During the important period of the in-depth promotion of the China-ASEAN community of common destiny, at the critical moment when the construction of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Version 3.0 was launched and RCEP was implemented in depth, the 15th Global Textile and Garment Supply Chain Conference was held in Pingnan County, Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from November 23 to 25.

Experts and industry elites at home and abroad gathered in the Millennium Hecheng to discuss industrial integration and innovation cooperation and explore the path of high-quality industrial development around the theme of the conference "Drawing a New Picture of Openness and Win-win Industry under the RCEP Framework". The conference mainly focuses on hot topics such as economic development, digital technology, green signage, environmental protection technology, flexible supply chain, etc., interprets the latest achievements and future development trends of the supply chain development of the contemporary global textile industry from the three dimensions of "technology, fashion and green", and takes advantage of RCEP to jointly draw a new picture of supply chain value upgrading and win-win international cooperation.

During the conference, China (Guigang) Textile and Garment Fashion New Area Visit and Exchange Meeting, Investment Promotion Conference, Guigang Textile and Garment Enterprise Special Matchmaking Conference, Down Supply Chain Alliance Conference, Textile and Garment New Material Supply Chain Alliance Conference, Textile and Garment Printing Technology Development Conference and other parallel activities were held at the same time. Well-known entrepreneurs, industry experts, buyers and suppliers gathered in Pingnan to conduct cooperation negotiations and exchanges on hot topics such as fashion trends, material innovation, product development, creative design, innovative processes, flexible intelligent manufacturing, and industrial cooperation in supply chain segments. In addition, in the "Excellent Supply Promotes Upgrading" achievement exhibition held at the same time, 29 domestic excellent textile and garment enterprises, technology companies and international institutions such as Anhui Yahua Down Co., Ltd. and Qingdao Bonte Ecological Textile Technology Co., Ltd. were displayed with high-quality products and advanced technologies, and achieved certain results.

The "Excellent Supply and Promoting Upgrade" activity is a strong voice leading the development of the industry at the national level

Liu Changjiang, head of the supply chain collaboration department of China Textile Information Center, as one of the organizers, said in an interview with the "Textile and Garment Weekly" reporter that in 2022, the impact of the epidemic on China's economy is very significant. In this environment, it is very necessary and timely for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to issue a document in the textile and garment industry to promote the "excellent supply and promote upgrading" activity.

He believes that China's textile and garment industry is experiencing a new round of industrial transfer, so it is more and more important to promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry to advanced manufacturing and enhance the competitiveness of the industry. This plays a vital role in ensuring the status and safety of China's textile and garment industry, promoting employment and regional economic development. At this time, the launch of the "Excellent Supply and Promotion" activity is a strong voice from the national level to lead the development direction of the industry.

It is understood that in order to promote the development of Guangxi textile and garment industry, this supply chain conference specially held the "Guigang Textile and Garment Enterprise Special Matchmaking Conference", for this purpose, specially invited from Guigang, Pingnan, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places of excellent textile enterprises and domestic well-known brand clothing home textile enterprises to participate, the two sides around creative design, technological innovation, material application and other topics multi-dimensional exchanges and discussions, many enterprises reached a preliminary cooperation intention on the spot.

The "Excellent Supply Promotes Upgrading Achievements Exhibition" gathers 29 domestic excellent textile and garment enterprises, technology companies, international institutions of high-quality products and advanced technologies, bringing new solutions to the industry to promote the stability and smoothness of the supply chain and promote the upgrading of the value chain. The two activities are not only the epitome of the development of Guigang's textile and garment industry in recent years, but also an important embodiment of promoting the optimization and coordinated development of the supply chain between regions.

The person in charge of the relevant enterprises who participated in this event said, "For local enterprises in Guangxi, contacting foreign enterprises is an important task to promote the company's business development. Due to the epidemic, the suspension of various types of exhibitions has affected our business development. This event can invite international and domestic enterprises to participate in the docking, which plays a very important role in opening up the market and contacting customers. At the same time, the government takes the lead in organizing such work, which makes us feel that the government's work is pragmatic and considers the development of our foreign-invested enterprises. Let us have more confidence in your development. The person in charge also said that in the current epidemic, customers and consumers lack confidence, and organizing such activities plays a very important role in inspiring everyone's confidence and encouraging everyone to develop. Although this is the first time we have participated in this type of event, we have gained a lot this time, and we hope that Guangxi can hold more such activities in the future, and even take us out of Guangxi to various markets.

While undertaking the industrial transfer in the eastern region, Guigang's textile and garment industry is also promoting the rise of inherent advantageous industries (such as down, sportswear, etc.), and has become an important part of the closed-loop supply chain of China's textile and garment industry. "This achievement exhibition reflects the good development momentum of Guigang in the field of textile and garment, and also promotes the exchange and cooperation between local enterprises and foreign enterprises in Guigang. It can be said that this activity has been organically combined with the 'Excellent Supply, Promote Upgrade' activity. Liu Changjiang said about this.

It will still play a role in the development of the whole industry and the improvement of supply chain management

"This event was first and foremost a confidence boost. Under the guidance and guidance of China Textile Federation, it is very important to help enterprises find their goals and muster their motivation. As the organizer of Guangxi, the relevant person in charge also gave an example, "For example, enterprises in Guangdong used to invest in Guangxi, and in their impression, we have no market here, no customers, we can only take orders for production, and then send the goods away." This event should be said to have changed their impression, Guangxi can also invite customers in, they can also contact different customers in Guangxi, carry out business activities, they did not think so before. Therefore, as the organizer, we have cooperated with the China Textile Federation to enhance our ability to serve and even empower enterprises, which has promoted the domestic circulation, promoted consumption upgrading, and strengthened the service capabilities and levels of our regional government. In the future, we will focus on doing a good job in service, especially to improve the public service capacity of the textile and garment industry in Guigang, in this regard, we will learn from the experience and practices of developed regions such as Guangdong and Zhejiang, introduce third-party institutions with industry-recognized capabilities, and let professional service capabilities empower enterprises in Guigang and promote the development of enterprises. ”

"The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has taken the 15th Global Textile and Garment Supply Chain Conference as an activity of 'Excellent Supply to Promote Upgrading', which is a recognition of the work of the Global Textile and Garment Supply Chain Conference for many years, and we are very honored." Liu Changjiang said that since the supply chain conference was first held in 2008, it has been held in more than ten major textile and garment industry cluster areas. Through the joint meeting with the industrial cluster government, the conference deepened the cooperation between industry organizations and industrial clusters, effectively promoted the cooperation between advanced technology, scientific and technological talents and industrial cluster enterprises at home and abroad, promoted the internationalization process of China's major textile and garment industry clusters, and promoted the improvement of supply chain management capabilities and performance of industrial cluster enterprises.

"Of course, we also call on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and relevant national departments to pay more attention to the supply chain development and industrial chain security of the textile and garment industry during the window period of industry transformation and upgrading, and can further support the supply-side reform and industrial transformation of the industry in the future." At the same time, the Global Textile and Garment Supply Chain Conference will continue to focus on the theme of "supply chain" and play a role in promoting the development of the whole industry and the improvement of supply chain management.

When talking about what help and support will be provided to the development of the textile and garment industry from the perspective of excellent supply and upgrading in the future, Liu Changjiang said that from the perspective of internal circulation, optimize the supply side, promote domestic high-quality production capacity to cooperate with China's own brands, and promote the construction of domestic brands' three products with excellent supply to achieve the rapid development of the internal cycle. At the same time, it is necessary to formulate industry standards related to the supply chain, optimize the production capacity structure, standardize and improve the supply chain management level of the whole industry, and enhance the competitiveness of the industry supply chain.