Faced with various pressures such as rising costs, shortage of labor resources, and increasing environmental constraints, China's textile industry must find new sources of power and realize the transformation of new and old growth models. In this process, the support and leading role of technological innovation is very important. The textile industry must establish a reliable product quality status in the international and domestic markets through technological advancement, design innovation, process improvement, etc., and enhance the reputation of Chinese brands.

Recently, the Textile Light 2015 China Textile Industry Federation Science and Technology Award was announced. The award, established in 2004, is regarded as the “Nobel Prize in the textile industry”. The 93 projects won this year are focused on new fiber preparation, textile processing technology enhancement, product innovation and development, intelligent equipment and energy conservation and emission reduction. It represents the highest level and direction of the development of textile technology today.

The textile industry is a traditional pillar industry and an important civilian production industry in China, and it is also an advantageous industry in which China participates in international competition. In recent years, the world economy has recovered slowly, and the domestic economy has slowed down. China's textile industry has to face both competition from developed and developing countries, and it has to bear the rising costs, the shortage of labor resources, and the increasing environmental constraints. Kind of pressure. Therefore, the textile industry must find new sources of power, realize the transformation of new and old growth models, and move rapidly from labor-intensive and resource-consuming to technology-intensive and resource-saving. In this process, the support and leading role of technological innovation is increasingly obvious and important. It is the core of the implementation of the innovation-driven strategy in the whole industry. It is the basis and source of many innovations such as product innovation, management innovation and brand innovation.

From the outside of the industry, a new round of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial changes are emerging in the world, and disruptive innovations are constantly emerging. At the national level, the “13th Five-Year Plan” proposal proposes that the leading role of scientific and technological innovation in comprehensive innovation should be brought into play, and the direction of national strategic guidance is clear. The textile industry must firmly grasp the rare historical opportunities, do a good job in the construction of textile science and technology, build a future key direction of science and technology innovation, and strive to achieve the level of technological innovation at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan from "follow-up, parallel" to " Parallel, leading" is the main change.

Specifically, the textile industry should focus on key common technologies and applied basic research in the industry, further accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, promote the synergy of scientific and technological systems, strengthen the construction of standard support systems, and promote the level of textile technology and equipment, independent innovation, and product development. A comprehensive improvement in capabilities.

In terms of intelligent manufacturing, we must accelerate the development of a new generation of information technology and manufacturing technology, and use intelligent manufacturing as the main direction of deep integration of two technologies, and accelerate the improvement of textile intelligent manufacturing including intelligent equipment, intelligent operation and intelligent products. Level, cultivate new production methods based on “Internet +” product innovation, lean manufacturing, flexible production and supply chain integration to promote the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry.

In the development of new textile materials, we must vigorously develop various differentiated and functional fibers and their products to meet the new needs of people's individualization, fashion and functional consumption; develop high-performance fibers and composites that meet the needs of high-end industrial technology. Materials, breaking the monopoly of foreign technology; developing new bio-based fiber materials that replace petroleum resources, breaking through raw material constraints.

At the same time, through scientific and technological progress, design innovation, process improvement, etc., establish a reliable product quality status in the international and domestic markets, enhance the reputation of Chinese brands; promote the application of low-carbon energy-saving advanced technology, waterless watermarking technology in the whole industry, Achieve green production.

China is the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of textiles and garments. It is the country with the most complete and complete textile industry chain, and has a solid foundation and obvious advantages in the world's textile power camp. Under the guidance of technological innovation, the textile industry will play a more important role in beautifying people's lives, driving related industries, stimulating domestic demand growth, and upgrading ecological civilization. (Author: Xu Hongzhou Economic Daily 2015.12.25)