Private Textile And Garment Enterprises In Jiangsu Dare To Go Ahead And Work Hard

Jiangsu is a province with a large private economy. The number of private enterprises, registered capital and the number of top 500 private enterprises are among the top in the country. Jiangsu is also a major textile and clothing production province. Among private enterprises, there are not only leading, chain owners and backbone enterprises, but also specialized, innovative and growth oriented SMEs, which have played an irreplaceable role in stabilizing growth, leading innovation and increasing employment. Since the issuance of the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development and Growth of Private Economy (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions), Jiangsu textile and garment enterprises have been encouraged, and they are more aggressive.

Steady development with responsibility

The Red Bean Group recently commended the fourth batch of "high-quality development pioneer fortresses". These awards were given to the group units that outperformed the market, achieved double growth, and achieved sales and profit growth of more than 30% in response to challenges, strong market attack, performance growth, key projects, etc. In the opinion of Zhou Haijiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Red Bean Group, it is precisely because of the promotion of entrepreneurship, which has boosted the spirit of unity and hard work of enterprises, and achieved a good start in development in 2023.

Gao Dekang, Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Bosiden Group, said that the Opinions reflected the firm determination of the Party and the state to fully support the private economy, which was a major benefit to the development of private enterprises, greatly boosted the entrepreneurial group's spirit of going into battle light and taking responsibility, and actively engaged in the great practice of Chinese modernization.

Ding Jian, Chairman of Nantong Tianzhu Textile Co., Ltd., who is investigating the market in Russia, said in an interview with China Textile News: For traditional foreign trade enterprises like us, we have put forward new ideas. On the one hand, we should actively embrace the domestic market, so that domestic sales and foreign trade can walk on two legs. On the other hand, it is necessary to actively participate in various trainings of relevant departments for enterprise managers. From entrepreneurs to enterprises, they should constantly improve their ability to resist risks. "

Zhou Haijiang said that the Opinions clarified the position and role of private economy in the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, proposed a new strategic goal of promoting the private economy to be "bigger, better and stronger", and entrusted the private economy with the mission responsibility of "three changes".

"We should shoulder the political responsibility, development responsibility and social responsibility." Zhou Haijiang said that in the first half of this year, the main business revenue of Hongdou Garments under Hongdou Group was 1.012 billion yuan, and the gross profit rate was 38.7%, showing an upward trend in the past three years.

This confidence is also reflected in the real data. Lu Mei, secretary-general of the Textile and Garment Chamber of Commerce of Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce, for example, said that Jiangsu is a major textile and garment province. The number of textile and garment enterprises in the province accounts for 13.82% of the total number of the country, and the industrial scale ranks second in the country, most of which are private enterprises. At present, private textile and garment enterprises in Jiangsu Province have shown a strong endogenous momentum, showing a running trend of "sustained recovery, positive growth and enhanced stamina".

It is found that the list of the top 100 private enterprises released by the Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce in the past three years has expanded from the top 100 to the top 200, and added the top 100 private enterprises in innovation in Jiangsu. Suzhou, Wuxi and Nantong are among the top three cities in the province in terms of the number of enterprises on the list. It is also a cluster of textile and clothing industries. Hengli Group, Shenghong Group, Hongdou Group, Bosideng Group and other textile and clothing enterprises continued to be on the list.

Change mode to increase power

The Opinions clearly stated that "support the promotion of scientific and technological innovation capability", which pointed out the direction for private textile and clothing enterprises to accelerate the transformation of production mode and improve production and operation efficiency.

This move can be said to have met the aspiration of Gao Dekang. He said that Bosiden would take the initiative to seize the dividend of opinions and policies and implementation opportunities, and further enhance the confidence of the officers in entrepreneurship. The company should stick to the real economy, focus on the main channel of down jacket, adhere to brand leadership, innovation driven, responsibility first, build the core competitiveness of down jacket main industry, take the road of high-quality development, strive to move from "China first" to "global leading", and strive to create a world-class brand and enterprise.

In addition to actively participating in tackling key core technologies in the industry, Bosiden has deeply integrated the new generation of digital technology with the traditional business model of down jackets in recent years, integrated big data into key links such as enterprise design, research and development, procurement and manufacturing, and realized the full link collaboration of consumer centered digital "research, production, supply and marketing services", It was selected as one of the first batch of "digital pilot" enterprises and a national intelligent manufacturing demonstration factory.

"2023 is still a year of economic recovery, and the immediate challenges are temporary." Zhou Haijiang is full of confidence in China's economic development in the second half of the year.

Zhou Haijiang said that enterprises should unswervingly follow the road of high-quality development. To lead high-quality development with scientific and technological innovation should be put in the first place, and the construction of product power, innovation power and organizational power should be constantly strengthened through independent innovation. In recent years, Red Bean Group has been accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and accelerating the integrated development of digital economy and real economy. Through the implementation of industrial digitalization and the upgrading of "intelligent transformation and digital transformation", taking the Hongdou suit intelligent factory as an example, the inventory of in-process products in the clothing workshop has decreased by 30%, the unit consumption cost has decreased by 10%, and the production efficiency has increased by more than 32%.

"The improvement of scientific and technological innovation capability is of great significance to the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure." Chen Jian, the general manager of Nanjing Hesu Times Antibacterial Materials Technology Group Co., Ltd., said that we should pay attention to strengthening the cooperation between industry, university and research, constantly overcome technical difficulties, and achieve iterative application of innovative products relying on research and development achievements.

Liu Yuang, manager of Nanjing Heli Garment Co., Ltd., said that for small and medium-sized enterprises like them, reducing operating costs and increasing product added value are important ways for enterprises to achieve sustainable development. The Opinions not only bring policy support to enterprises, but also guide enterprises to improve the quality of development through their own reform and development, compliance management, transformation and upgrading, and promote the private economy to become bigger, better and stronger.

In Ding Jian's opinion, in the future, private textile and clothing enterprises should win with quality to maintain the competitiveness of Jiangsu textile industry, a traditional industry. Today, the textile and clothing industry can not only monitor the production in real time, but also realize the traceability of the production process, improve efficiency and reduce costs while reducing the harm to the environment by using digital transformation, which will be the development trend of the textile industry in the future.

Liu Yuang holds the same idea. He plans to use Internet of Things and other technologies to carry out personalized production, shorten product development and production cycle, improve the accuracy and efficiency of supply and demand matching, and thus reduce operating costs.

Extend advantages "go global"

In the opinion of the entrepreneurs interviewed, the Opinions not only pointed out the direction for the majority of private enterprises to accelerate transformation and upgrading, but also gave more encouragement.

"Guochao brand will continue to rise and become a new force in the clothing market. With the increase of consumer confidence and the rise of the younger generation of consumer groups, Guochao brand has received more and more attention and love." Zhou Haijiang said that since last year, Hongdou comfortable men's clothing Hongdou has seized the opportunity of market recovery by taking the zero sense comfortable shirt as the driving force, The cumulative sales volume has exceeded 600000 pieces. At present, we are striving for millions of pieces to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of high-end brands.

"Private enterprises should continue to give play to their own initiative, take the initiative to break through the comfort zone, explore more possibilities for future development, improve the competitiveness of products in multiple dimensions, promote the high-end of products, and drive the overall level of manufacturing in China to rise." Chen Jian said, for example, that Hesu Era has modified polyester through independent innovation, The self-developed biodegradable anti-bacterial masterbatch is used to launch a new fiber Hehe polyester, which has durable anti-bacterial and mildew resistant properties and is suitable for all kinds of yarns and fabrics.

Red Bean Group has actively responded to the "Belt and Road" initiative, seized the opportunity to go abroad, and led the development and construction of the Cambodian West Port Special Zone. It has attracted 175 enterprises from China, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States to invest and start business, and solved nearly 30000 jobs. It has become a landmark project for China and Cambodia to jointly build the "Belt and Road" and a link to promote people to people connectivity between China and Cambodia. Zhou Haijiang said that in the second half of this year, Red Bean Group will continue to vigorously implement the "three self and six transformation" strategy. "Three self" means independent innovation, independent brand and independent capital. "Six transformation" means online, digital and intelligent, high-end, international, green and standardized.

In recent years, Bosiden has comprehensively integrated global high-quality resources, cooperated with international designers, carried out cooperation, exchange and resource sharing with the world's top design institutions, carried out global supply chain resource layout, reopened Bosiden's flagship store in London, and taken a series of measures to "go global" more steadily.

On the road of green and low-carbon implementation, Bosiden has also taken a fairly steady path. According to the recently released ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) report for the 2022/2023 fiscal year, Bosiden first proposed the concept of "sustainable fashion" belonging to Bosiden. At the practical level only, Bosiden took the initiative to benchmark various ESG management and operation work with 17 UN sustainable development goals, covering the global challenges in climate, environmental degradation and other fields facing today's society.

Zhou Haijiang said that the practice of "greening" has never been "self entertainment", but "co construction and sharing". Since July 2021, Jiangsu Hongdou Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hongdou") has exported the first batch of carbon neutral clothing and launched the "Yangtze River Delta Carbon Neutral Clothing Supply Chain Alliance". Following the carbon neutral declaration, in April 2022, the first independent ESG report of Jiangsu textile and clothing industry was also disclosed. Since this year, Red Bean has won the honor of "green leader" awarded by the Central United Certification Center.

Lu Mei believes that Jiangsu textile and clothing enterprises should seize every opportunity to change the market pattern and help Jiangsu textile and clothing industry achieve high-quality development.