In 2024, the textile industry is writing a new chapter in the tide of The Times. From the far-reaching impact of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee to the accelerated formation of new quality productivity, the textile industry is moving toward modernization at an unprecedented speed. Scientific and technological innovation has mushroomed, and the acceleration of carbon neutrality plans has made Chinese textiles unique in global green development. From the bright thirty years of fabric and home textile exhibitions to the debut of the "stone version" national flag and lunar landing suit, the textile industry has not only been deeply cultivated in traditional fields, but also made frequent breakthroughs in emerging fields such as aerospace and cultural tourism.

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee opened a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization.

Textile new quality productivity is accelerating in practice

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held from July 15 to 18, 2024, opening a new journey to further comprehensively deepen reform in the new era. The textile industry adheres to the study, publicity and implementation of the spirit of the plenary session as the primary political task to actively promote the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the whole industry to participate in reform and development, and the formation of textile new quality productivity has accelerated in practice, which has played a constructive role in stabilizing the macro-economy.

"Between the warp and weft, the textile industry new green background" "Production efficiency increased by 32%, delivery cycle reduced by 30%! Digital transformation new textile industry" "Textile industry cluster accelerated" quality "to" new "" old" textile "new" power "... The deepening reform and new development of the textile industry have attracted the attention of CCTV, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and other national authoritative media and have been reported many times.

On December 5, the 2024 China Textile Conference was held in Shaoxing. The theme of the conference is "Taking the trend of reform to open a splendid new chapter", which will accurately take the pulse of the high-quality development of the industry and inject new quality kinetic energy. The meeting pointed out that marked by a substantial increase in total factor productivity, the new quality productivity promotes the textile industry to get rid of the traditional growth mode and value path, and forms a new feedback loop and factor structure. In the transmission of "technological innovation - factor allocation - industrial change", characterized by high technology, high efficiency and high quality, the new quality of the textile industry has accelerated its formation.

The industry is keeping up with the pace of The Times, promoting science and technology, fashion, green and healthy industrial practices, and building a modern textile industry system that is more compatible with new production relations and new quality productivity with the spirit of nails.

Scientific and technological innovation has entered a period of intensive activity,

Industry achievements continue to emerge

Scientific and technological innovation is the core factor of developing new quality productivity. Around the high-end upgrading of traditional industries and the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies, the scientific and technological attributes of each link of the textile industry value chain are increasingly strengthened.

On June 24, the 2023 National Science and Technology Award Conference was held in Beijing. Recommended by China Textile Industry Federation and jointly completed by Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin University of Technology and Tianjin Teda Clean Materials Co., LTD., the project "Green and Efficient Manufacturing Technology and application of Polymer melt nanofibers" won the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award in 2023. The technological invention has great potential for application and development in the fields of chemical fiber efficient green manufacturing and high-end textiles, and is a landmark achievement from made in China to created in China.

On September 8-10, at the 2024 International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Annual Meeting and the International Apparel Federation Fashion Conference (IAF), The project "PET Fiber Low-carbon Preparation Technology and Sustainable Innovation" declared by Jiangsu Guowang High-tech Fiber Co., LTD., Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Jiang Susirbang Petrochemical Co., LTD., Jiangsu New Vision Advanced Functional Fiber Innovation Center Co., LTD., Anta Sports Goods Co., Ltd. won the "2024 International Textile Federation Sustainability and Innovation Award". The project "Super thermal insulation topological soft gel Material" declared by Beijing Zhongke Haishi Technology Co., Ltd. won the "2024 International Textile Federation Start-up Award".

On October 23, at the 2024 National Conference on Transformation and Cooperation of Textile Science and Technology Achievements, the China Textile Engineering Society released the "Compilation of Textile Science and Technology Achievements 2024", which covered many fields such as new fiber materials, intelligent manufacturing, fashion construction, green manufacturing and high-end industrial textiles. It shows the deep strength and broad prospects of the textile industry in scientific and technological innovation.

On November 18, the 11th "China's Top Ten Textile Science and Technology" achievements were released in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and 10 projects such as "Key technologies and industrialization of large-capacity preparation of high-quality in situ polymerization stock solution colored polyester fiber" stood out.

Carbon neutrality plans accelerated,

Chinese textile contributes to the new plan of global green development

With the continuous development of green market, green rules, green technology and green standards, the connotation and extension of green development in China's textile industry are changing.

At the "2024 Climate Innovation · Fashion Summit" held in Beijing on May 30, the China National Textile Industry Federation issued three industry group standards for the creation and evaluation of carbon neutral factories in the textile industry, the Technical Specification for the evaluation of Carbon neutral Textiles, and the Technical Specification for Textile Carbon Labeling.

The Technical Specification for the Creation and Evaluation of Carbon neutral Plants in the Textile Industry defines the basic requirements, creation and evaluation process of carbon neutral plants in the textile industry. The Technical Specification for the Evaluation of Carbon Neutral Textiles establishes the evaluation process of carbon neutral textiles and clarifies the calculation method of product carbon footprint. The Technical Specification for Textile Carbon Label stipulates the disclosure principles and disclosure requirements for textile carbon label information. The formulation of the three standards fills the gap in the relevant standards in the field of "double carbon" in China's textile industry, and will play a basic, normative and leading supporting role in promoting green manufacturing, cultivating new quality productivity, optimizing product structure, boosting green consumption, promoting management innovation, and improving resource utilization efficiency.

In the same period, the Progress report of "Fashion Brands 30·60 Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Plan" was released at the same time as the case of action enterprises and the progress report of climate action of specialized new enterprises in China's textile industry, and the pilot of carbon neutral products, carbon neutral factory standards and the "Fashion Forest - Climate Innovation Carbon neutral Forest Plan" were launched. A large number of leading enterprises and advantageous clusters accelerated the implementation of carbon reduction work. The "stone version" national flag and moon suit made their debut, and Chinese textiles frequently made breakthroughs in the space field

On June 3, a "stone version" of a five-star red flag made of basalt fiber carried by the Chang 'e-6 lander was successfully unfurled on the far side of the moon, the first time China has independently displayed the national flag on the far side of the moon.

This five-star red flag is carefully made of basalt composite materials. Behind the research and development of this innovative material, the Lunar flag team led by Academician Xu Weilin of the State Key Laboratory of Textile New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology of Wuhan Textile University has worked closely with many units after nearly four years of hard research and development. It has overcome many international problems such as basalt microfiber spinning, spinning, weaving and color construction, and successfully developed the "stone version" high-quality fabric flag without temperature control protection and independent dynamic display for the first time.

On September 28, at the "Third Space Suit Technology Forum" in China, the China Manned Space Engineering Office released the lunar suit name campaign for the society, and disclosed the appearance of China's lunar suit for the first time. Netizens actively left messages, star armor, Tianyi, moonlight treasure box and other distinctive names have been released. The first show of the lunar suit, which ignited the enthusiasm of the whole people to participate in, demonstrated the strong confidence of China.

China's spacesuits have escorted 35 astronauts safely into and out of space. The first and second generation of self-developed "flying" extravehicular space suits have supported 17 astronauts and 33 people to successfully perform 17 extravehicular activities, effectively guaranteeing the construction and efficient operation of China's space station. The appearance of the lunar suit made its first public appearance, marking that China's space suit technology has entered a new stage of development, indicating that the Chinese people are getting closer to the goal of landing on the moon.

Fabric, home textile exhibition for 30 years,

Lead the industry to start a new journey

The 2024 China International Textile Fabrics and Accessories (Autumn) Expo will be held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from August 27 to 29. With multiple benefits, including a convenient domestic visa-free policy, the domestic and international influence of the exhibition, and a diversified product area to meet different sourcing needs, the global textile and fabric industry event has entered the 30th anniversary milestone. From being born in response to demand 30 years ago, to gradually building a textile power along with China's textile industry, and then to joining the construction of a modern textile industrial system, the exhibition seized the opportunity to achieve development and growth, resonating with the industry in the same frequency, not only witnessing the development and growth of countless textile enterprises, but also injecting surging momentum into the vigorous development of the industry. It has also built an indispensable platform for technical exchanges and business exchanges in the global textile industry.

The 2024 China International Home Textiles and Accessories (Autumn/Winter) Expo will be held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from August 14 to 16. This year, intertextile celebrates its 30th birthday. Since its inception, the exhibition has adhered to the banner of professionalism, trade and internationality, and built a business platform integrating technical exchange, market development, international cooperation, trend release and other functions for the industry, guiding and driving enterprise innovation and improvement, empowering the sustainable development of the industry, and driving the industrial trade cycle. After 30 years of accumulation, standing at a new starting point, 2024intertextile home Textile exhibition brings together dominant brands and innovative products from home and abroad, continues to promote the deep cooperation between supply and demand sides, and promotes the high-quality development of the home textile industry.

Hangzhou Bay into the industrial cluster "national team",

Accelerate the transition to a modern governance model

This year, a new batch of national advanced manufacturing clusters came out. According to the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Organizing and carrying out the 2024 Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Competition", the modern textile and garment cluster around Hangzhou Bay led by Shaoxing City was successfully selected in the 12th place among the 51 clusters participating in the final round in the country.

Since 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has begun to implement a special action for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, and named the activity "Competition". For the local, the advanced manufacturing cluster undoubtedly has a significant driving effect on the local economy, and the shortlisted "national" is expected to further amplify the driving effect, and there is hope to move towards world-class industrial clusters. Today, in the advanced manufacturing cluster competition carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the textile industry has Suxitong high-end textile cluster, the modern textile and garment cluster around Hangzhou Bay, and the modern sports product cluster in Quanzhou.

On December 5, at the 2024 China Textile Industry Cluster Development Conference, the "Textile Industry Cluster Governance modernization Promotion Action" was officially launched. The purpose of this move is to attract and promote more efficient and professional promotion agencies to actively participate in the construction process of the cluster, further promote the improvement of the comprehensive service capacity of the cluster area, promote the close coordination between the internal and external subjects of the cluster, stimulate greater development potential within the cluster, and accelerate the transformation of the textile industry cluster to the modern governance model.

Source: Textile and Garment Weekly