The bell of the New Year sent off the unforgettable 2014. China's reform and opening up and modernization have entered a new stage, and the reform and construction of the national textile industry has also entered a new journey. On this day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, on behalf of the China Textile Industry Federation, I would like to extend New Year's greetings to friends from all walks of life who have been concerned about and supporting the development of China's textile industry for a long time, and to comrades struggling on the textile front!

In the past year, the textile industry has conscientiously implemented the central government's strategic plan to comprehensively promote the rule of law and deepen reform, and has done a solid job in all aspects, maintaining the steady development of the industry. The main operating indicators achieved growth, and the overall quality and efficiency of operations were stable and improved. The industry continued to make steady progress in structural adjustment, scientific and technological innovation, brand building, energy conservation and emission reduction, and talent team, and achieved good results.

But at the same time, it should be soberly noted that the growth rate of various operating indicators of the textile industry in 2014 has slowed down compared with the previous year, especially since the second half of the year, the industry has entered a new normal. In the new normal environment, the task of industry transformation and upgrading is more arduous, and various contradictions are more prominent. The growth of the domestic demand market has slowed down significantly, the comprehensive cost has continued to rise, and the inherent structural contradictions of the industry itself in raw materials, production capacity, layout, enterprise organization, etc. have become prominent.

In the new year, the industry should focus on raw materials, production capacity, environmental protection, layout, small and medium-sized enterprises and other issues. In 2014, the domestic cotton policy achieved a breakthrough. The new planting subsidy policy is conducive to gradually restoring the market attribute of the domestic cotton price. However, the specific implementation effect of the direct subsidy policy is still uncertain. The national cotton reserve, import quotas and other policies will also have an impact on the cotton price. The cotton market is still complex. This will increase risks to the production and operation of textile enterprises.


The adjustment of production capacity structure has been outstanding in the chemical fiber industry. The prices of chemical fiber raw materials and products have shown a downward trend in the past year. The pressure on enterprises to operate has increased. The chemical fiber industry as a whole has experienced periodic overcapacity, structural overcapacity, excessive market competition and other problems. Some key enterprises have begun to strengthen industry self-discipline and regulate the competition order, but how to maintain market order for a long time and establish a normal price transmission mechanism still need to be concerned and studied. The product structure adjustment of chemical fiber is very important to solve the contradiction of raw materials in the industry and promote the stable development of the industry.

It is incumbent on the textile industry to save energy and reduce emissions and declare war on pollution. In the face of the continuous improvement of the national regulatory standards for pollution emissions, the pressure on environmental protection in the industry has become more prominent. However, in order to enhance the ability of sustainable development, the textile industry must overcome the environmental protection barrier, which requires the joint efforts of all parties in terms of capital, technology, services and other support.

The industrial layout is also facing a new situation. Faced with the problem of slowing down the undertaking of transfer in the central and western regions, the industry will further investigate and study, and give full play to the role of the central and western regions in the domestic layout system. We should also strengthen the allocation of transnational resources and make full use of both domestic and foreign markets to seek new development.

The vitality of small and medium-sized enterprises is a sign of the steady development of the textile industry. Faced with changes in the macroeconomic situation, SMEs face great pressure for survival and development. The ability of enterprises in capital, technology, talent, management and other aspects is obviously insufficient, and the survival dilemma is becoming increasingly prominent. The industry urgently needs to strengthen public services for SMEs.

The year 2015 is the end of the 12th Five Year Plan. The complexity of the current development situation of the textile industry and the arduous task of transformation and upgrading require us not to relax. At the recently concluded Central Economic Work Conference, the central government put forward the task of economic work in 2015. The textile industry should do well in its own industry. It should plan to make good use of the great resilience, potential and room for manoeuvre of the textile economy. Relying on promoting reform and restructuring, it should unswervingly promote the improvement of quality, efficiency and upgrading of textile development, take the initiative to adapt to the new normal of economic development, and strive to ensure that speed regulation does not decrease, and quantity and quality increase are better.

In the new year, the textile industry will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the center of improving the quality and efficiency of industrial economic development, actively adapt to the "new normal" of economic development, focus on reform and innovation, promote structural transformation, and strive to promote the steady and healthy development of the textile economy.

Although the textile industry still faces various risks and challenges, the economic policy environment at home and abroad is relatively favorable, the internal and external impetus to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the industry is constantly enhanced, and development opportunities still exist. China Textile Federation will work with the whole industry to strengthen confidence in development, adhere to transformation and upgrading, achieve new development of the industry, and make efforts to comprehensively complete the tasks set out in the "Twelfth Five Year Plan".