The National Garment Industry Cluster Working Conference And The Joint Meeting Of Secretaries General Of The National Garment Industry Association (Commerce) Was Successfully Held

April 10, 2025, by China Garment Association host, China Garment Science and Innovation Research Institute and Zhejiang Garment Industry Association The "National Garment Industry Cluster Working Conference and the Secretary General Joint Conference of the National Garment Industry Association (Commerce)" was successfully held in Hangzhou China Garment Science and Innovation Institute.

　　 Chen Dapeng, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation and President of China Garment Association, Xie Qing, Executive Vice President of China Garment Association, Chen Guoqiang, Consultant, Jiao Pei and Yang Xiaodong, Full time Vice Presidents, Qu Fei, Secretary General, Du Yanbing and Li Xin, Full time Vice Presidents A total of 90 people from the competent department of the national clothing industry cluster and the industry association (commerce) attended the meeting. Meeting by Qu Fei, Secretary General of China Garment Association host.

Zheng Nianhua, President of Zhejiang Garment Industry Association

Li Xin, full-time vice president of China National Garment Association

The meeting began, Zheng Nianhua, President of Zhejiang Garment Industry Association Welcome speech, and introduced the clothing industry in Zhejiang Province. Li Xin, full-time vice president of China National Garment Association He made a special presentation on "China Garment Association Industry Cluster Service Work", and he said that China Garment Association helped the industry cluster to rise by six service sectors: "tamping industry research, promoting scientific and technological progress, enabling fashion creation, promoting sustainable development, guiding regional coordination, and international resource docking".

　　 Practice sharing: unlock the innovation password and build the development engine together

Six persons in charge from the clothing industry cluster and local industry associations (business associations) respectively shared special topics around the innovative development of the cluster.

Song Fei, Deputy Director of Dandong Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology

　　 Song Fei, Deputy Director of Dandong Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology With the title of "Journey to Revival in the Brilliant Past", this paper systematically expounds the road of revitalization of Dandong's textile and clothing industry. As the largest border city in China, Dandong has formed three characteristic plates of protective textiles, tussah silk and outdoor sports relying on its geographical advantages and policy support. By the end of 2024, the total output value of the industry will exceed 10 billion yuan, and there will be 86 enterprises above designated size, which are transforming from OEM to ODM. In the future, Dandong will focus on promoting the construction of virtual industrial clusters, strengthening the influence of regional brands, coordinating the collaborative innovation of the industrial chain through the "chain leader system", deepening the application of industrial Internet, and creating a digital transformation benchmark.

Li Hailong, member of the Party Committee of Shaxi Town, Zhongshan City

　　 Li Hailong, member of the Party Committee of Shaxi Town, Zhongshan City Focusing on the theme of "Bay Area Core • Fashion Shaxi", he said that clothing is Shaxi's pillar industry, with about 3600 market players and 1500 clothing market players. Accelerate the integration of intelligent production and omni channel through releasing industrial land, building industrial parks, fashion blocks and other measures. In the future, Shaxi Town will rely on the regional advantages of Shenzhen China Channel to create a development pattern of "three areas coordination, south mountain and north water", continue to polish the signboard of "leisure clothing looks at Shaxi", and promote the industry to leap to the era of "4.0+".

Cheng Chuanbao, Director of Pinghu Economic and Information Bureau

　　 Cheng Chuanbao, Director of Pinghu Economic and Information Bureau In the special sharing of "Moving towards" New "and Multi dimensional Cohesion, Pinghu Speeds Up the Transformation and Leap of Down Garment Industry", it was said that the annual shipment of down jackets in Pinghu exceeded 200 million pieces, occupying an important position in the market share of women's down jackets nationwide. Through the "AI+" special action, the "Youyu" down jacket industry Internet 2.0 platform is upgraded iteratively to achieve 24-hour customized production; Promote the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing by building clothing small and micro enterprise parks. In the future, Pinghu will strengthen the regional brand of "fashionable Pinghu", and create the industrial vision of "buying down jackets and coming to Jinping Lake" by cultivating key enterprises.

Zhao Yue, Executive Secretary General of Zhejiang Garment Industry Association

　　 Zhao Yue, Executive Secretary General of Zhejiang Garment Industry Association With the theme of Unlocking the Innovation Password and Building the Development Engine Together, the high-quality development path of Zhejiang garment industry was systematically displayed. Zhao Yue said that Zhejiang, as one of the first provinces in the textile and clothing industry, has always taken technology empowerment, culture casting, green transformation, and international cooperation as the core driving force, and has constantly promoted the iterative upgrading of Zhejiang's textile and clothing industry through innovative initiatives such as organizational structure optimization, full life cycle customization services.

Mao Yihua, Vice President and Secretary General of Ningbo Garment Association

　　 Mao Yihua, Vice President and Secretary General of Ningbo Garment Association In Ningbo Weave Fashion New Chapter, the author reviewed the leap of Ningbo from traditional manufacturing to brand internationalization. Relying on the skills of "Hongbang Tailors", we have cultivated outstanding brands such as Youngor, Shanshan and Luomeng. In 2024, Ningbo's textile and clothing output value will exceed 132.33 billion yuan, and a new breakthrough will be achieved in the field of professional clothing. In the future, Ningbo will focus on green and sustainable development, digital transformation and internationalization, and create a fashion industry benchmark through the layout of overseas direct stores and other measures.

Tu Gui'e, Executive Secretary General of Dongguan Humen Garment Association

　　 Tu Gui'e, Executive Secretary General of Dongguan Humen Garment Association We shared the "Full chain empowerment and multi-dimensional integration - the innovative development path of Humen clothing industry", from "industrial layout: a chess game for the whole town to build an ecological cluster type industrial system", "innovation driven: the industry mobilizes together to promote intelligent and creative new formats", "value enhancement: brand leadership, and cultivating high-quality and high-value high-quality benchmarking" And "service upgrading: reserving potential and giving new energy, creating a high-end platform with excellent service and great energy".

Seeking common development: discussion and exchange, gathering industry consensus

In the afternoon of the same day, various industrial clusters and local industry associations (conferences) exchanged and shared their experiences in promoting industrial innovation and development.

　　 Strengthen full chain collaboration and digital empowerment, and activate cluster ecology

All industrial clusters and local industry associations (merchants) will promote upstream and downstream resource integration and collaborative innovation by building a whole industry chain service system. With industrial Internet and intelligent manufacturing as the core, build a digital public service platform to help enterprises achieve intelligent transformation and digital transformation. Several local associations, together with universities and enterprises, have established an industry university research cooperation mechanism, and introduced AI design, 5G factory and other methods to solve R&D weaknesses; Promote equipment renewal and green technology transformation, form an innovative ecology of "machine for human, data for brain", and enhance the overall competitiveness of the cluster.

　　 Deeply cultivate brand value and cultural empowerment, and leap to high-end value chain

All industrial clusters focus on branding strategy, and cultivate regional brands and independent brands through policy guidance and resource introduction. Integrate intangible cultural heritage, regional culture and other elements, create a differentiated product matrix, and seize the outdoor, ice and snow and other emerging tracks. Rely on fashion week, exhibition and other platforms to expand influence and promote the transformation from "Made in China" to "Chinese brand". Some clusters set up design centers and live broadcast bases in the linkage mode of "government+enterprises+colleges" to accelerate the incubation of "small and beautiful" digital emerging brands and build a "high-end+featured" dual wheel driven brand cultivation system.

　　 Coordinate green transformation and global layout to build sustainable ecology

Guided by green and low-carbon, the industrial cluster promotes technologies such as recycling of waste textiles, builds a national green factory and low-carbon supply chain, and responds to the goal of "double carbon". Strengthen policy coordination, formulate environmental protection standards and incentive measures, and guide enterprises to transform to cleaner production. At the international level, deepen cross-border cooperation and help enterprises continue to "go global". Through the linkage mode of "domestic parks+overseas bases", we will promote the connection between the capacity advantage and the global market demand, and create a high-quality development pattern of internal and external coordination.

Non full-time Deputy Secretary General of China Garment Association

You Wuyang, President of Xijiang New Retail Research Institute

During the discussion, You Wuyang, Non full-time Deputy Secretary General of China National Garment Association and President of Xijiang New Retail Research Institute They shared their observations and thoughts on garment industry clusters. He suggested that all regions should select development paths based on their resource endowments, improve service systems such as technology and business models, and strengthen cross regional collaboration capabilities.

Chen Guoqiang, Consultant of China National Garment Association

　　 Chen Guoqiang, Consultant of China National Garment Association In the forum, he said that the essence of industrial clusters is the concentration and collaboration of the same industry or related enterprises in specific regions, covering five dimensions: geographical agglomeration, specialized division of labor, synergy, innovation driven, cultural embeddedness and global value chain migration. He stressed that the current clothing industry cluster has upgraded from traditional processing to a "three-dimensional complex" of hardware and software, online and offline integration. Each industrial cluster should choose a suitable model according to local conditions. The core lies in the coordination of "government, enterprise and industry". The government provides policy and institutional guarantee, enterprises promote technological innovation and market practice, and industry associations link resources and build platforms. Only by working together, can sustainable industrial ecology be built.

Strategic leadership: anchoring the development blueprint of the "15th Five Year Plan"

At the end of the meeting, Chen Dapeng, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation and President of China Garment Association In his concluding remarks, he pointed out that China's garment industry is standing at the key node of the end of the "14th Five Year Plan" and the "15th Five Year Plan", and should take "science and technology, fashion, green, and health" as the strategic anchor to build an innovation driven technology industry, a culture led fashion industry, a responsibility oriented green industry, and a people-oriented health industry. He stressed that the next five years are the key period for the industry to achieve intelligent upgrading and brand value improvement, and it is necessary to pool the efforts of the government, industry and enterprises to deepen the coordinated development of industrial clusters.

Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation

Chen Dapeng, President of China National Garment Association

President Chen Dapeng said that technology is the core engine, and artificial intelligence and intelligent manufacturing will reshape the production paradigm. In the next five to ten years, it is necessary to focus on the digital connection of the whole chain, promote the demonstration construction of intelligent factories, and break the bottleneck of industrial development. Brand building should go hand in hand with "manufacturing brand" and "terminal brand". At present, there is still a gap between industry product strength and brand value. It is necessary to strengthen R&D and design capabilities, cultivate compound talents, and attach importance to the innovative power of the new generation. In the face of current challenges, he pointed out that in the first two months of 2025, the industry investment still maintained a high growth level of 18.5%, which demonstrated the confidence and resilience of the industry, and China's clothing industry will become stronger.

On the day of the meeting Liu Zheng'an, Non full-time Deputy Secretary General of China Garment Association and Vice President of China Garment Science and Technology Innovation Research Institute Led by, the guests visited the China Garment Science and Technology Innovation Institute, and demonstrated the achievements of the Institute in key areas such as intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation through the exhibition hall explanation and scene demonstration.

(Source: China Garment Association)