Xinjiang: Counterattack in Cotton Spinning Industry

After more than 30 years of development, Xinjiang has become the largest cotton cultivation base in the country and even in the world. The cotton planting area, total output, yield, and volume have been ranked first in China for 20 consecutive years.

Cotton is a business card of Xinjiang and is a pillar industry in Xinjiang. However, how much does Xinjiang benefit from the cotton industry?

As we all know, a complete cotton industry chain is: planting - seed cotton - lint - spinning - weaving - printing and dyeing - clothing. Each link derives different products according to different standards. Xinjiang has made great efforts to extend the cotton industry chain. To understand the status of Xinjiang's cotton spinning industry, the reporter embarked on the road to search for the three major cotton spinning bases in southern and northern Xinjiang.

Shihezi Cotton Spinning Industry: Contrary to potential expansion to break through the bottleneck of the cotton spinning industry “In 2015, the Shihezi Development Zone strived to own 2.5 million spindles of ring spinning, 28,000 air-jet spinning, and 8,000 looms to form an annual output of 140,000 tons of medium-to-high-grade yarn. The production capacity is 60,000 tons for towels, 100 million meters for apparel fabrics, 120 million meters for home textiles, and 30 million sets for knitted garments, said Zheng Mingjian, deputy director of the management committee of Shihezi Development Zone.

In the past two years, due to factors such as the international economic environment and the large changes in domestic cotton prices, the cotton textile industry in the country as a whole has been sluggish. Although the major cotton textile companies settled in Shihezi have been affected in some ways, the benign expectations for future development have allowed these companies to not slow down.

Shihezi City is an important high-quality cotton production area in Xinjiang, producing about 350,000 tons of lint annually, accounting for about 10% of Xinjiang, and accounting for about 5% of the country. It has outstanding resource advantages. After more than 10 years of development and accumulation, Shihezi cotton textile industry has become more and more mature. As early as September 2010, Shihezi City was listed by the China National Textile and Apparel Council as a pilot area for textile industry clusters and was awarded the title of “China Famous City of Cotton Textiles”.

Tangcheng Cotton Industry is a cotton textile company with 150,000 spindles. Although the raw material cotton accounts for a large proportion of the company's production costs, the profitability of the company's products is still guaranteed through technological transformation and increase of added value. Since 2013, Tangcheng Cotton has invested 2 billion yuan, added 300,000 spindle spindles and 1,000 looms, and changed the industrial structure of simple spinning. In addition, Tiansheng Industrial Co., Ltd., Hongsheng Home Textiles Co., Ltd. and other enterprises in the home textile fabrics, apparel fabrics and even clothing production, etc. have also made progress or plans, so that Shihezi cotton textile industry to the industrial chain extension of the more far-reaching.

At present, Shihezi City has a total of 17 cotton spinning companies, of which 11 are concentrated in the Shihezi Development Zone, and the production capacity and output value all account for more than 80% of Shihezi City.

Zheng Mingjian said: “At present, the Shihezi Development Zone has 1.35 million spindles, an increase of 1.3 times over 2008; 21.0 rotors are spinning, 2.43 times more than in 2008; wide shuttleless jacquard looms from scratch, The 148 sets have also filled the gap of Xinjiang's wide-format shuttleless jacquard weaving machine.Shihezi Cotton Spinning Base has become the largest cotton textile industry in Xinjiang, with the highest equipment level, the best economic and social benefits, and the fastest growing area."

Zheng Mingjian introduced that in addition to the continuous expansion of the scale of production, the industrial chain of the Shihezi cotton textile industry has also gradually improved. Although spinning is still the main link, downstream extension industries such as fiber dyeing, bobbin dyeing, weaving, greige printing, and finishing have developed rapidly in recent years, and some companies have realized the coordinated development of upstream and downstream industrial chains.

Teng Haozhi, president of the Xinjiang Textile Industry Association and deputy director of the Xinjiang Textile Industry Office, praised Shihezi's transformation from the cotton to home textile and apparel industry chain to be the most representative area for Xinjiang's cotton and other resource advantages.

Korla Economic Development Zone Cotton Spinning Industry: Upstream Enterprises Drive Downstream Aggregation Bayin Guoyu Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture Jinfu Special Yarn Co., Ltd. was established in 2013 and put into operation in 2013. In the first four months of this year, the company produced 10,000 tons of various yarns and realized sales revenue of about 190 million yuan. It is worth mentioning that this company can make cottonseed, wood pulp and other raw materials into chemical fiber and extend the industrial chain of Xinjiang textile industry.

According to Lu Bo, chief production engineer of Bazhou Jinfu Special Yarn Co., Ltd., to attract them to the Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone, in addition to a series of preferential policies, it is also because Xinjiang Fulida's products can be supplied locally to the company, which can be Jinfu Special. Yarn companies increase production efficiency and reduce transportation costs. It should be said that Jinfu Special Yarn Co., Ltd. is a company that has “entered business to attract investment”.

At present, 50 spinning rotor spinning machines that have been put into operation in Bazhou Jinfu annually consume 150,000 tons of viscose staple fiber, which is half of Xinjiang Fulida's current production capacity. As the later projects are put into operation one after another, Bazhou Jinfu will also use Xinjiang's Fuli. To other products to complete greater profits. The two companies grew at the same time and the processing and upgrading of their products were completed simultaneously. Therefore, Bazhou Jinfu plans to invest 3 billion yuan in two phases to build China's largest spinning spinning production base. After the project is completed, it can realize an annual sales income of 4 billion yuan, produce 150,000 tons of special yarns, and solve 3,000 jobs. .

It is not difficult to see that the transformation and upgrading of Xinjiang's textile and clothing industry, and the trend of textile upstream companies stimulating the aggregation of downstream companies have gradually emerged in the Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Zhu Bunana, president of the China Cotton Spinning Association, said that the construction of a textile and clothing city in the Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone is the main way to speed up the settlement of labor employment in the southern areas, and it can solve hundreds of thousands of jobs and create a great development for the textile industry in Xinjiang. A good opportunity.

It is understood that in 2014, Korla Textile City focused on promoting the full production of the 1.30 million-ton textile project of Jinfu Special Yarn, and the implementation of the 4 million-spinning spinning project of eight companies including Xinhuayuan, Hangzhou Dajia, and Jiayi, which have already been signed, was started. It will lay the foundation for achieving the goal of 5 million spindles of textiles in 2015 and 10 million spindles in 2020.

This year, Korla Textile City has achieved remarkable business results. Xinjiang Bazhou Shifangtong Textile Industry Co., Ltd. and Yite Road (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. respectively signed an investment agreement with Yuli County to build the first phase of 14 million garments-fitting projects. Bafang Shifangtong Textile Industry Co., Ltd. has 8 million pieces of garments and garments planned to invest 150 million yuan, introduce 300 sets of automatic computer knitting machines, 100 sets of sewing machines and 80 sets of flat cars, with a factory planning area of ​​25,000 square meters. . Etech Road (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. has an annual output of 6 million to 10 million knitted garments and garments projects. It plans to invest 100 million yuan in the first phase, 80 sewing machines, 50 flat cars, and a workshop building area of ​​15,000 square meters. After reaching production, it can realize an annual output value of 250 million yuan and earn more than 10 million US dollars annually.

Hao Jianmin, director of the Korla Economic Development Zone, introduced that at present, the textile and clothing city has an annual output of 320,000 tons of differential viscose fiber, 1.6 million spindles, and has led the domestic ring spinning enterprises in Fujian Xinhuayuan, Hangzhou Chunhui , Dajia, Jiayi and other powerful companies have signed contracts.

Aksu Textile Industrial City: Successfully Achieving the Employment of More Than 8,000 People On June 21, the review meeting for the textile and apparel industry development plan of Aksu Textile Industrial City (Development Zone) was held in Urumqi. As of the end of 2013, the Textile Industry City (Development Zone) achieved a total industrial output value of 3.4 billion yuan, fixed assets investment of 6.946 billion yuan, 23 textile enterprises, and 800,000 spindles of textiles have been completed and put into operation, and 200,000 spindles of textiles are under construction. Employment more than 8,000 people. Has become the "main force" to promote Aksu economic development and solve employment problems.

It is reported that Aksu Textile Industrial City was established in 2010 and was designated as the National Textile Industry Transfer Demonstration Base in May 2012, and became the only pilot park in the western part of the country's nine pilot parks.

The reporter saw in the Aksu Textile Industry City Huafu Color Spinning Co., Ltd. that the machines in the production workshops roared and the textile workers were busy loading yarns, carrying ingots, opening cotton, dyeing, and packaging. The scene was hot.

Chen Wen, the production manager of the company, said that due to the brand effect of the textile industry city, there are many merchants who come to the company to book color spinning products, and the supply is currently in short supply.

Aksu Textile Industrial City fully utilized the counterpart aid mechanism in its operations, combined the promotion of industrial transfer of aid provinces and cities with the development of advantageous industries and characteristics industries in aided areas, and actively attracted the mainland textile industry to transfer to Aksu, relying on the aid provinces. The city’s capital and resource advantages form an industrial chain and enhance the overall strength of local enterprises.

In addition, with the increasing number of enterprises entering the park, it has also greatly promoted local employment and reemployment. The majority of enterprises are from the Aksu region. In addition, there are Hetian, Kashgar, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and other places. Farmers.

It is understood that at present, the business registration of all types of enterprises (including trade and logistics companies) that have settled in Aksu Textile Industrial City has reached more than 150, and 40 industrial enterprises above designated size have already reached 40. There are nearly 10,000 industrial workers in the park, which has become an area for employment, Cultivate an important platform for industrial agglomeration.

According to the forecast of relevant departments in Aksu, by 2015, Aksu Textile City will have a cotton spinning capacity of 3 million spindles, 10,000 airflow spinning machines, 6,000 shuttleless looms, 314 million meters of machine weaving capacity, and a knitting capacity of 78,000 tons. Cotton pulp 100,000 tons, sales income of 38 billion yuan, to solve the employment of 68,000 people, really become the leading region of textile enterprises in Xinjiang and even the whole country.

19 Provinces and Municipalities Aid Xinjiang: Invigorated the vigor and vitality of the cotton spinning industry in Xinjiang. After interviewing three major cotton spinning bases in southern and northern Xinjiang, the reporter began to sort out the cotton industry chain. In general, the cotton industry chain in Xinjiang has enterprises involved in all aspects from the upstream to the downstream, but it is mainly concentrated in the upper reaches of the cotton industry: cotton cultivation and primary processing, and the scale of the middle and lower reaches are mostly small.

This is the status of the cotton industry in Xinjiang. Zhu Beina said that according to the characteristics of the development of the textile industry, Xinjiang's textile industry is still in its infancy. It is characterized by labor-intensive production and the export of products to developed countries and regions. The product quality is low and the technology level is relatively low. Low, Xinjiang still accounts for less than one-third of the entire industry chain.

As we all know, a complete industrial chain, from the upstream to the downstream, the added value will increase in geometric multiples. From this we can see that Xinjiang, which has an absolute advantage in cotton, shares very little profit in its industry chain. Fortunately, this situation is quietly changing. Huafu, Youngor, Yongxiang, Lianfa, Juying and a batch of cotton spinning enterprises have been completed and put into production in Xinjiang, creating a breakthrough of “zero” in the cotton textile industry in Xinjiang. Xinjiang's various regions have seized the opportunity of the second Central Xinjiang Work Conference to advance the historical opportunities of Xinjiang's great development and Xinjiang's efforts to develop the textile and garment industry to stimulate the employment of millions of people. They have compiled cotton industry development plans one after another.

Based on the advantages of cotton resources in Xinjiang, the cotton textile industry has become a trend.

The traditional textile province of Hebei came. Hebei has more than 400 cotton textile enterprises above designated size and more than 200 clothing enterprises above designated size. As an important development of the coordinated development strategy of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, Hebei Province will focus on creating “four supporting areas” (supporting areas for optimizing urban layout, supporting areas for building modern industrial systems, supporting areas for building comprehensive transportation networks, and building ecological conservation systems. The supporting areas for protection), especially in the supporting areas of the modern industrial system, will actively undertake the industrial transfer and factor spillover of Beijing and Tianjin. Hebei and Bayern have strong complementarities in economic development, and have a strong degree of correlation in the industrial layout. There is great potential for mobility and transfer of production factors and industries between the two places.

On May 19th, the signing ceremony and project promotion meeting of Hebei Province-Bazhou Development Zone (Park) was held in Langfang City, Hebei Province. The People's Government of Bazhou and the Department of Commerce of Hebei Province have signed a cooperation framework agreement for the park, and the counterparts of Hebei Province's counterparts (districts) and Bazhou Park have reached 13 park cooperation framework agreements, and counties and cities in Bazhou have signed agreements with Hebei enterprises. 19 inline cooperation project agreements with a total turnover of 11.6 billion yuan.

The economically strong province of Guangdong came. Jiashi County Tianyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise jointly invested with Foshan Hainan Jinpin Yarn Co., Ltd. It is a cotton spinning project promoted by Guangdong's industrial aid, and it is also the only company in Jiashi County that produces, sells, and distributes One-piece Cotton Fabric manufacturer. Tianyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. settled in Jiashi County Industrial Park in 2012 with a total investment of 50 million yuan. It mainly produces high-grade quilts for domestic use and greenhouse insulation.

Wen Xiaolong, manager of the company, said: “Jishi County Tianyuan Company has one existing quilt production line, two production lines for greenhouse insulation, and two non-cotton recycling production lines. All of them have annual production of 200,000 quilts, and greenhouse insulation is 80,000, processing 2,100 tons of non-cotton, can achieve an annual output value of 150 million. "At present, the project has completed the investment of 35.75 million yuan, greenhouse insulation production lines and recycling lines are currently starting production across the board.

During the interview, the reporter learned that among the 19 aid projects in Xinjiang provinces and cities, a considerable number of projects are in the middle and downstream industries of cotton. At the same time, 30 textile giants from home and abroad entered Xinjiang, injecting vigor and vitality into the cotton spinning industry in Xinjiang.

After large enterprises and large groups entered and converged, they gradually formed a complete industrial chain consisting of raw material bases, production and processing, spinning and weaving, market sales, and foreign exchange earning through exports.

Reporters found that Xinjiang's textile industry is undergoing qualitative changes. Xinjiang's textile industry is "shuffled," and small-scale, less-competitive loss-making enterprises are gradually being eliminated from the market. Enterprises above designated size stand proud and rely on technological innovation to "rebirth."