Promote The Innovation And Sustainable Development Of Global Textile Industry, The International Textile Federation 2020 Annual Conference Will Come To A Perfect Conclusion

On October 22, Beijing time, the three-day 2020 International Textile Federation annual meeting came to an end.

        The theme of this annual conference is "new crown pneumonia epidemic: reshaping the global textile supply chain", focusing on "Korean textile industry", "management and data", "fiber (cotton + man-made fiber)", "sustainability and circular economy", "SLCP social labor integration project", "the future of China's textile industry", "climate action charter for fashion industry" and "innovation" And technical textiles "and" cooperation "nine topics of in-depth exchanges and discussions.

Election of new chairman and board members

On the same day, sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, was elected the new chairman of the International Textile Federation at the same time. Swanisan (India) and Juan pres (Spain) are vice presidents of the International Federation of textile, and Maurer (Switzerland) is the financial officer of the international textile Union. At the same time, Mustafa danize (Turkey), Jia Yin (female, India), Jiang Tai Zhen (South Korea), Xu Yingxin (vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, President of China Council for the promotion of international trade, executive director of China textile international capacity cooperation enterprise alliance), Jill (Thailand / Indonesia), and ispahani (Bangladesh) were elected and appointed as directors of the International Textile Federation Members of the meeting. President of IFN, Christine, presided over the handover ceremony.

Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation; Wang Tiankai, former president; Xia Lingmin, Xu Yingxin, Chen Dapeng, Duan Xiaoping, Yang Zhaohua, vice presidents; Yuan Hongping, director of Foreign Affairs Office of China Textile Federation; Duan Hong, director of CFA office; Zhu Chao, director of finance department; Su Hong, director of material investment department; Hua Shan, director of industry department; Peng Yanli, director of science and technology development department; Zhai Yanju, director of information department Li Jincai, director of industry development department; Zhu Beina, President of China Cotton Textile Industry Association; Chen Zhihua, President of China printing and Dyeing Industry Association; Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association; Gu Ping, President of China Textile Machinery Association; Liang Pengcheng, executive vice president of textile industry branch of China Council for the promotion of international trade; Feng dehu, President of China Textile Construction Planning Institute Responsible persons of leading enterprises in textile and garment industry, such as guohengtian group, Orient International Group, kangpingna, Wuxi Yimian, Weiqiao, Rongsheng, Sanlian HONGPU, China Academy of textile science, Hengshen group, Saideli group and other leading enterprises in the textile and garment industry, witnessed the handover ceremony at the branch venue in Beijing, China. Yuan Hongping, director of Foreign Affairs Office of China Textile Federation, presided over the meeting in Beijing.

In 2014, Wang Tiankai, the former president of China Textile Industry Federation, was appointed chairman of the International Textile Federation. At that time, he was the first president from mainland China in the centennial history of the International Textile Federation. The year 2020 is an extraordinary year. President sun Ruizhe bravely took on the heavy responsibility and was elected president of the International Textile Federation by all votes. This shows the increasingly important influence and discourse power of China's textile and garment industry, and the feelings, responsibilities, dedication and mission of all Chinese textile people.

In his leaving speech, the former president of the International Textile Federation, Cheng yarrow crane, said that due to the impact of the epidemic, he could not get together with the colleagues of the international textile Union in Seoul, South Korea. However, through exchanges on several antennas, discussions on some common issues also achieved very good results. He congratulated the new chairman Sun Ruizhe and expressed his full support for his work.

Sun Ruizhe, the new chairman of the International Textile Federation and President of China Textile Industry Federation, said in his speech at the handover ceremony that the 116 year old International Textile Federation is an important platform for enhancing industrial consensus and strengthening global value chain cooperation, playing an irreplaceable role in promoting innovation and sustainable development of the global textile and garment industry, and occupying an important position in the history of world textile development 。 It is a great honor to take over the presidency of the International Textile Federation and serve the global textile industry.

Sun Ruizhe pointed out that the current global epidemic situation has not yet come out. For a long time to come, we will face a series of governance problems across countries, nationalities, races and generations, such as the pressure of global supply chain cooperation, the sharp contraction of trade and investment, the massive loss of jobs, geopolitical conflicts and global climate change. We need to soberly realize that the prosperity enjoyed by mankind today is based on the evolution of civilization, technological progress and historical wisdom. We must follow the trend and carry out our work with a more open and pragmatic attitude. Together, we can do this.

In order to further improve the credibility and executive power of the International Textile Federation, so as to enhance the governance level of the global textile industry. Sun Ruizhe put forward three suggestions: first, start the construction of think tanks and strengthen research and publication; second, set up annual awards to encourage innovation and contribution; third, promote the formulation of standards and promote integration and standardization.

Open China's textile industry goes hand in hand with the world

Subsequently, the conference held guest sharing and panel discussions on the last three topics - "climate action charter for fashion industry", "textiles for innovation and technology" and "collaboration". On the topic of "cooperation", Xu Yingxin, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, gave a wonderful speech on the theme of "open China's textile industry and the world hand in hand".

Xu Yingxin, vice president of China Textile Industry Federation, chairman of textile industry branch of China Council for the promotion of international trade, executive director of China textile international production capacity cooperation enterprise alliance (bottom left). Xu Yingxin introduced the progress of China's textile industry opening to the outside world: "according to the data of China Customs, from January to September this year, China's textile and clothing exports totaled US $215.8 billion, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year. Among them, textile exports reached 118 billion US dollars, an increase of 33.7% year-on-year; despite the huge impact of the new crown epidemic this year, China's textile industry exports have achieved a hard won positive growth, showing strong supply chain stability and development toughness. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the Chinese government and people have made great efforts to fight the epidemic with great perseverance and responsibility. China's textile industry has made every effort to ensure the supply of anti epidemic materials such as masks and medical protective clothing, giving full play to the advantages of advanced manufacturing and providing a large number of medical protection materials to countries around the world. "

In particular, with the recovery of clothing sales in China and the United States in September, Xu Zheng also pointed out that with the recovery of clothing sales in China and the United States. Moreover, the performance of China's clothing import trade is obviously better than that of its export. From January to July this year, China imported 5.17 billion US dollars of clothing, only 6.5% less than that of the same period last year. The data shows that the importance of the Chinese market is increasing year by year for all fashion brands and suppliers. "

In terms of absorbing foreign investment, Xu Yingxin introduced that the textile industry is an industry with relatively early utilization of foreign capital and remarkable results. At present, the environment for China's textile industry to absorb foreign investment has been constantly improved, showing a good situation of "structural optimization", "policy optimization" and "business environment optimization".

In terms of foreign investment in China's textile industry, Xu Yingxin said that the overall situation was "orderly development". "In recent years, the industry's foreign investment has become more rational, the pace of investment is more stable and orderly, and the field of foreign investment has also changed significantly. The foreign investment of the Ministry of Commerce was 12.95 billion US dollars in 2019. Among them, the textile industry increased by 5.05% year-on-year; the textile clothing and clothing industry decreased by 28.47%; the chemical fiber manufacturing industry increased by 367.89%. At present, Chinese enterprises have set up textile and garment production, trade and product design enterprises overseas, covering Southeast Asia, North America, Europe, Australia, Africa and other key regions

Xu Yingxin said that at present, China is speeding up the transformation from commodity and factor flow oriented opening to rule-based institutional opening-up, deepening reform in the field of foreign trade, strengthening scientific and technological innovation, institutional innovation, mode and format innovation, and vigorously optimizing the trade structure with the focus on building the "belt and road" initiative. At the same time, in the face of the challenges of economic development in the post epidemic era and the adjustment of promoting the construction of a new domestic and international "double cycle" development pattern, China will continue to deepen the "double changeable" cooperation, and the textile industry will further strengthen the external communication and cooperation, and support each other with international counterparts to jointly promote economic recovery and development. In this process, CFA also hopes to cooperate with its members all over the world.

This paper introduces the current situation of China's international textile enterprises' opening-up of new textile production capacity. "The open China's textile industry will work together with the world for common development. Let's uphold the concept of openness and inclusiveness, continue to strengthen connectivity in technology, investment, trade, market, supply chain, sustainability and other fields, so as to promote the common development of the global textile industry with mutual benefit and win-win results," Xu said

Create new achievements again! Cultivate new opportunities and open a new situation!

In the issue of climate action charter for fashion industry, pernella halldin of H & M of Sweden shared "only together can we succeed", explained H & M's green and sustainable practices, and hoped that the global supply chain could work together; Rudiger Fox of Sympatex, Germany, talked about "it's time to change our economic fantasies", calling on industry people to join hands to make changes from the aspects of climate change and ecological protection. In the topic of "textiles for innovation and technology", Rick Fowler from youngo, South Korea, talked about the topic of "recovering from the addiction to low prices"; Abdel Fattah M. Seyam of Wilson textile School of North Carolina State University talked about the road of the fourth industrial revolution; Tigran vartanian, an isomatex company in Belgium, introduced "revolutionary new fiber reinforced materials" to the participants. Among the "collaboration" topics, Juan Zighelboim from texops, El Salvador, talked about "internal and external factors of supply chain cooperation during the epidemic period"; Jason KRA from Li & Fung Group of the United States talked about the topic of "covid-19 and the need for a more collaborative supply chain". Helen Stonely also shared the theme of Norwegian outdoor clothing.

So far, the three-day international Textile Federation 2020 annual meeting focusing on nine topics has come to a perfect conclusion. The wonderful speeches and cutting-edge views of many guests at this meeting will become an important reference for future industry development and enterprise decision-making. Sun Rui textile, as the new chairman of the international textile Union, said: "as the new president of the international textile industry, we should uphold the people's dignity and safeguard the rights and interests of the people. We should uphold the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, and jointly maintain a stable and smooth industrial chain and a fair and open trade and investment environment. We should embrace a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform, explore the digital and intelligent path of the industry, and effectively promote the innovation and sustainable development of the global textile industry. We should participate in global climate governance, practice social responsibility, and contribute to the "green recovery" of the world economy after the outbreak

Under the leadership of President sun Ruizhe and the joint efforts of all the members of the International Textile Federation (IFA), we look forward to further achievements in enhancing the global textile industry consensus, strengthening global textile dialogue and cooperation, promoting innovation and sustainable development of the global textile industry, and building a global textile harmonious family!

At the end of the meeting, it was announced that the 2021 annual conference of the International Textile Federation would be held in Davos, Switzerland from September 26 to 28, 2021, and jointly organized by Swiss textile, Swiss Textile Machinery Association and Gretz Textile Organization.