From February 14 to 16, Ye Jian, chief engineer of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, went to Shijiazhuang, Hebei for investigation, visiting New Datong Textile, Changshan Group, Jiguang Chemical Fiber, Hebei Jinyi Chemical Fiber, Hebei Zhongji Wanlong Textile, Shijiazhuang Weibaolai Textile and other enterprises. Discuss the current development status of the enterprise, the dilemma faced, the industry trend expectation, the enterprise development planning and other topics.

Shijiazhuang, as the traditional advantage area of textile industry, has sent a large number of professional talents for the development of textile industry. The production fields of the enterprises visited this time cover chemical fiber, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing and other industrial links, which cover the spinning capacity of nearly 900,000 ingot, weaving capacity of nearly 2,000, including pure cotton yarn, color spun yarn, polyester cotton yarn, denim, polyester cotton and other types of products.

In 2022, due to the escalation of geopolitical conflicts, the impact of the pandemic, and the resurgence of anti-globalization forces, companies in general have come under great pressure from sharp fluctuations in raw material prices, significant contraction in downstream demand, and persistently low market expectations. In the face of 2023, although enterprises have great expectations, but after three years of the epidemic, the global end-consumption habits have quietly changed, people will allocate more income in the field of rigid demand, and reduce the proportion of consumption in textiles and clothing. In the face of this situation, the interviewed enterprises are cautious about the industry trend in the first half of this year, that there will not be much rebound trend in a short time, and it is expected that the second half of the year will be better.

In terms of employment, as a traditional advantage area of the textile industry, employees have a high degree of localization and good stability, but the overall age is still too old. With the continuous improvement of equipment and technology level, the demand for technical talents is increasing. In terms of raw material inventory, due to the rapid market changes, enterprises try to maintain flexible capital chain and other factors, the level of raw material inventory is not too high, mostly within 30-40 days. Some enterprises take the way of "cash hedging" to avoid the risk of market fluctuations. In terms of product inventory, most of the products are produced by order. In the current environment, most of them are short orders, and the product inventory is about 30 days.

On February 14, the group of Ye Jian Chun went to Changshan Beeming for investigation. Xiao Rongzhi, chairman and Party secretary of Changshan Group and Changshan Beiming, accompanied the investigation and visited the production workshop of Changshan Beiming Hengsheng Textile Branch and Changshan Beiming Science and Technology Exhibition Center, and had a discussion with leaders and enterprise leaders of Hebei Textile Association and Shijiazhuang Textile Association.

Ye Jian Chun detailed understanding of the production scale, product development, marketing and transformation and upgrading of the enterprise. It highly appraises Changshan Beiming to focus on the implementation of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization "two-wheel drive" strategy, focus on improving the development quality of the main industry, pay close attention to scientific and technological innovation, strengthen market development and optimize the product structure.

The market is the leader. Ye Jian Chun stressed that enterprises should take the initiative to go out, look at the market, find out the market situation, understand the market changes, master the market trend, research and judge the market trend. We should combine our own advantages with market demand, position our products well, enhance our market influence and enhance our market competitiveness, and better integrate into the new development pattern in which the domestic cycle is the main body and the domestic and international cycles are mutually reinforcing.

The survey also focused on visiting spinning, weaving and chemical fiber enterprises in Zhaoxian County, Shijiazhuang City, and had a discussion. It is reported that Zhaoxian textile industry now has more than 80 textile and garment enterprises, most of them are private small and medium-sized enterprises, directly employed more than 20,000 people, nearly one million spindle, more than 2000 air jet looms, more than ten thousand shuttle looms.

For the future development planning, the company said, avoid the homogenized competition with the mainstream products in Southeast Asia, Xinjiang and other regions, on the basis of doing well and fine their own advantageous products, looking for their own unique product direction, so as to achieve "no one I have, people have their own excellent". At the same time, for the development of textile industry in Zhaoxian County, the enterprise hopes to continuously improve the industrial chain, introduce functional fiber products, strengthen product scientific research, and jointly guide the upstream and downstream for group development to improve the overall strength of the region.

During the period, the research group also communicated with relevant leaders of Hebei Textile and Garment Industry Association and Shijiazhuang Textile Industry Association on the overall development of the region and the direction of industrial transformation.