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Called bombo fiber bamboo fiber is a natural fiber is the use of extensive growth of the Chinese bamboo as raw material, through a special high-tech treatment process, the cellulose in bamboo extract, and then through the plastic, spinning and other processes created The regenerated cellulose

Fiber.

Bamboo is an evergreen plant, growing in the mountains of nature, very few pesticides and other hazardous substances by the pollution, so using bamboo as raw material for production of bamboo fiber is non-toxic, non-polluting characteristics. Moreover, bamboo is a fast-growing plant, 2 to 3 years can be a forest felling, use of bamboo pulp fiber production, easing the growing plant fiber raw materials supply and demand contradiction, is conducive to the comprehensive protection of forest resources, but also the reasonable bamboo resources used to find a better way. China’s abundant bamboo resources, the whole country reached 4.21 million ha forest area, reserves of 127 million tons, with more than 400 kinds of shapes and sizes of bamboo, the output ranked first in the world.

After the bamboo fiber is cotton, hemp, wool, silk after the fifth-largest natural fiber. Bamboo fiber for multi-type network structure is different from cotton, wood fiber, single ring, the cross section of the gap covered with a highly elliptical hollow, for the absorption and evaporation of water to create better conditions. Since the special structure of bamboo fiber, natural cross-section area of the high degree of “hollow”, industry experts said the bamboo fiber will “breathe fabric.” Bamboo fiber has excellent permeability, water absorption, strong wear resistance and good dyeing and other properties, at the same time has a natural antibacterial, antimicrobial, in addition to mites, odor and anti-ultraviolet. Experts pointed out that the bamboo fiber is a truly green and environmentally friendly fiber. Bamboo fiber textiles because of its complete copy of the inherent properties of bamboo fiber, which is relished by consumers, product demand increased year by year.

Beijing Jia Xin Zhu a bamboo fiber textile Co., Ltd. is the first development of one of bamboo fiber products, its brand “IKEA Bamboo” Bamboo fiber eco-textile industry has become a well-known brand, The company has developed Relax towel bamboo fiber products series, bamboo fiber bedding series of health, antibacterial bamboo fiber underwear series, comfortable clothing line of bamboo fiber, bamboo fiber socks deodorant pad series, bamboo fiber products hardcover series, six series of bamboo fiber household goods, set off a wave in the market wave after wave of consumption.

IKEA bamboo company, according to the person in charge of the bamboo in the growth process, without any source of pollution, entirely from natural, and bamboo fiber has the capacity to degradation, degraded the environment without any pollution, but also a complete return to nature , is called green fibers. The bamboo fiber products in China is just a preliminary stage of development, but the bamboo fiber “ecological, health, environmental protection,” which is already in the market, enjoys popular, sought after by consumers. Therefore, Beijing Bamboo Garden of Hope for a good will in the development of bamboo fiber products to invest more efforts to bamboo fiber industry bigger and stronger, so that “Bamboo IKEA” brand to become the first brand of bamboo fiber products.

  Fengxin, a landlocked province of small population counties, in this non-textile industrial base, no obvious regional advantages to speak of, nor are there special case of preferential policies, but to attract foreign investors in the process of the textile industry in time to seize the center of gravity from the the southeast coastal areas to central and western regions development opportunities, and economy of the region identified here, the four pillar industries of the first five years time to grow into the province’s textile and apparel industrial base.

  County secretary resigning themselves to becoming the “production team leader,” Fengxin is located in northwestern Jiangxi, the county total population of 302,000 people, the county seat 50 kilometers from the provincial capital Nanchang, there is no railway and national highway, the same weak industrial base. Seven years ago, the county is almost state-owned enterprises have been closed down or restructured, a large number of layoffs, unemployment and unemployed people in the blind in the streets all day job, when the final remnants of hope dashed, had no choice but to work outside their homes.

  Fengxin county Huang Xiaohong, vice minister of the Propaganda Department to “China Economic Weekly,” recalls Huang 100 county party secretary from outside the county transferred the beginning of the text on the night held an enlarged meeting of the leadership team, a small conference room, participants cadres everybody look dignified.

  , “Which reveres the new situation we know better than I, how do you say that?” Yellow 100 mute on the question paper.

  ”Now all over to attract foreign investors, we also engage in Uta.” There cadre whispered answer.

  ”Fengxin rely on to attract customers and arouse the where to put?” This is a bunch of yellow text of 100 substantive issues, so that everyone here cadres trapped in a long time in meditation.

  Shortly thereafter, a town southeast corner of the barren hills on the ground-breaking Fengxin County, Feng Tian zone. Meanwhile, the wave of another wave of investment cadres went to Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other developed regions. However, they often asked the same question: “Why should I choose you Fengxin?”

  Through the initial difficulties and blind, on instructions from new discoveries: see the project on the looting of the investment approach is not conducive to long-term development, we must determine an industry topic. Later, Fengxin will be set up textile-based county’s pillar industries.

  However, historically there is no Fengxin textile enterprises, the cotton crop is also rare, and textiles is a labor-intensive industries, needed to support a large number of skilled workers.

  ”Grim reality is Fengxin although a lot of unemployed workers and surplus rural labor, but it is certainly not meet the future needs of a large number of labor and almost no one understands textiles.” Then serve as a county deputy magistrate in charge of industry Political Consultative Conference Mr ZOU tang told the “China Economic Weekly”, “those days, and county leaders furious, anxious eyes of everybody, who talk with the smell of gunpowder, but for park work, casual one Fuke Ji Huang Shuji cadre Dugan personally oppose them. I have jokingly said that Huang Bai-wen is the county party secretary, but also the production team leader. ”

  With the first cotton spinning enterprises Tianshun company’s presence in Park, Jinyuan came, Gan Xin came, HongFeng, Hengchang, three states and large Howard also continued to discuss with their come … … Fengxin Merchants have begun to targeted manner to go with the developed areas of the textile enterprises approached, local enterprises introduce Fengxin hear the scale of the textile industry, have also expressed their willingness to come here to investigate.

  Government’s integrity and service

  As early as in 2001, Fengxin县政协主席ZOU Shi-tang through a friend introduced to Tianshun Textile Co., Ltd. of Jiangxi, Chairman Yong Yu. Yong Yu also was engaged in his hometown of Zhuji, Zhejiang, textile trade and industry has not yet operational.

  ZOU yellow tang and the county party secretary called 100-Wen door, hoping to Fengxin Yong Yu Textiles Industry to set up, and said they would do service work. Yong Yu himself was one way to trade is not conducive to long-term development, is implied, but hesitant. To facilitate this cooperation, ZOU Shi-tang Huang accompanied by at least 100 paper ran 20 times Zhuji, the two sides reached a final investment agreement.

  Then, ZOU Yong Yu tang personally responsible for helping the building of factories, textile and Design Institute of Jiangxi Province invited experts to help design, so that the original expenditure of about 30 million more reduced 30000. Yong Yu was touched, “Zou county, you do let me have nothing to say. Why do not you introduce me to a larger enterprise.”

  Soon Yong Yu referral by the group settled in the Hengchang Fengxin, a 120 million yuan of funds made available quickly, into a model of business investment.

  ”Fengxin County free of charge for our textile enterprises to new employees sent to training in Fujian and other places.” Jiangxi Jinyuan Textile Co., Ltd. veterans Zheng Yongxiang said, “Merchants in some places, when good things Lianpian, etc. After the merchants come, but it is another round of face . Fengxin County, I think that the real practice the leadership of the ‘good faith is more important than the commitment to’ the investment values. ”

  Jiangxi Hengchang CEOs Yu Qian said: “When we first signed with the Fengxin, the price is still relatively attractive, but now it has another one up. Moreover, when the average monthly salary of workers as long as 600 yuan, but now it rose to 1,200 yuan. The power consumption of large textile enterprises, but also is a labor-intensive industry, and this is our move to the mainland to seek new space for development of the two major factors. While it is Fengxin advantage of fewer and fewer, but still the Government’s credibility. If the summer of 2004 happened to be Fengxin County water plant transformation, the county water stress. county leaders informed about our difficulties, the immediate dispatch several fire trucks carrying water to our emergency, so that the normal operation of our production. ”

  Yu Qian bluntly theory “well placed”, Jiangxi counties natural conditions than Fengxin superior in many areas, but now “people” is the most important factor, “This is what we also are willing to continue to increase input in the Fengxin causes. ”

  Create a base of textile and garment industry

  Feng rookie’s efforts have paid off. It is understood that Fengxin have initially completed the “spinning spinning – weaving – clothing,” the textile industry chain, and formed a spinning, dyeing and finishing, garment, garment accessories, scientific research as the main body, a high degree of concentration of industry, closely related products of industrial clusters; and will further extend the textile industry chain, the introduction of textile auxiliary enterprises, focus on the development system, line, ribbon, zippers and other related enterprises, the introduction of textile machinery manufacturing technology development of new projects; will be started, “Jinyuan” “Liang Qiao,” “Hengchang”, “Africa One” and other textile industry, brands and earn higher profits for the terminal market.

  Fengxin 100 county party secretary Huang Wen told reporters that Fengxin has developed a series of supportive policies to promote the rapid development of the textile industry, such as the increased power network facilities, technical innovation, the full protection of the textile-based electrical safety, and without violating the national electricity policy under the premise of the Government to provide financial subsidies, targeted implementation of preferential policies; raw materials to meet business needs, Fengxin has been in the county has established a base of cotton cultivation and acquisitions, but also support enterprises to apply for import of cotton quotas; has organized 16-40 year old county town of new labor, rural surplus labor to the textile skills training free of charge, will be hosting a provincial Textile Vocational College. Taking into account the inadequacy of local labor resources, the county government has also sent people to organize labor in Sichuan and Guizhou, input, effectively solve the recruitment difficulties for business problems.

  Huang Bai-wen, secretary, said Fengxin from traditional agriculture to new industrial restructuring in the deep-seated change, not only to become beautiful county, and the former barren hills became factories everywhere, and there are classes available on the masses, but also because the county between cadres fundamental shift in the concept of entrepreneurship, cadres began to understand the industry, the farmers have a manufacturing skills will no longer need to go to DC to go to work, and usually comparable income and work outside the home, but also have families to take care of the family.

  Last year, by the end of December, when the Fengxin County People’s Government, send to an “application for textile and garment industry base in Jiangxi Province,” the material was sent to the Jiangxi Provincial Economic and Trade Commission in front of the responsible person, the responsible person directly asked: “Now a lot of counties City wants to get this quota, you Fengxin what basis? ”

  Fengxin County Industrial Park Management Committee, director of Hu marine emboldened full: “county’s industrial park is approved by the State Council, provincial-level industrial park, including textile and garment industry base in the overall planning area of 3,000 acres, the existing production textile and garment enterprises 9 , employing 8,000 people, all of the most advanced imported equipment, the overall scale of production has reached 30 million spindles, the annual output value will reach 1.72 billion, annual profits and taxes 220 million yuan. At present, annual sales are six hundred million . Last year, the textile industry in the park industry, the proportion of tax revenue accounted for 40%, this year is estimated to reach more than 50% can account for half of the country. to 2010, textile and apparel enterprises above designated size will reach 50, the production scale will reach one million spindles over That will create a annual production capacity of 1 billion meters of fabric weaving, garment garment processing capacity of 100 million or more, the annual output is expected to more than 6 billion yuan, total profit and tax of 360 million yuan to achieve … … ”

  More than ten days later, Fengxin has made a smooth base for textile and garment industry qualifications.

  ”Investment has been central and western regions of China for many years, most of the counties and cities are still available in the blind state of chaos, industrial restructuring be difficult to achieve, the key problem lies in the large and ideas, see the project is necessary to see businessmen on the move, do not distinguish primary and secondary, but whether it is appropriate myself. “Jiangxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Economics Zhihui, director of hemp that Fengxin’s success is reflected in the global textile quotas were lifted to seize the unprecedented opportunities and to undertake the eastern gradient transfer of industries in developed coastal areas of the process, found the right investment in the textile industry positioning. Only to find an industry need to join the point, it may be more with less investment.

1, China Textile Industry Development

(1) China textile and apparel industry is an important livelihood and pillar industries, in order to make a great contribution to national economic development

1, China is the world’s largest textile and clothing and the largest fiber production, processing

   Since 2000, China’s textile industry after eight years of rapid development, textile fiber processing volume from 2000 to 13.6 million tons reached in 2008 about 36 million tons, accounting for 40% of the world. Over the past eight years, an increase of 22.4 million tons, is 1.7 times the past 50 years, China’s per capita fiber consumption of 6.6 kilograms from 2000 to 2008 has reached 15 kilograms, the textile industry has become a pillar industry of national economic development and people’s livelihood industries.

2, China’s textile and garment industry is the people’s livelihood of the agro-industry

   In 2008, China’s textile and garment industry, the direct employment figure is more than 20 million people, of which 80% came from agricultural workers, only the above-scale enterprises, employment is the number one national industrial practitioners / 7. At the same time, as agricultural products processing industry, processing of domestic agricultural products a year – eight million tons of cotton, wool, down 380,000 tons, 450,000 tons hemp, silk 130 thousand tons, natural fibers are directly engaged in the cultivation of agricultural population of about 100 million people. The relationship between the rise and fall textile and garment industry to employment and agriculture, rural areas and farmers a direct interest.

3, to meet the growing consumer demand at home and abroad

   In 2008, China’s textile and garment industry realized an industrial output value of about 3.4 trillion yuan, 3.6 times increase in 2001, the profit growth of 4.4 times compared with 2001. To meet the growing domestic demand, in 2007 statistics the proportion of above-scale enterprises from the domestic market in 2000 accounted for 67% to 77%. In 2008 the textile industry exports 189.6 billion U.S. dollars, due to the impact of the economic crisis, exports grew by only 7.98%, exports still increased 3.56 times more than in 2001. 2008 trade surplus of 295.4 billion U.S. dollars nationwide, of which the textile trade surplus of 170.98 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 57.8% of surplus, the textile industry has made great contribution to foreign exchange for the country.

(B) 2008 2009 from January to April of the cotton textile industry to run

1, yarn production continued to maintain a small growth rate fell sharply, cloth production fell

   The second half of 2007, due to macro-control policies and the international financial crisis, China’s textile industrial output growth began to slow down, all kinds of products have emerged a larger decline in growth rate. In 2008 the whole of society statistics, cotton yarn output of 21.49 million tons, an increase of 3.9% compared with last year’s growth rate dropped by 14.7 percentage points; cloth output of 71 billion meters, up 5.1% year on year growth rate down 7.7 percentage points; from January to April of this year, yarn Line total output of 6.702 million tons, an increase of 8.08% year on year growth rate down 3.3 percentage points, cloth output of 15.875 billion meters, down by 1.78%.

Yarn-dyed and denim fabrics in which there is a big increase over the previous year, an increase of 16.5%. Cloth production in the country apart from Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Xinjiang, Chongqing, to maintain growth, the rest of the provinces have experienced negative growth. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, respectively, a negative growth of 4.49%, 2.96% and 3.77%. Note capacity shift east to central and western regions was evident.

2,09 years, cotton textiles and cotton apparel exports continued to decline there was a substantial

   2008 cotton textile and apparel exports 71.769 billion U.S. dollars, down 0.41%, of which cotton apparel exports 50.947 billion U.S. dollars, down 5.35%, there has been nearly 10 years, for the first time negative growth. 2009 from January to April, exports of textile and apparel textile industry 46.572 billion U.S. dollars, down 10%, of which 15.4% reduction in textiles and clothing to reduce by 6.6%. 2009 from January to April, cotton textiles and cotton apparel exports 18.911 billion U.S. dollars, down 11.17%, with 11.9% increase over the previous year, down 0.73 percentage points; including cotton textile exports 5.438 billion U.S. dollars, down 17.04%, cotton apparel exports 13.474 billion U.S. dollars, down 8.56 percent.

As the Chinese cotton prices higher than international market, China’s cotton yarn exports are not competitive, 1-April yarn exported only 15 million tons, down 22.84%; 1.9 billion meters of cotton fabric exports, also fell 12.9%. The above data show that the textile industry including the cotton textile industry exports have declined 10 percent this year compared to last year, more than further deterioration.

3, the investment continued to decline, central and western regions has increased

   As the financial crisis, the market reduced demand, business investment contracted. In 2008 the textile industry invested 272.4 billion yuan, grew by only 6.75% over the previous year plunge 19 percent; of these cotton textile industry (excluding cotton printing and dyeing) investment experienced negative growth, above-scale enterprises to invest 71.386 billion yuan, down 5.86%, which cotton textile industry is the first time in 15 years, negative growth, also shows that cotton textile industry is indeed serious difficulties.

2009 from January to April, the national textile industry invested 68.087 billion yuan, an increase of 1.61%; of these cotton invest 17.017 billion yuan, down 3.68%, continue to maintain a negative growth. Overall, from the textile industry in the Midwest apart from Xinjiang and Yunnan, and Hubei decline, the other maintained a more substantial growth. From the country as a whole, 1-April urban fixed-asset investment rose 30.5%, the central 44% 4 trillion investment has been completed, but the textile industry have yet to see the central sun and rain, the investment remains negative growth, the recent special project is expected to issue a central textile .

Second, the textile industry’s adjustment, the upgrading and energy-saving emission reduction

(A) the elimination of backward capacity, strengthening upgrading

   The essence of the scientific development of a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development, rapid growth in production capacity of raw materials, resources, power and environmental pressures, the current, due to the impact of the economic crisis not yet over, the market demand reduction and efficiency decline in the spinning yarn weaving ability is not the best time, gauze products have been in excess supply trends.

   At present, we are in a critical period of adjustment and upgrading, adhere to scientific and technological lead, changes in development thinking, and resolutely eliminate backward production capacity, upgrade existing technology and equipment, improve labor productivity is the inevitable choice for enterprises to upgrade.

(B) to encourage innovation is the core of the new era of industrial development

1, Compact Spinning lines are spinning technology and equipment to promote a revolution.

    High count yarn tightly so that the quality of cotton yarn-dyed shirt fabric grades greatly improved now been applied to high-grade knitted T-shirts, luxury bedding and apparel fabrics, tight yarn fabrics in the future is still the focus of high-grade cotton product development . Following the successful development of the Group of Shandong Lutai 300 cotton yarn later, China has successfully developed a number of cotton spinning enterprises. Recently, Shandong Ruyi Technology Group, in cooperation with the Wuhan Institute of Technology and so on, through the composite spinning method of innovation, successful development of 500 cotton yarns.

2, the new development and application of fiber fabric innovation is still the mainstream, but also pulp sizing and technical personnel in the future focus of research topic

   This year’s Annual Meeting theme is “scientific and technological innovation, low cost, environmentally friendly energy-saving textile sizing”, textile sizing project involves multi-disciplinary, through technical innovation and leading textile sizing technology research and development to meet the development needs of modern textile;

   At present, the development and application of new fibers is the focus of product innovation, all kinds of regenerated cellulose fiber, protein, fiber, and a large number of functional, differentiated applications of new synthetic fiber yarn fabrics for the provision of quality product development, raw materials, the development of the Multi-Fiber Blend yarn and woven fabric products are cotton industry, one of the revitalization plan, pulp sizing and technical personnel in innovation is necessary to study multi-fiber blend woven products, sizing techniques.

(C) continue to drive less, without PVA sizing technology research and application of sizing to achieve environmental protection

   Since 1997 to promote “less without PVA” Since the industry research and development experts and scholars to actively explore alternative PVA slurry and accessories, the majority of the engineering and technical personnel in the production practice, and explore the sizing of production technology, the less PVA on has been much progress, but in environmental protection sizing, without PVA sizing can not fully satisfy the weaving and dyeing and finishing emission reduction requirements.

    The State Environmental Protection Department said that in 2008 the National COD and sulfur dioxide emissions, respectively, compared with 2007 decreased by 4.42% and 5.95%, but according to the first national pollution census information: In the 39 industries in the textile industry, COD discharge volume has risen from the fourth to the second place, accounting for 18.53%; the main textile and sewage is a big province of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong and Fujian; Zhejiang Province, the textile industry accounted for COD emissions of 55.3% of total emissions; Jiangsu Province, the textile industry accounted for the total emissions of COD emissions amount of 48.35%; These data show that energy-saving emission reduction that we have a lot of work to be done, we must have a sense of urgency, a sense of responsibility.

(D) “Strengthening the standardization system” is a “textile revitalization plan,” one of the key tasks, while the textile sizing products and the absence of standard detection methods, but also restrict the development of environmental protection an important factor in sizing, so in the future to strengthen the standardization work , through the slurry product standards to guide and carry out testing activities to promote the slurry product performance and quality improvement.

Third, strengthen confidence, and actively promote the revitalization of cotton textile industry

   With regard to industrial upgrading, upgrading of technological transformation put forward initially identified seven specific aspects: First, high-tech synthetic fibers and the specific: such as carbon fiber, aramid, high strength polyethylene, composite materials, bamboo fiber, fiber solvent , etc.; two development projects of industrial textiles: If the filter material, medical material, geotextile fabric, decorative materials, agricultural packing materials, etc.; 3 is a new textile machinery: such as new spinning, non-woven machine, etc.; 4 is a brand name and public service platform. In the technological transformation: the fifth, Spinning and Weaving Industry Project: Focus on cotton, wool, linen, silk and knitting industry focus on investment in content. 6 is a printing and dyeing industry, energy-saving emission reduction transformation: 7 is the chemical fiber industry, functional, differential fiber development projects.

    Textile industry is the accumulation of capital and expansion of rural employment is an important industry for quite a long period of time, the textile industry in stable employment, stable exports, the promotion of regional economic development will still have an important role in the textile industry healthy and stable development, is related the people’s livelihood and social stability of the overall situation.

As a fully competitive cotton industry, improve the core competitiveness, bringing about change in the pattern of economic development is the fundamental way out for development of the industry. China’s textile industry, the difficulty has been the national leaders attached great importance to the State Council have been included in the textile industry related to the people’s livelihood of the pillar industries, at present, several adjustments of the national textile export tax rebate policy, tax rates have been transferred to 16%, severe decline in the textile industry The situation has begun to ease.