One Belt and One Road to Build the Industrial Ecology Circle of Xinjiang

The strategic conception of the "New Silk Road Economic Belt" has provided valuable opportunities for the long-term development of the textile and apparel industry in Xinjiang. At the same time, Xinjiang textile and apparel industry also needs to find and solve problems in the opportunities, make full use of policies and industrial advantages, and establish a benign recycling market ecological environment in all aspects of spinning, weaving, and clothing.

The Significance of the "Belt and Road" Strategy Viewed from the World Economy

The “One Belt and One Road” strategy has innovated the thinking of the economic community, and it is expected to achieve similar international settlement status with the US dollar and the euro in the process of realizing the community.

After experiencing the rise and fall of Latin America in the 1970s and the rise of the “Asian Four Little Dragons” in the 1980s, the US dollar has been leading the international market in various ways. The global settlement rate was as high as 80%. In the long run, the China-Japan-South Korea Northeast Asia Free Trade Zone will become the third largest economy in the world. Together with more than 60 countries along the Belt and Road, as well as the Southeast Asia Free Trade Area, India and South Asia, the entire Asia Free Trade Area The size of the district will exceed 50 trillion US dollars and become the world's largest economy. As the core country of the trade zone, China will become the third largest international trade currency after the US dollar and the Euro. For the long-term development of the Chinese economy in the future, the average living standard of the Chinese people will have a tremendous boost.

The Status and Status Quo of Xinjiang in the "One Belt and One Road" Strategy

The strategic concept of the "New Silk Road Economic Belt" is to strengthen the connectivity and trade exchanges in Central Asia, provide an open channel and platform for western China, promote the economic and social development in the western region, and narrow the development gap between the eastern and western regions. Xinjiang is not only the core area of ​​the Silk Road, but also a bridgehead opening up to the west of China. Whether economically or politically, the development of Xinjiang's textile industry will play an important role.

According to the strategic layout of the “Central Committee’s Opinions on Further Maintaining Social Stability and Long-term Stability in Xinjiang” and the “Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Supporting the Development of Textile and Garment Industry in Xinjiang to Promote Employment,” textile and clothing will become the transfer of industries in the east and the employment in Xinjiang. Pillar industry. As a major province of cotton production, Xinjiang entered a new phase of structural adjustment from the “10th Five-Year Plan” period, increased the construction of high-quality cotton bases, developed high-quality cotton yarn and cotton cloth, and became China’s largest cotton production base and textile production base.

At present, Xinjiang's cotton resources account for more than 60% of the country's total output. The textile and apparel industry has become a key pillar industry in Xinjiang. It is estimated that by the end of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, Xinjiang’s spinning spindles will have a volume of 20 million spindles, and four comprehensive textile garments will be built including Shihezi Economic and Technological Development Zone, Korla Economic and Technological Development Zone, Aksu Textile Industry City, and Alar Economic and Technological Development Zone. Industry Base.

According to incomplete statistics, in 2015, the enterprise planning achieved a record in the construction scale of Xinjiang. The newly started cotton spinning project exceeded 6 million spindles (including air spinning). Among them, Litai Company, Zhenlun Company, Jinfu Company, Tianhong Group, Huafu Group and others all exceeded 1 million in scale in terms of planning and construction; the construction scale and investment amount of the individual cotton spinning projects started have been greatly increased compared with the past. At the same time, Xinjiang's textile industry completed a record high in fixed asset investment in 2015, reaching 25.16 billion yuan in January-October, an increase of 1.9 times year-on-year; new cotton spinning capacity is expected to reach 4 million spindles (including air-spinning), and by the end of 2015, the cotton spinning capacity in Xinjiang reached 10 million spindles (including air spinning).

A group of apparel, knitting and carpet companies in Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Anhui and Ningxia invested in Xinjiang. A group of Xinjiang local companies such as Dah Sing Xin, Ba Limu, Kun Mo, Ming Zhong, Ou Li Ting, Dan Sally, Yan Qi, etc. have also continued to grow and develop, making positive contributions to enriching local costume varieties and expanding the market in Central Asia. This has provided a good demonstration and leading role in realizing stable local employment in the Xinjiang region.

Problems in Xinjiang Textile Industry and Suggestions

While the textile industry in Xinjiang has achieved significant development, there are also some problems. On the macro level, there are regional and regional competitions in the process of attracting the textile industry from the mainland to Xinjiang, and the phenomenon of competition and recruitment by the Corps and local governments. This kind of competition has caused each government to compete for commitments to enterprises that exceed the conditions of existing regional and national policies. How to harmonize the interest relations between governments and not blindly adopting preferential policies to vicious competition is a question that requires careful consideration.

Microscopically, due to Xinjiang's preferential policies for spinning companies, a large number of spinning mills produce yarn in Xinjiang but sell the products to the Mainland or export, resulting in the phenomenon that yarn cannot be purchased locally, causing the original loom to start serious. insufficient. Weaving is an indispensable key link for extending and improving the textile industry chain, expanding employment, and achieving the sustained and healthy development of the textile and garment industry. Without the support of the weaving industry, the goal of developing the textile and garment industry will be difficult to achieve. Field investigations in Xinjiang found that the current scale of weaving in Xinjiang is less than 5,000. New textile projects are all spinning, and new weaving projects are temporarily blank. The industry generally believes that we should give greater support to the weaving sector.

The Changshan Group in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, intends to invest in the construction of a weaving factory in Xinjiang. Therefore, based on the current relevant policies of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the new weaving enterprises in Xinjiang were cost-accounted and put forward some policy recommendations:

Comparing with the spinning enterprise's use of Xinjiang real estate cotton's subsidy standard, weaving companies should use Xinjiang real estate yarn to give subsidies;

In order to encourage the support of Xinjiang weaving enterprises to use real estate yarns in Xinjiang, to promote local conversion and processing of real estate yarns, and to improve the extension of the textile industry chain in Xinjiang, we should subsidize the cotton yarns that have been saved from the transformation of Xinjiang real estate yarns after they are converted in situ, as a support Special support funds for the development of cloth companies are given to weaving companies;

At present, cotton products are transported from South Xinjiang to Jiangsu and Zhejiang where cotton cloth is mainly sold. The freight rate is about 1,500 yuan per ton. Therefore, it is recommended that the south and north regions should increase freight subsidies accordingly.

Compared with spinning, the weaving process is more complex and more difficult to operate, and often requires continuous training. It is recommended that Xinjiang train the more difficult types of jobs, increase the training subsidies as the case may be, and establish professional and technical colleges and universities to conduct long-term talent output for the company.

The "One Belt and One Road" strategy needs not only the development of Xinjiang, but also brings precious opportunities for the development of the textile industry in Xinjiang. To seize this opportunity, some key issues need to be resolved. What needs to be emphasized is that the preferential policies and the low cost of certain production elements are not the foundation on which companies can rely for long-term development. The long-term development of Xinjiang enterprises needs to establish a relatively complete industrial chain and a developed product market, so that enterprises in all aspects of spinning, weaving, and clothing will establish market relations in Xinjiang, and jointly safeguard the virtuous cycle of market ecological environment in Xinjiang, thus stimulating Xinjiang. The balanced development of the textile industry.