On December 9th, the 2025 China Textile Science and Technology Achievements Supply and Demand Matching Conference and the 12th "Top Ten Textile Science and Technology Achievements of China" Release Event was grandly held in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province. This event, themed "Intelligence Converging Technology to Weave the Future", aims to promote the efficient connection between scientific and technological achievements and industrial demands, and jointly explore new paths for high-quality development of the industry.

The event is guided by the China National Textile and Apparel Council and General Technology High-tech Materials Group Co., LTD., and is hosted by China Textile Academy Co., Ltd. and Liming Vocational University. It is organized by the Haixi Branch of China Textile Academy, Textile Science Research Magazine, the School of New Materials and Footwear Engineering of Liming Vocational University, and the (Jinjiang) Research and Evaluation Base for Technical Trade Measures of Sports Products. Co-organized by the Textile Industry Science and Technology Development Center, China Textile Industry Enterprise Management Association, National Digital Textile Materials Industry-Education Integration Community, Chemical Fiber Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, National Key Laboratory of Bio-based Fiber Materials, National Engineering Research Center for Fiber-based Composite Materials, Shanghai Liangqi Brand Management Co., LTD., and Quanzhou Talent Innovation Sharing Alliance Supported by Fujian Haifang New Materials Technology Co., LTD., China Textile Certification & Inspection Co., LTD., and Fujian Jinjiang Industrial Development Investment Group Co., LTD.

Li Lingshen, Vice President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, Chen Jinfu, Vice Mayor of Jinjiang Municipal People's Government, Ma Yongmei, Deputy General Manager of General Technology High-tech Materials Group Co., LTD., Party Secretary and General Manager of China Textile Academy Co., LTD., Zhao Qiang, Chairman of the Chemical Fiber Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, Wang Feng, President of Liming Vocational University Zhang Chuanxiong, Director of the Science and Technology Development Department of China National Textile and Apparel Council, Lu Rongkui, Second-level Researcher of Quanzhou Development and Reform Commission, Yu Chenrong, Deputy Director of the Consumer Goods Industry Division of Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Li Danrong, Deputy Director of Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Huang Changsha, Deputy Director of Quanzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Zheng Cheng, First-level Director of the Consumer Goods Industry Division of Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology Guests such as Chen Yongzhen, a fourth-level researcher of Quanzhou Science and Technology Association, as well as experts and scholars from over 10 research institutes including the Rare Earth Research Institute, Tongkun New Materials Research Institute, Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory, and China Footwear and Leather Jinjiang Institute, and over 20 universities including Donghua University, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, and Wuhan Textile University, along with award-winning representatives from Lianrunxiang and Tiandingfeng, Nearly 300 representatives from key local industry enterprises and associations such as Anta, 361 °, Kalme, Lilanz, JOMOO, Seven Wolves, Jinba Men's Clothing, Xunxing Zipper, Haitian Technology, and Xiangxing Group participated in this event.

For 12 years, we have been concentrating efforts to empower industrial upgrading

The "Top Ten Textile Technologies in China" series of events, as an important platform for promoting and transforming scientific and technological achievements in the industry, has been held in Jinjiang for nine consecutive years. As of this year, the event has cumulatively collected and released over 200 major innovative scientific and technological achievements in the textile industry, facilitated the on-site signing of more than 30 scientific and technological projects, with a cumulative signing amount exceeding 550 million yuan, effectively promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development in the textile industry.

Li Lingshen, vice president of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, pointed out in his speech that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the R&D investment in China's textile industry increased by 29.43% compared with the beginning of the period, and the R&D investment intensity rose by 0.22 percentage points. The technological innovation in the industry is characterized by four distinct features: continuous deepening of original innovation, increasingly prominent integrated innovation, green innovation becoming the core competitiveness, and a more open and efficient collaborative innovation system. The achievements of the 12th "Top Ten Textile Technologies in China" are a vivid demonstration of transforming technological leadership into industrial dominance. The China National Textile and Apparel Council will continue to play the role of a bridge and link for the industry, and work with all parties to promote high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in textile science and technology, and write a new chapter of high-quality development of China's textile industry.

In his speech, Chen Jinfu, the vice mayor of Jinjiang Municipal People's Government, pointed out that Jinjiang has always been guided by the "Jinjiang Experience", taking the textile industry as the main battlefield for cultivating new quality productive forces, and has built a textile industrial cluster worth over 100 billion yuan. Jinjiang is vigorously promoting technological empowerment and has newly introduced high-level platforms such as the Design Innovation Center of Tongji University. We have focused on implementing digital transformation and intelligent upgrading, with the coverage rate of digital transformation among large-scale textile enterprises exceeding 90%. We will focus on making room for development, promote the construction of 12 standardized parks for shoes, clothing and textiles, and provide industrial space for the implementation of high-quality projects in the industrial chain. It is hoped that this event will serve as a platform to promote the implementation of more new technologies and achievements in Jinjiang.

Ma Yongmei, the Party Secretary and General Manager of China Textile Academy Co., LTD., said in her speech that the "Top Ten Textile Technologies in China" series of activities is a practical action taken by General Technology New Materials and China Textile Academy to promote the deep integration of science and technology with industry. The scientific and technological achievements released today not only represent the cutting-edge level of China's textile science and technology, but also serve as exemplary models for the transformation and application of textile science and technology achievements. As an important comprehensive restructured research institute in China's textile industry, China Textile Academy has, since its establishment, always shouldered the original aspiration and mission of serving the national strategy and leading the progress of the industry, and is committed to building a full-chain innovation system from basic research, technology development to engineering and industrialization. Looking to the future, the company will continue to uphold the concepts of openness, collaboration and win-win cooperation, and join hands with all parties to promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain and talent chain, contributing scientific and technological strength and the responsibility of a central enterprise to cultivating new quality productivity in the textile industry and accelerating the construction of a modern textile industrial system.

Wang Feng, the president of Liming Vocational University, said in his speech that Liming Vocational University, rooted in the birthplace of the "Jinjiang Experience", has always closely focused on the demands of the textile industry and is committed to cultivating high-quality technical and skilled talents that meet the development needs of the industry. It has officially been upgraded to the first public undergraduate-level vocational university in Fujian Province. Liming Vocational University is one of the leading units of the "National Digital Textile Materials Industry-Education Integration Community". Over the past two years, the community has connected the high-quality resources of 50 institutions of higher learning and 61 enterprises and research institutions, weaving a cross-regional and diversified innovation ecosystem network. In the future, we will take education as the foundation, science and technology as the wings, and cooperation as the bridge to jointly promote the textile industry towards a new stage of higher-quality and more sustainable development.

The major achievements have been announced and the transformation cooperation has been further implemented and deepened

The 12th "Top Ten Textile Science and Technology Achievements of China" were grandly released at the event site. After collection and multiple rounds of selection, 10 projects including "Creation and Application of Complete Sets of Technology and Equipment for Low-Carbon Industrialization of Functional Nanofiber Materials" were awarded as the 12th "Top Ten Textile Science and Technology Achievements in China". Ten projects, including the "Thousand-ton Grade Refined Silk (Polyacrylonitrile Filament) Industrialization Project", were selected as the shortlisted achievements of the 12th "Top Ten Textile Technologies in China".

This event facilitated the implementation of multiple industry-university-research cooperation projects. At the signing ceremony, Zhejiang Boao New Materials Co., Ltd. and Shishi Jinxiang Dyeing and Bleaching Co., Ltd. reached a cooperation agreement on the "Application of high-strength and storage-stable liquid disperse dyes". Tianjin Baogang Rare Earth Research Institute Co., Ltd. and China Textile Academy (Tianjin) Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement on "Joint Development of Rare Earth Functional Fibers". Hangzhou Zhongke Smart Industry Technology Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement on the "Intelligent Central Distribution System for Dyeing and Chemical Materials" with Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. In addition, the School of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Tianjin Polytechnic University, as well as the School of Light Industry Science and Engineering of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, respectively signed the "Fujian Technology Transfer Center" cooperation agreement and the "Postgraduate Joint Construction Base Training Agreement" with the Haixi Branch of China Textile Academy. These collaborations mark a further deep integration of innovative resources with regional industrial demands. They are also a vivid practice of integrating the R&D and talent resources of universities with the industrial resources of local scientific research platforms, jointly promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and cultivating high-end talents for industrial development.

Gain insight into development paths and grasp industry trends

During the keynote report session, Xu Weilin, the Party Secretary of Wuhan Textile University, delivered a keynote report titled "The Power of Science and Technology in Textile and Apparel Brand Building", elaborating in depth on the significant role of technological innovation in enhancing the core value of brands. The sharing mainly covered aspects such as fiber innovation and performance exploration, spinning technology and yarn structure, weaving technology innovation, dyeing technology innovation, standard innovation and traction.

In his report titled "Thoughts on the Innovative Development of Textile Science and Technology during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period", Zhang Chuanxiong, director of the Science and Technology Development Department of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, systematically analyzed the trend of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the textile industry. The "Key Tasks for Industry Scientific and Technological Innovation during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period" was interpreted from aspects such as strengthening the research and development of efficient system technologies, building multi-level collaborative innovation platforms, promoting the efficient transformation and application of achievements, improving the support of new high-quality standards, and deepening the cultivation of diversified scientific and technological talents.

During the achievement promotion session, Professor Tao Guangming from Central China Normal University/Huazhong University of Science and Technology shared a report titled "Key Technologies and Industrialization of Passive High-Efficiency Temperature-Regulating Functional Fibers and Fabrics". He stated that with the frequent occurrence of extreme weather, the research and development of material layout based on precise photothermal regulation is of great significance. The technology of passive high-efficiency temperature regulation functional fibers and fabrics meets the national energy-saving and health demands and represents the next generation of sustainable thermal management technology.

Cheng Chunzu, deputy director (in charge of work) of the Biomass Materials Research Institute of China Textile Academy, gave a presentation titled "Key Technologies and Applications for Industrialization of High-Strength, Durable and Flame-retardant Lyocell Fibers", sharing the preparation of high-strength, durable and flame-retardant Lyocell fibers, the development and evaluation of fiber application technologies, and future technical directions.

Dong Zhijia, an associate professor from the School of Textile Science and Engineering of Jiangnan University, introduced the overall idea and technical invention points of the project under the title of "Weaving Technology and Industrialization of Hollow Fiber Membranes and Components for Oxygenators (ECMO)". At present, the related technologies and products have been expanded into downstream applications and have established in-depth cooperation with enterprises in fields such as extracorporeal life support systems, hemodialysis, and organ transplantation.

Shi Wenjing, the head of the Rare Earth Textile Research and Development Center of Tianjin Baotou Steel Rare Earth Research Institute, delivered a speech titled "Preparation Technology of Rare Earth Modified Functional Protective Fibers and Fabrics", sharing the technical principles, excellent properties and application cases of Xibeisi ® Core Yao, Mo Nuan Nezha Dual Temperature Rise Fibers and Bingyi Bingshuang protective fibers.

Lu Manman, the R&D director of Lianrunxiang (Qingdao) Textile Technology Co., LTD., introduced in her report titled "Creation and Application of Complete Sets of Technical Equipment for Low-Carbon Industrialization of Functional Nanofiber Materials" that Surforce nanomembranes have a unique porous network structure. The multi-dimensional voids of controllable size are both weatherproof and breathable. It is widely applied to the wearing needs in various scenarios such as urban commuting and outdoor sports.

As an important supporting part of this event, the "General Technology New Materials" Supply and Demand Matching Activity for high-quality Technological Achievements of Chinese Textile Universities was held in the afternoon of the same day. Seven experts and scholars from textile universities across the country took the stage in turn, presenting the latest scientific research achievements in multiple key fields including textile materials, green technologies, intelligent equipment, and wastewater treatment.

This event showcased the vigorous vitality of China's textile technological innovation and the solid achievements of industrial transformation. Through the release of achievements, signing of cooperation agreements and sharing of cutting-edge information, it has built a high-end platform for efficient connection and deep integration for the industry, injecting new impetus and confidence into the textile industry's efforts to accelerate the cultivation of new quality productivity and move towards high-quality development.

Source: China Textile Academy