2016 China Textile Innovation Conference explores the roads to a textile power

By+Zhao+Zihan

2016 China Textile Innovation Conference， as an annual summit of industry innovation， was held in Beijing on December 12th， 2016. The conference， themed on “New Opportunity， New Advantages， New Vitality” – Stepping Towards A Textile Power， comprehensively summarized the industry innovation achievements and explored the new advantages in development in order to grasp the strategic opportunity of the new round of industrial changes.

Sun Ruizhe， President of China National Textile and Apparel Council（CNTAC）， made a keynote speech themed on “To construct a new future for Chinas textile and apparel industry”， pointing out that currently， the global economic development is suffering increasingly uncontrollable and unknown factors， while the “Black Swan Event” occurs frequently in various fields. In face of such a challenging environment， China is still the most important growth engine for the world development. In spite of the flat growth rate and various challenges， Chinas textile industry still maintains a stable position in national economy， and enjoys growing shares in global textile and garment trade. The industry new economy has presented great vitality.

During the 13th Five-Year Program period， based on the new position of the industry， Chinas textile industry is transferring from traditional industry to scientific & technological industry， green industry， and fashion industry. Meanwhile， the framework of the new three industrial sectors in terms of fashion， science & technology， and manufacturing is increasingly clear.

Sun Ruizhe proposed that in the new historical period， under the magnificent goal of building a textile power， we need to achieve innovative develop- ment based on technological innovation， refined development with the direction of intelligent manufacturing， inclusive development with social responsibility as the focus， fashion development with cultural self-confidence as the goal， integrated development with industry and financial integration as the starting point， and linkage development with system construction as the core， so as to build a new future for the industry.

Development trend and orientation of Chinas textile industry during the 13th Five-Year Program period

According to Chen Dapeng， Vice President of CNTAC & Executive Vice President of China National Garment Association， the 13th FiveYear Program has opened a new development for Chinas garment industry. “This is a golden period of Chinas garment industry， when the background， characteristics， and development concept are completely different from the past， but the industry will be fully re-oriented to the advantages of restructuring and upgrading accompanied with increasingly enhanced technological creativity， cultural creativity， and service creativity. In addition， the brand building， cultural construction and fashion right to speak will also see an overall increase， promoting the whole industry towards a medium- to high-end development.”

Li Lingshen， Vice President of CNTAC & President of China Nonwovens& Industrial Textiles Association， gave a detailed introduction to the breakthroughs and outstanding contributions that Chinas technical textiles industry had made in the development of new products during the 12th Five-Year Program period， and conducted an elaboration on innovation-driven development of the industry in such fields as the strategic new materials， environmental protection， health， emergency and public safety， infrastructure construction and military-civilian integration.

Yang Zhaohua， Vice President of CNTAC & Executive Vice President of China Home Textile Association， made a speech focusing on the transformed new home textiles in the 13th Five-Year Program period， which should be centered on consumers and enhance the supply-front structural reform for an all-rounded promotion of brand strategy. “Over the past two years， Chinas home textile industry maintained a continuously stable growth. Looking forward to the coming 2017， the industry is required to focus on the development program for the industry during the 13th Five-Year Program period in order to promote home textile industry to achieve new transformation， new development and new results.”

Award ceremony

One important section of the conference is the award ceremony to the enterprises， including 2016 China National Textile and Apparel Council Sustainable Textile Product Development - Excellent Efficiency Award， 2016 China National Textile and Apparel Council Product Development Contribution Award / Product Development Promotion Award， and China National Textile and Apparel Council Product Development Outstanding Contribution Award during the 12th Five-Year Program period.

Another highlight of the conference is two innovation forums， respectively focusing on “product competitiveness and sustainable innovation” and“scientific and technological progress and fashion economy”.