On July 1, the 11th Cross-Strait Textile Industry Cooperation Seminar was held in Harbin, sponsored by the China Textile Industry Federation and the Taiwan Textile Industry Development Association, and co-organized by Harbin Hongbo Business. Wang Tiankai, President of China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, Du Yuzhou, Honorary President, Zhao Min, Member of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department attended the meeting, Yu Hong, Deputy Director of the Economic Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Wang Wei, Deputy Director of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Heilongjiang Province Gao Yuxue, deputy director of the Industry and Information Technology Commission, Ye Yixiong, chairman of the Taiwan Textile Industry Development Association, Zhan Zhengtian and Weng Maozhong, vice chairman of the Taiwan Textile Industry Development Association, and more than 100 people from the textile industry from both sides of the Taiwan Strait attended the seminar.
At the seminar, the guests reached a consensus on strengthening in-depth exchanges in the textile industry across the Taiwan Straits and establishing a more in-depth cooperative relationship. They hope that by convening the Cross-Strait Textile Industry Cooperation Seminar, the two sides will work together to use Heilongjiang’s advantages to strengthen Sino-Russian trade. ; At the same time, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in technology, talent and other aspects of the cross-strait textile industry, effectively establish a contact system, and provide comprehensive services to achieve common development and common prosperity of the cross-strait textile industry.
In recent years, with the continued development of trade, the necessity and development space for deepening cooperation between the textile industries on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have become further apparent. The development of cross-Strait textile industry trade has distinctive characteristics: First, the textile and apparel trade is generally stable and the scale has expanded. Among them, the scale of mainland China’s imports from Taiwan remains at a relatively high level, accounting for more than 10% of total textile and apparel imports. Second, the trade structure is stable and complementary. Third, the proportion of cross-Strait textile trade in mainland China’s total textile and apparel trade is generally declining, and the decline in the proportion of import trade is even more prominent. It can be seen that the complementarity of the textile industry systems on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is still outstanding and is an important basis for deepening cooperation between the two sides. The scale of textile and apparel trade between the two sides has not expanded significantly, and its influence in the overall foreign trade of the mainland’s textile industry has declined, indicating that the favorable conditions for cross-strait trade liberalization still need to be more fully utilized. Both sides of the Taiwan Strait still need to deepen cooperation in the textile industry chain from multiple angles, help each other develop the demand potential of the industrial chain, create trade opportunities, and promote the rapid development of bilateral trade.
The China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation stated that in recent years, the mainland’s textile industry has been in a critical period of transformation and upgrading and faced a complex external environment. It is more expected that the two sides will further deepen industrial cooperation and utilize each other’s superior industrial resources; promote the full development of trade and enhance market competitiveness; Through interaction and mutual assistance, we can share the dividends of cooperation and development. To strengthen cross-Strait textile industry cooperation, we should focus on giving full play to the complementary advantages of the industrial system, strengthen the integration and collaboration of industrial chain resources, learn from each other’s strengths and offset weaknesses, and promote industrial upgrading and development.
In response to cross-strait textile industry cooperation measures, the China Textile Federation made suggestions: First, actively promote mutual market development. Through cooperation in organizing trade exhibitions, industrial chain docking negotiations, and building market information platforms, enterprises on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can help each other explore markets, expand trade exchanges, and turn the favorable conditions of trade liberalization into real development opportunities. The second is to strengthen cooperation in industrial innovation. Strengthen cooperation in the scientific and technological innovation system, and based on the complementarity of industrial structures, bring relevant enterprises and scientific research institutions into industrial technology innovation alliances to collaboratively enhance scientific and technological innovation capabilities. The third is to improve the investment environment. Cooperate to research key investment areas that are in line with the characteristics of cross-strait industrial structures, communicate with each other on relevant industrial policy information, actively build communication platforms, and promote the integrated development of cross-strait industrial chains by promoting the flow of industrial capital. The fourth is to promote cooperation in producer services.
Huang Weiji, secretary-general of the Taiwan Textile Industry Development Association, expressed his views on the current situation of Taiwan’s textile industry, the current development strategy of Taiwan’s textile industry, and Taiwan’s future direction: Taiwan’s textile industry believes that normalization and liberalization of cross-strait trade are the inevitable direction of cross-strait exchanges.
The seminar also discussed the domestic demand market for textile and apparel in mainland China, the global layout of overseas investment by cross-strait textile enterprises, and the trade and investment of cross-strait textile enterprises in Northeast Asia. Experts and entrepreneurs on the stage had interactive exchanges with participants in the audience.
