From December 16th to 17th, the 5th member representative conference and cotton textile development forum of China Cotton Textile Industry Association was held in Nantong, Jiangsu. The meeting held the election of the association and announced the development plan (draft) of the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Chinese cotton textile industry. Gao Yong and Xu Wenying, vice presidents of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, and relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as well as cotton textile enterprises and cotton processing enterprises, attended the meeting.

The meeting elected the heads of the 5th China Cotton Textile Industry Association, executive directors and directors. Zhu Beina was re-elected as president of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, Ye Haochun was vice president and secretary general, Wang Keli, Wang Qingcui and Zheng Jiewen were the associations of the association. Vice president.

The meeting pointed out that the current key period for the development of the cotton textile industry, although outstanding achievements during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, but need to recognize that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the cotton textile industry will face greater opportunities and challenges. The industry should continue to work hard to expand internal and external demand, optimize production capacity structure, strengthen product innovation, and improve automation.

During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the pace of industrial restructuring of the cotton textile industry accelerated, technological progress improved significantly, and cotton policy reform achieved breakthrough achievements. It continued to advance in brand building, personnel training, and regional coordinated development, but the industry still faces innovation capabilities. Insufficient, cost advantages, competition in foreign trade, and the cotton system needs to be improved.

During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, the industry will focus on improving quality and efficiency, diversifying products, optimizing regional layout, building independent brands, achieving internationalization strategy and sustainable development of green environmental protection, and promoting production and transformation. , sustainable development and industrial layout as the goal.

Zhu Beina said that the past five years have been a challenging five-year development of the cotton textile industry. The "new economy's new normality, transformation and upgrading, and sustainable development" have been frequently mentioned. The industry situation is complex and changeable, and member companies are shut down and reorganized. There are more situations. The new council will take the transfer mode, structure adjustment and promotion as the top priority of the industry development to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of the industry.

The meeting also invited the heads of relevant state ministries and commissions, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, industry experts and representatives to discuss issues such as the promotion of technology innovation, the trend of cotton processing trade, the quality of cotton and the changes of cotton textile market.