High-cost era: textile service passive response, or positive change?

Recently, rumors of the “collapse of large numbers of small and medium-sized enterprises in Wenzhou” have spread in the industry. News of the collapse of some well-known enterprises in Wenzhou has also been heard. According to the survey, although there has not yet been a large-scale collapse of enterprises in Wenzhou, the majority of textile companies have fallen into the lowest valley in years. The high cost has forced some entrepreneurs to stop the work to stop the bleeding.

“Now the difficulties of enterprises are far greater than when the financial crisis broke out in 2008. In 2008, there were no orders and no one could still look for them. Now there are orders that are not dared to answer. The more big orders are, the more they are afraid to pick up, the more they lose. More,” said one entrepreneur.

“Exchange rates, electricity restrictions, employment, wages, raw material prices, and meeting with various cost factors are pushing Zhejiang’s economy into a challenge. Nowadays, corporate days are even more difficult than in 2008.” The relevant leader of Zhejiang's financial sector said.

All the symptoms indicate that the textile and clothing industry, which is dominated by small and medium-sized private enterprises, is not ready for the arrival of the high-cost era.

Faced with industry difficulties, the 2011 China Textile Academic Annual Conference (CTAC 2011) is in full swing.

“In the next 40 years, there will be an unprecedented shortage of textile raw materials, and the development of alternative resources and new materials will become a strategic task for the textile industry. Therefore, experts, scholars, and practitioners in the textile industry are shouldering heavy responsibilities in carrying out industry research and development. Cooperation and wider and more effective exchange activities are imperative," said Sun Ruizhe, CTAC 2011 Organizing and Steering Committee**, Vice President of China Textile Industry Association and Chairman of China Textile Engineering Society.

Under the guidance of the China Association for Science and Technology and the China Textile Industry Association, the 2011 China Textile Academic Annual Conference organized by the China Textile Engineering Society will be held in Shanghai from October 21 to 22 this year. The theme of this year's conference is "Materials Science and Modern Textiles", combining new materials technology, electronic information technology, life sciences and technology, energy saving and environmental protection technologies with modern textile production to build cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary academic exchanges. Scientific research achievement transformation platform.

The annual meeting is based on the principle of “gathering academic wisdom and promoting textile innovation” and aims to “instruct theory and experience in practice”. It will launch a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary academic exchange platform to promote outstanding scientific research results and promote outstanding industry experts and scholars. Promote the transformation of textile research results.

In view of the causes of the textile industry entering a high-cost era, CTAC Academic Committee**, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Yao Mu, analyzed: “In addition to the global economic crisis and inflation, the worldwide shortage of textile resources is a key factor. The United Nations 2000 The forecast released this year shows that the global population will reach 7.6 billion by 2050, and this figure will be 9.2 billion in the forecast released in January 2009. The global population explosion and food supply will directly affect the production of traditional natural fibers. Supply, relying on cotton linters, wood pulp, and other renewable chemical fibers also tend to limit, fast-growing wood supply can not grow.On November 8, 2010, the United States California State University Davis economist published a research paper, said 2050 As global oil and gas resources are exhausted and synthetic fibres relying on petrochemical raw materials will gradually become exhausted, the cultivation and development of strategic emerging industries is the key to maintaining the sustainable development of China's textile industry."

"Passive response, or positive change? Faced with the arrival of high-cost era, China's textile industry will rely on scientific and technological innovation to find a way out for themselves." A senior industry expert told reporters, "With the rapid progress of science and technology, modern textile technology It has broken through more than 300 years of traditional modes and techniques, and has been continuously innovating, especially since the beginning of the 21st century, the intersection and fusion of various disciplines have led to many new textile research directions and textile industry growth points, especially in recent years, modern textile science and technology Shows a multi-dimensional development structure, that is, cross-convergence with modern materials science and technology, information science and technology, and life sciences and technology to form a multi-dimensional development space."

Focusing on the theme, this conference will focus on topics such as basic research in materials science, technical textiles, research on alternative/recyclable materials, high-performance and functional materials, and academic exchanges, academic awards ceremony, and academic results incubation and high-tech Business incubation forums and other activities provide an interactive space for domestic and foreign high-level textile theory researchers, textile technology workers, textile production managers, and textile technology industrialization implementers.

The industry clearly expects this technology event. "I must attend to listen to the opinions of Chinese and foreign textile experts." The owner of a Jiangsu textile company who negotiated with the investor in Beijing told reporters: "Perhaps it is impossible to hydrolyze near thirst, but water is always stronger than no water. Owners who are struggling with immediate difficulties should really calm down and consider the general trend of the industry. Otherwise, after passing the front, we still don't know how many front gates are waiting for us.” The boss’s words Reflecting the strong demand for new technologies from SMEs, SMEs are eager to achieve high returns and high returns through scientific and technological advancement and win greater space for survival in the face of deteriorating business environment, increasing costs and increasing environmental pressures. .

The year 2011 China Textile Academic Annual Meeting “Converging Academic Wisdom, Promoting Textile Innovation” and the vision of “World Textile Development ***” can be successfully implemented. We are full of expectations.