton, regular rotation of cotton reserves, management of imported cotton quotas, and reasonable optimization of cotton planting areas. Linkage will play a role in stabilizing the market and ensuring cotton demand and industrial security. Promote the widespread application of non-cotton fibers in the cotton textile industry, increase the added value of products, and form a long-term and safe raw material guarantee mechanism.
In terms of improving scientific and technological innovation capabilities, we will create a technology source for the cotton textile industry. Through technological innovation, we will continue to consolidate the industrial technology foundation of the entire industry. Improve the overall level and proportion of intelligent manufacturing in the industry, formulate technical standards and application specifications for intelligent manufacturing, and break through some of the blocking problems in intelligent manufacturing throughout the entire process. Continue to improve the technical level of multi-fiber mixing, new yarn structure research and development and processing, new fabric design and processing, increase product types through process innovation, improve production efficiency and product quality, and reduce production costs. Conduct in-depth research on basic technologies such as fiber carding technology, drafting technology, leveling technology, yarn twisting technology, winding technology, environmentally friendly sizing technology, and high-speed weaving technology. Continue to optimize the construction of supporting systems and innovation platforms such as industry standardization systems and collaborative innovation systems. It also carries out key research and technology promotion in 15 fields including new gauze production and processing, color matching and dyeing, environmentally friendly sizing, and regional industrial big data.
In terms of improving the core competitiveness of products, it helps cotton textile companies improve product competitiveness through various channels; reduce product production costs through intelligent manufacturing and lean management; Expand application fields through structural optimization and functional endowment; apply green raw materials and energy-saving processes to produce green products; build industry-wide yarn and cloth product brands to comprehensively improve product profitability.
In terms of promoting green and sustainable development, we will continue to adhere to the sustainable development strategy, guide enterprises to actively fulfill their social responsibilities, focus on green production, and accelerate the construction of a green industry development system. Actively and steadily promote the industry’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality, implement the carbon peak action in a planned and step-by-step manner, and actively participate in climate change governance.
In terms of strengthening the construction of professional talent system, guide enterprises to fully understand the importance and urgency of strengthening the construction of professional talent team, and use the construction of professional talent team as a support for development. The first resource, promote the spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation, model workers, and craftsmanship, strengthen the construction of various talent teams and the utilization of talent resources such as innovation, management, technology, and skills, and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of enterprises. </p
