The textile and garment industry slows down and stabilizes, and the "13th Five-Year Plan" faces multiple opportunities

In the face of new changes in the external situation, the current textile and apparel industry has also entered a new normal. The total economic growth of the industry has begun to gradually change from high speed to medium speed, and the growth rate has slowed down to single-digit growth. According to industry analysts, during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the textile industry is facing many opportunities and challenges. Adjustment and deepening and enhancing the competitiveness of the industry will become the focus, and the overall development level will remain at a medium speed.
"Thirteenth Five-Year" positioning will be adjusted"At present, the textile industry is slowing down and stabilizing, the downward pressure is relatively large, the comprehensive cost is rising, and enterprises are in the process of transformation. It is particularly important to pay attention to the fact that this year's export pressure is very high, and the devaluation of the EU currency further increases the transfer of orders. Therefore, the industry as a whole is in the process of transformation. The pressure is relatively large, and it is necessary to find new development space and new development way through structural adjustment and innovation drive." Wang Tiankai, president of China National Textile and Apparel Council, said.
China is the world's largest textile and apparel production, consumption and exporter. The total fiber processing accounts for more than 50% of the world's total, and the share of textile and apparel exports reaches 37%. It is also the world's largest textile industry chain with the most complete categories. nation.
From the perspective of industrial added value, total exports, total profits and other indicators, the growth rate of the industry since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period has been significantly lower than that during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, and by 2014, it has slowed to single-digit growth.
According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of 2015, the growth rate of the industrial added value of China's textile industry was 6.8%, which was slightly lower than the national GDP growth rate in the same period, and was significantly lower than that in previous years. However, it has rebounded from the first quarter, and each month in the second quarter has shown a momentum of continuous recovery.
At present, the 13th Five-Year Plan for the textile industry is being formulated. According to a reporter from China Economic Net, under the new normal of China's economic development, the textile industry will be repositioned, which can be summarized in three sentences, namely, the livelihood and pillar industries of national economic and social development. , a fashion and consumer industry that promotes cultural creativity and lifestyle, and a leading industry for high-tech applications, international development and business model innovation.
At the same time, under the background of China's comprehensive layout of ecological civilization construction, during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China's textile industry will promote the construction of ecological civilization from three aspects: the establishment of mechanisms, technologies and products, and circular economy. E-commerce, intelligent digital production, energy conservation and environmental protection are expected to become new bright spots. There may be breakthroughs in the waste recycling system. It is expected to organize pilot demonstrations of resource recycling and reuse, cultivate leading and backbone enterprises, and establish parks and industrial bases for waste textile recycling under the guidance of government planning.
Multiple factors bring benefits
The implementation of the "One Belt, One Road" strategy may bring new opportunities to the industry. Sun Huaibin, deputy secretary of China National Textile and Apparel Council, said that the current regional structure of the textile industry is mainly concentrated in coastal areas, while the development of the central and western regions is obviously lagging behind and insufficient. development options, such as capacity cooperation, cotton textile industry and technical textiles.
"Especially the Xinjiang region is the core area of the "Belt and Road" for our country, and it is also a middle area of the Eurasian continent, and for the social stability and long-term stability of Xinjiang, the State Council has issued a special document to vigorously develop the textile industry in Xinjiang. It has promoted employment and given a lot of policy support. I think these policies are conducive to the development of the textile industry in Xinjiang, especially the clothing industry." Sun Huaibin said.
In terms of overseas investment, with the rising costs of domestic labor, environmental protection, land, etc., overseas investment in the industry has spread from clothing to upstream yarn, dyeing and finishing and other fields in the industry chain; it has also grown from small enterprises to many now. Large enterprises have also begun to deploy overseas and transfer their production bases abroad.
Lin Yunfeng, vice president of the Textile Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, believes that there are two main ideas for "going out" in the next step. One is to take the route of raw materials and upstream resources, and the other is to extend the brand.
In 2014, the number of overseas M&A transactions by mainland Chinese companies surged. The data shows that the month-on-month growth exceeded 1/3, a record high. Despite the lack of mega-deals, the value of outbound M&A transactions reached US$56.9 billion in 2014, second only to the historical peak of US$66.9 billion in 2012. The mergers and acquisitions in the industry of UTG Investment Fund, Shanghai Textile, Ningbo Pioneer New Materials, Shanghai Jialinjie, Shandong Ruyi, and Shenzhen Marsfield have made global mergers and acquisitions in the textile industry begin to flourish.
Bao Haifeng, a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Shanghai M&A Service Department, believes that for textile and garment enterprises, the current good M&A opportunities mainly exist in two aspects. First, European and American brands are looking for opportunities in emerging markets in Asia, and Chinese companies can seek opportunities for cooperation in terms of equity or management rights. The second is that Chinese fabrics are gradually moving towards high-end, which can also provide assistance to the upgrading of Southeast Asian and ASEAN countries, and gradually realize the gradient transfer of low-end production capacity.
Internet + changes the industry form
The Internet has already changed the traditional textile industry through e-commerce, but it was only in the sales link before. Cao Xuejun, director of the Textile Division of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Internet brings great opportunities to the textile industry and vigorously promotes the integration and development of the textile industry and Internet technology. This is an important task for the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry in the future. "From the current situation of the integration and development of manufacturing and informatization, compared with the German Industry 4.0 system, my country's textile industry is in the stage of catching up with 3.0 and piloting 4.0."The future direction is to vigorously promote the integrated development of the Internet, information technology and the textile industry in the textile industry, improve the level of collaborative innovation, precision manufacturing, and fine management in the industry, optimize the supply chain, and promote the textile industry to high-end, intelligent and green. , service transformation.
At the same time, the Internet will promote the extension of textile manufacturing to service. In the process of promoting the application of the Internet by textile enterprises, suppliers of information systems and systematic solutions are derived, forming new growth points for enterprises and providing better services for enterprises to expand their core business.