Textile industry goes from "East" to "West"

In contrast to the speeding up of overseas expansion by enterprises, the rate of industrial shifts from eastern coastal areas to the central and western regions is slowing down. The expected goal of the textile industry in the “Twelfth Five-year” development plan is “the ratio of production in the central and western regions will increase from 17% in 2010 to 28% in 2015 and increase by more than two percentage points per year”, but the reality is slower than expected. .

This is also true from the fact that the China Textile Federation Spring Survey conducted this year. This year's spring survey conducted a visit to "Regional Structural Adjustment". The main research area was the provinces and cities that have succeeded in the transfer of eastern industries in the past two years - Jiangxi and Anhui provinces. The surveys in these two provinces show that the pace of industrial transfer in China has been slowing down a bit. Due to the rigid rise in the cost of the country’s overall factors, the advantages of the central and western regions have gradually disappeared, coupled with industries such as industrial chain support. The environment is not mature enough, and the attraction of the enterprises in the eastern coastal areas gradually becomes smaller and smaller. Therefore, the industrial shift from east to west needs to find a “new breakthrough” under the “new normal” and “new historical stage”.

"Regional First" Growth Declined

It is undeniable that the two provinces of Jiangxi and Anhui, as important regions in the central and western regions, have achieved remarkable results in undertaking the transfer of eastern industries in the past two years. In 2014, Jiangxi's textile enterprises above designated size achieved a total revenue of 232.2 billion yuan, ranking eighth in the country and third in the central region. Compared with the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, it increased by 1.8 times, with an average annual increase of 28.9%, an increase of 18.4% year-on-year, 11.6% higher than the national average, and the growth rate ranked first in the central region.

In 2014, Anhui's textile enterprises above designated size achieved a total revenue of 183.2 billion yuan, ranking 10th in the country and 4th in the central region. The growth rate was 12.7% year-on-year, 5.9 percentage points higher than the national industry average, and the second fastest growth rate was in the central region.

Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, which are the first and second places, can almost represent the entire industry shift in the central and western regions, or the optimal situation. Taking Jiangxi as an example, from 2011 to 2014 after the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, Jiangxi’s textile and apparel industry completed a total of 233.42 billion yuan in fixed asset investment, accounting for 7.09% of the country’s total, and 22.23% of the province’s total investment in the same industry.

Through the industrial transfer, the Jiangxi textile industry has grown rapidly in size and the country has moved forward. After the industry's main business income exceeded 100 billion yuan in 2011, it exceeded the 200 billion yuan threshold in 2014 and achieved "three-year doubling." The ranking in the same industry in the country moved from 12th in 2010 to 8th in 2010. From the perspective of settled projects, for example, the number of textile and garment industry projects settled each year in Jiujiang City accounts for more than one-fifth of the total number of projects settled in the city. It should be said that through the industrial transfer, the textile industry in Jiangxi Province has achieved rapid development.

With the improvement of overall strength, the industry in the province has gradually exhibited some of its own characteristics. At present, a significant feature of Jiangxi's textile industry development is that garment industry has accounted for a large proportion of textile projects that have increased in the past two years, becoming the largest sub-sector in the province's textile industry. Data show that in 2014, the main clothing revenue in Jiangxi Province (123.4 billion yuan) and profits and taxes (13.7 billion yuan) accounted for more than half of the entire industry.

In addition, through the introduction of large-scale enterprises, such as Jinyuan and Huafu, Jiangxi's cotton spinning capacity has also been rapidly developed, forming a textile industry base with three main business revenues of Fengxin, Ruichang and De'an exceeding RMB 10 billion. Among them, most of the enterprises are high-level production capacity in the industry. It is reported that in 2014, the province's cotton spinning capacity reached 5.2 million spindles, of which 80% were to accept high-level cotton spinning capacity.

Jiangxi Province is a model for the Central and Western regions. It has a production base for cotton and ramie. To attract investment from enterprises in the eastern region, a working group led by the provincial party committee and the provincial government’s main leaders is set up to focus on the transfer of textile and garment industries. The provincial government attaches great importance to a number of preferential tax policies, and actively undertakes various industrial transfer work exchanges. It has achieved today's success in carrying out a series of tasks such as planning, innovation, investment, and implementation of services.

However, in 2014, the rapid growth of fixed asset investment in the textile and clothing industry in Jiangxi Province has suddenly changed. The first year of fixed asset investment has declined year-on-year, and the industry has actually completed fixed asset investment of 61.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7%. Compared with the year-on-year increase of 13.4% in fixed asset investment, there was a clear contrast.

Difficult breakthroughs in the new stage

Jiangxi is just a representative. At present, the transfer of the domestic textile industry as a whole shows a trend of “lower growth”. From the data, in 2010, the investment in fixed assets in the central region was only 145 billion yuan. By 2011, only one year, the investment in fixed assets had increased to 215.6 billion yuan, and the year-on-year increase was 46.5% and 56.7%, respectively. This is higher than the 19.1% and 25.3% in the eastern region over the same period. However, by 2012, 2013, and 2014, the investment in fixed assets in the central region was 249.8 billion yuan, 279.1 billion yuan, and 322.8 billion yuan, respectively, with growth rates of 15.9%, 11.7%, and 15.6%, respectively. The growth rate has dropped significantly.

At present, China’s economic development has entered the “new normal”, and the adjustment of regional structure and industrial transfer of the textile industry has also entered a new stage. "The slowdown in growth" should be the most intuitive manifestation of this "new phase." Some analysts pointed out that the reasons for the “growth slowdown” are affected by the slowdown in the overall growth of the industry, but also by the policy-oriented changes in the province, and affected by the impact of the overseas layout of some companies, in short, from the east to the central and western regions. The industrial transfer has been "slowing down" and may continue to "slow down" in the future.

According to industry sources, “The factors and driving forces of industrial transfer at the current stage are changing. Factors such as factor costs, policies, etc. are mainly responsible for the early industrial shifts. The passive situation is more, and the way to rely solely on cost advantage to attract industrial transfer has been weak. With the emergence of modes such as transfer and selective transfer within the province, companies are more actively and aggressively transferred based on their own development and industrial layout needs."

And now, many western regions' industrial environment is not really enough to support the healthy development of enterprises after their entry. Some companies have stated that: “In some areas, there is a shortage of products such as facial accessories and clothing, and sales are a problem,” and some companies said: “Some The development of finishing after printing and dyeing in the region is lagging behind. Many fabrics are not produced by us, but are not too late to be rearranged.” Together with the state's taxation and preferential policies for various regions, all provinces and cities have land, taxes and subsidies. The space available for other areas is getting smaller and smaller, and the general rising labor costs. All these changes have made the advantages of the Midwest region attracting enterprises from the eastern region to be smaller and smaller, which is far from the appeal of Southeast Asian countries.

However, it cannot be overlooked that the industrial development in the eastern region has already been tolerated by the constraints of resources and the environment. In the coming decades, the main tasks in the eastern region will be concentrated on industrial transformation and upgrading. New production capacity can be said to be severely limited. Therefore, there is still much room for the future development of the central and western regions. Only in the future, industrial transfer and regional structural adjustment should pay more attention to scientific, sustainable, high starting point, and high-level construction. Some industry experts summed up the three aspects of "combination" to reporters: First, integrate with the country's major policies and policies, such as the major regional strategy along the way, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and promote inter-regional industrial cooperation; It is combined with the domestic market and the development of urbanization, especially the consumer market potential of the central and western regions. The third is the combination of optimizing the market competition environment, fostering and enhancing the ability to innovate, building an environment conducive to innovation and entrepreneurship, and improving public services. Conditions, improve the level of public services.

Therefore, in the new historical stage, there is still much work to be done in the layout of China's textile industry. The central and western regions need to focus on their own different characteristics, combine industry development, find new breakthroughs, continue to optimize the regional structure of the textile industry, and accelerate the promotion of The grand goal of a powerful textile country in China is realized.