The 16Th Global Textile And Garment Supply Chain Conference: Green Driven Smart Empowerment

"The modern fashion supply chain is an important part of building a modern textile industry system. The high-end, intelligent and green level of the fashion supply chain is related to the integrity, security and advancement of the modern textile industry system. To promote the development of the modern fashion supply chain, we need to anchor the key points and work together." At the 16th Global Textile and Clothing Supply Chain Conference, Sun Ruizhe, chairman of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation and the China Textile Industry Federation, stressed the importance of modern fashion supply chain.

On October 16-18, the 16th Global Textile and Garment Supply Chain Conference was held in Shengze, Jiangsu Province, at the same time as the National Advanced Textile Manufacturing Cluster Innovation and Development Conference and the 12th Jiangsu (Shengze) Textile Expo, which fully absorbed the cutting-edge trends and future trends of the development of the international garment and textile industry.

Focusing on the theme of "green driving, smart empowerment, and building a modern fashion supply chain", the conference also held a series of special activities on the basis of the theme conference, including Shengze fabric brand docking conference, international guests and Shengze fabric docking conference, supply chain innovation forum in the era of big model, China Textile Union product development base enterprise president club Parallel meetings such as camping equipment product supply chain alliance meeting, down supply chain alliance meeting, textile and clothing scientific and technological achievements transfer forum, etc., jointly explored the important value and practical path of modern development of fashion supply chain.

Sun Ruizhe said that digital and green are the important directions of the new round of industrial transformation, which bring era opportunities to the global fashion supply chain. "We should accurately grasp the new trend of the global industrial system and industrial chain supply chain, comply with the industrial operation law, build a modern industrial system, and win the initiative and opportunity."

Build up iterative thinking and strengthen collaborative innovation of fashion supply chain

As an important fashion town and textile hub in China, Shengze has continuously promoted the "trinity" integration of industry, market and city for many years. Its industrial scale advantage, system advantage and first mover advantage have been constantly strengthened, and it has made outstanding achievements in product development, fashion design, brand cultivation, digital transformation, overseas expansion, green development and other fields.

Chen Jianzhong, Deputy District Head of Wujiang District People's Government, said at the theme conference that in recent years, Wujiang has firmly grasped the national strategic opportunity of the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Demonstration Zone, firmly grasped the primary task of high-quality development, vigorously promoted spatial restructuring, resource restructuring, and quality remodeling, gathered more powerful development momentum with a better industrial structure, and continued to be solid, strong To optimize the real economy. The convening of this supply chain conference will firmly promote the sustainable and healthy development of the textile and clothing supply chain, promote the upgrading of the industrial chain, the extension of the value chain to the high-end, and help build a modern textile and clothing industry system.

At the opening ceremony held on October 17, Shengze Town People's Government, China Textile Information Center and Swiss Textile Testing Co., Ltd. held the "Supply Chain Certification Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony". The three parties will carry out a series of activities around the joint construction of "China Shengze Textile Supply Chain Certification Service Station" to help improve the supply chain management level of Shengze textile enterprises and promote the international exchange and business cooperation between Shengze textile enterprises and global textile and clothing customers.

Integrate system boundaries and deepen open cooperation of fashion supply chain

Cooperation is inevitable to promote the deep integration of industry chain and innovation chain. Before the conference, the guests visited two local representative enterprises of Shengze, namely, Suzhou Roman Roland Fashion Group Co., Ltd. and Wujiang Hengxin Weaving Co., Ltd., to learn about the development and advanced experience of Shengze industry, and focus on new technologies, new designs, new trends, current consumer demand, domestic and foreign markets The changes in marketing channels and other aspects were warmly communicated and discussed with enterprise representatives.

In order to effectively promote the communication and cooperation between upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, in the "Shengze Fabric Brand Matchmaking Conference", more than 50 outstanding Shengze textile enterprises, such as Lantian Weaving, Tutaike Textile, Hanta Textile, Jinyang Textile, and Yuyan Special Materials, selected high-quality fabric products in the categories of woven, knitting, nylon, cotton, linen, silk, and down, together with camel outdoor, hot air 24 well-known clothing brands, including Yiwen Group, Netease Yanxuan, Aimu, Jiaoxia, and Lingzhi Group, have carried out tearful exchanges and docking. The sponsor conducted preliminary research on brand purchase demand, and carried out one-to-one accurate matching for both suppliers and purchasers according to category, function and purpose, realizing the double harvest of efficiency and effect.

The "Matchmaking Meeting between International Guests and Shengze Fabric" held at the same time also attracted 34 fabric buyers from Pakistan, India, South Korea, Yemen, Bangladesh and other countries, including Fazal&Fida Trading Co., Kasi Seal, Avive International, Glory Textile, Al sharabi fahd, Shaoxing Reiy. The knitting, nylon, cotton, polyester and other products brought by Shengze enterprises accurately meet the fabric needs of international friends, and show the advantages of Shengze textile industry cluster with complete categories, top and bottom connectivity, and complete supporting facilities, further helping Shengze high-quality fabrics go abroad, and bringing "Shengze weaving" and "silk city" to the international clothing market.

Sharing cutting-edge ideas, stimulating innovation momentum of fashion supply chain

At the theme conference I with the theme of "International Collaboration of Supply Chain", Linda Wegelin, Group Market Development Manager of Swiss Textile Testing Co., Ltd., Indika Wijayabahu Liyanahewage, President of Sri Lanka Garment Exporters Association, Hu Kehua, Deputy Director of the Social Responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation Barberis Organista Cleto, design director of Italian DESSTYL DESIGNER&STYLIST, director of Japan Wool Industry Association, Eiji Gugu, senior designer of Japan Woolen Weaving Group, and Liu Rong, president of PSCC Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Association, prospectively discussed the development trend of fashion supply chain, from strategic construction, product innovation, digital application Multiple dimensions such as sustainable development have brought solutions for the construction of modern fashion supply chain.

In the second theme conference, Sun Zhengchun, Deputy Director of Shengze Town Economic Development and Reform Bureau, introduced in detail Shengze's cultural history, industrial development, business environment and supporting policies. He said that Shengze has a strong industrial foundation, complete industrial system and strong innovation power, and its comprehensive strength has always ranked first among the top 1000 towns in China. In the future, Shengze will continue to pursue the inheritance and development of silk culture, the innovative development of textile industry, and the development of future fashion creativity, and realize the transformation from "weaving base" to "fashion highland".

Focusing on the theme of "technology, fashion and green", Wu Qingye, Executive Vice President of Wingaid Fashion Holdings Co., Ltd., Jiang Longchun, Assistant General Manager of Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., Yu Shaozhong, General Manager of Guangdong Lingying Technology Co., Ltd., Nian Chunqiao, Director of Red collar Brand Design of Qingdao Kute Intelligent Co., Ltd., Shao Weiwei, Director of Commodity Center of Boyang Home Textile Group Co., Ltd Wu Boyong, CPO of LinkedIn, and other experts in various fields interpreted the digital and green innovation path of fashion supply chain from multiple directions, such as material research and development, fashion design, product development, and supply chain management.

Focus on stabilizing and strengthening the chain, and promote the value of fashion supply chain

The textile and clothing industry has a strong manufacturing system and a perfect industrial chain operation mode. The technology enabled industry has accelerated its transformation and upgrading. New models and new business types are emerging, and new growth drivers are being nurtured.

In the event of "Enterprise President Club of China Textile Union Product Development Base", leading guests from China Textile Union, Wujiang District and Shengze Town government gathered with nearly 30 outstanding entrepreneurs in chemical fiber, spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, clothing and other industries, focusing on scientific and technological innovation, product development, brand building, digital transformation Sustainable development and other hot topics in the industry shared the cutting-edge thinking and innovative practice of enterprises in high-quality development in the new stage and new development situation, and jointly discussed the feasible scheme of industrial chain and supply chain cooperation.

At the "Supply Chain Innovation Forum in the era of big model", Feng Guo, the founder of the EFCIO co creation circle, Chen Yiren, the assistant president of Zhongyuan Group, Xu Hua, the COO of Chemical Fiber Sect, Xie Xianwen, the VP and chief growth officer of Yingdao RPA market, and Wang Xin, the CIO of Youngor, shared and communicated on topics such as bio based material innovation, intelligent technology, and digital operation. Participants pointed out that with the big model and super brain, the textile industry will usher in an exponential leap in productivity, especially with the integration of big models and various technologies, and the implementation of innovative applications in the field of supply chain, which will accelerate the construction of a "new paradigm" of supply chain.

At the "camping equipment product supply chain alliance conference", Du Qianqian, quality manager of Toread Holding Group Co., Ltd., Guo Yajun, senior sales manager of Zhejiang Jaren New Materials Co., Ltd., Liu Changjiang, deputy director of the supply chain cooperation department of China Textile Information Center, and other guests started from the development and application of outdoor tents, the current situation of the camping market and other hot topics, Multi dimensional experience sharing was carried out. Participants agreed that the development prospect of camping equipment is very broad. With the continuous progress of science and technology, the performance and function of camping equipment will continue to improve. In the future, camping equipment will be more intelligent, more humanized, more environmentally friendly and energy-saving.

In recent years, the down industry has met the needs of the high-end market by introducing high-quality products with high technology content, high added value, fine production and excellent performance. In the parallel meeting of the "Down Supply Chain Alliance", Deng Jin, the technical expert of Wuxi Customs/the main drafter of the down and feather national standard, explained the current quality status of the down industry from the perspective of standard leadership; Song Ze, director of Jinyujie Production Center, focused on the process characteristics and development trend of down jacket fabrics; Zhang Lianjian, General Manager of Donglong Home Textile Co., Ltd., shared the practical experience of the enterprise in green down raw materials, low-carbon production, etc; Wu Yu, chief operating officer of Down Gold Net, analyzed the new trend of healthy development of down supply chain enabling industry under high-quality management; Lu Feng, the general manager of New Manfeng Technology Co., Ltd., described the successful practice of aerogel fiber in creating new growth in the competition for live broadcasting.

At the "Conference on the Transfer of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Textile and Clothing", experts from Donghua University brought forward the sharing of forward-looking research topics in various fields of the industry in combination with their respective research directions. Xu Guangbiao, professor of Textile College, introduced the performance evaluation and application of functional clothing fabrics; Liu Guohua, professor of the College of Computer Science and Technology, elaborated on cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements such as big data and artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, digital twins and the universe; Luo Xin, associate professor of the College of Computer Science and Technology, analyzed the application and innovation of AI in the field of fashion industry; Ji Xiaohuan, a doctor from Sun Bin, a professor from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, interpreted the processing technology and industrial application of functional materials, polymer materials and biomass polysaccharide based materials; Zhao Yuan of the Textile Institute comprehensively introduced the latest research achievements of the Institute in the fields of aerospace, medical and health, textile equipment, new textile materials, etc. in recent years; Wang Xianfeng, a doctor from Zhao Tao, a professor from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, shared the solution to promote green innovation of products with functional dye auxiliaries and green dyeing and finishing technology.

Based on the new stage, stimulate new momentum. As a global industry, the textile industry transcends national boundaries, development stages, different civilizations and social systems, builds a bridge of cultural acquaintance and popular affinity, and meets multi-level and diversified material consumption and spiritual life needs. Among them, building a modern fashion supply chain is an important link between beauty and common beauty. This Global Textile and Clothing Supply Chain Conference was successfully held in Shengze, which promoted the deep integration and cooperation of textile and clothing industry chains in various countries, and led all sectors of the industry to jointly explore new channels and new patterns for the modernization and upgrading of fashion supply chains.