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Sun Ruizhe, President Of China Textile Federation: Promote The Construction Of Industrial Workers And Form A Strong Driving Force For High-Quality Development Of The Industry

2025/3/20 23:09:00 0

In China Textile Industry Federation and China Finance and Trade Light Textile Tobacco Trade Union

Speech at the 22nd Joint Meeting

Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation

　　 The spring breeze has faith, and people's hearts are long. It is my pleasure to participate in the joint meeting of China Textile Industry Federation and China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union to discuss with you the issue of building the textile industry workforce.

　　 General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that social work is an important part of the work of the Party and the state, which concerns the long-term governance of the Party and the long-term stability of the country, social harmony and stability, and the well-being of the people. As the key element of the development of new quality productivity and the main force of Chinese style modernization, industrial workers are the important service objects of social work in the new era. At present, China's economy and society are undergoing structural adjustment, new economic organizations and new social organizations are emerging in large numbers, and the scale of new employment groups continues to expand. The composition, distribution and employment pattern of textile workers have undergone profound changes. How to further expand the Party's organizational coverage and work coverage, and enhance the Party's appeal, cohesion and influence in emerging areas? How to further stimulate the vitality and endogenous power of industrial innovation, and enhance the value creation of industrial workers in private economy, small and medium-sized enterprises? How to further promote social fairness, justice, harmony and stability, improve governance ability, and ensure the healthy development and legitimate rights and interests of industrial workers? New subjects require us to do something new.

　　 We should follow the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on social work and the spirit of the Central Social Work Conference as guidance, pay attention to the importance and particularity of new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, and think about promoting the construction of industrial workers in the "serving the country, the society, the masses, and the industry". Take this opportunity to exchange four aspects with you.

　　 1、 China's textile industry has entered a stage of high-quality development

　　 As a competitive industry, classic industry and pillar industry, China's textile industry keeps pace with the times, serves the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the construction of a modern industrial system has made great strides forward. The comprehensive strength, quality and efficiency of the industry continued to increase, and its position in the global value chain continued to improve. China's total fiber processing volume has stabilized at more than 60 million tons, accounting for more than 50% of the global total. Build a solid foundation and develop resilience. In 2024, the operating revenue of national textile enterprises above designated size will be 4953.21 billion yuan; The total profit was 193.88 billion yuan, up 7.5% year on year. In 2024, the total retail sales of clothing, shoes and hats, knitwear and textiles above the designated size will reach 1.47 trillion yuan, up 0.3% year on year; The retail sales of online clothing products increased by 1.5% year on year. In 2024, five textile related enterprises will join the Fortune Global 500. Specialized and special new enterprises continue to emerge. Collaborative development of manufacturing brands, consumer brands and regional brands. In 2025, 14 textile brands and 10 textile related regional brands will be listed in the first batch of Chinese famous consumer goods. The strong system ensures people's livelihood. The amount and structure of per capita fiber consumption in China has reached the level of the per capita GDP of the moderately developed countries at US $20000 to US $30000. The industry has made constructive contributions to stabilizing the overall economic market, nurturing the momentum of development, balancing the balance of payments, and ensuring people's livelihood and employment.

　　 The innovation chain is deeply integrated with the industrial chain, the new quality productivity is accelerating to form, and science and technology, fashion, green, and health are evolving in a coordinated manner, becoming a new quality state for the development of the textile industry.

　　 Innovation driven technology industry. Focusing on the high-end upgrading of traditional industries and the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies, the scientific and technological attributes of each link of the textile industry value chain are increasingly strengthened. System integration of material innovation, process innovation, equipment innovation, product innovation and platform innovation. High performance fiber production capacity accounts for more than 1/3 of the world; The localization rate of textile machinery exceeded 75%, and the localization rate of key basic parts of high-end equipment exceeded 50%. There is an obvious trend that everything can be woven, and the future industry will become an important form. Carbon fiber, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber, piezoelectric fiber and other advanced materials have become important supports in fields such as humanoid robots and low altitude economy due to their multi-function, lightweight, flexible design and other advantages.

　　 Culture led fashion industry. The systematic excavation and epochal transformation of excellent traditional culture and contemporary advanced culture are forming a breakthrough path for China's fashion industry. The historical classic industry has new vitality in industrial innovation and modern narration. The scale of the new Chinese clothing market reached 1 billion yuan. Contemporary cultural and creative industries such as online literature, film, television and animation have built a new fashion ecology with IP as the core. The digital economy extends the industrial space. AI redefines the design innovation paradigm, and social media becomes the source of new fashion. Around masters, big brands and major events, world-class enterprises have risen and designer brands have grown rapidly.

　　 Responsibility oriented green industry. From the energy system to the material system, from the manufacturing mode to the circulation mode, from the development strategy to the management system, the "carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth" of the industry has been promoted in an integrated way. The industrialization process of bio based fibers such as Lyocell and PLA is accelerating. Carbon emission statistical accounting and product carbon footprint management system have been steadily promoted. At present, the overall information disclosure quality of textile and clothing listed companies is higher than the average level of A-share listed companies. The process of environmental capitalization and responsibility value is accelerated, and the stakeholders are more diverse.

　　 People oriented health industry. Serving the whole life cycle and the whole process of health, the industry has formed three-dimensional product supply, and the trend of high-end, functional and intelligent is obvious. In the field of life and health, high-end medical textiles, such as artificial blood vessels, artificial valves, tissue engineering scaffolds, have achieved clinical application. In the field of life and health, the industry is deeply integrated into sports economy, sleep economy, silver hair economy and other new scenes. In 2025, China's sports shoes and clothing market will reach 598.9 billion yuan. In the field of occupational health, the size of China's professional clothing market exceeded 300 billion, and the annual growth rate of the personal protective equipment industry reached 15%.

　　 Industrial development drives the development of industrial workers. The textile industry has directly driven the employment of more than 20 million people in the whole society, which is in the forefront of the manufacturing sector. With the emergence of new industries, new formats and new models, textile is forming new employment space in innovation and entrepreneurship. According to the Research Report on the Development of China's Online Audiovisual Media (2024), there are more than 15 million professional network anchors in China, and the clothing live broadcast ranks first. In the new era, building a stable and professional industrial workforce is of great significance for the industry to realize the transition from "large and comprehensive" to "strong and resilient".

　　 2、 In 2024, the construction of textile industry workers will be fruitful

　　 In the past year, centering on the requirements of developing new quality productivity and further deepening the reform in an all-round way, China Textile Federation has insisted on taking the construction of industrial workers as a priority, achieved positive results and opened a new situation.

　　 1. Focusing on the soul, the ideal and belief of industrial workers are more firm

　　 The China Textile Federation has always put the Party building work at the top of the staff team building, and earnestly promoted the Party's theoretical innovation achievements and the important guiding spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping into enterprises, workshops, teams and minds. Thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of the whole industry to integrate into reform and development. Carry out industry research in a down-to-earth manner, and constantly explore, summarize and promote the Party building work experience of textile enterprises, colleges and professional markets. Organize learning activities recommended by national advanced units of ideological and political work in the textile industry and outstanding ideological and political workers. Insist on guiding the staff with correct public opinion, carefully carry out theme publicity, situation publicity and policy publicity, build confidence, clarify the direction, and sing the bright theory of China's economy. We launched activities such as the nationwide textile model workers entering the campus ideological and political class, and deepened the education of socialist core values. The solid and meticulous work of Party building has further strengthened the leadership of the Party in the industry. The employees have a deeper understanding of the major policies, and the exemplary role of Party members and employees in their work has become more prominent.

　　 2. Stable employment, more healthy ecological development of industrial workers

　　 Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood. In the face of the complex situation of internal and external pressures, the China Textile Federation insists on giving priority to employment, implements the relevant policies of refinement, solidifies the foundation for enterprises to stabilize their posts, and expands the increase of employment and entrepreneurship in the industry. Promote the construction of industrial public service platform, carry out precision and professional services such as supply and demand docking, industry and finance docking, and technology docking, and help enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, solve problems, improve quality and efficiency, and develop healthily. Highlight market orientation, deeply analyze enterprise development needs, carry out multi-level vocational skills training, and solve employment problems. We will continue to optimize employment and entrepreneurship services, expand employment and entrepreneurship channels for college graduates and other young people, and promote the employment of poverty alleviation population and migrant workers. For college graduates, the Textile Talent Exchange and Training Center cooperates with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to carry out special online recruitment activities; Through the platform of International College Students Fashion Week, China Fashion Designers Association innovated to create an accurate docking channel between graduates and enterprises, and the two-way empowerment model between schools and enterprises was highly recognized by the industry.

　　 3. Cultivate talents, and the skill quality of industrial workers is more effective

　　 China Textile Federation has continuously improved its talent work, and continued to promote the deep integration of education reform, talent training and industrial development. A teaching material construction center was established to carry out the planning and management of teaching materials in the industry, and the development of teaching materials applicable to vocational education college entrance examination. Focusing on the development needs of new quality productivity, a variety of skills upgrading and training activities were held. Jointly hosted the "Golden Blue Collar Network School" of cotton textile industry with the China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union. The industrial labor and skill competition system has been continuously optimized, the level of specialization has been significantly improved, and the influence is growing. Cooperate with China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union to carry out spinning workers' vocational skills competition and digital transformation labor competition; Hold the second round of the first national "Red Flag Cup" team leader competition of textile track, and establish the industry team leader alliance; Organize the achievements exchange of green development labor competition and 2024 green weaving innovation technology exchange seminar, green development labor competition cotton textile technology promotion activities, etc. Continuously improve the evaluation method of industrial workers' skills, and unblock the career development channel. Improve the professional skill standards for textile specific types of work, and complete the formulation of standards for four types of work, including Weft Weaver. Continue to promote the "dream peach spirit" in the whole industry, and carry out talent selection, publicity and reward work. Together with the China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union, we organized the activities of "model workers helping enterprises" in the textile industry, and the recommended learning activities of "Chinese textile artisans" to promote the spirit of model workers, labor and craftsmanship.

　　 4. Responsibility leads to better protection of labor rights and interests of industrial workers

　　 China Textile Federation adheres to the work orientation of employee development, and is committed to improving the sense of gain, happiness and security of the broad masses of workers. The tools and methods for the construction of industrial social responsibility have been continuously enriched, and the coverage and work effectiveness have been continuously improved. Strengthen practical cooperation, support the Institute of Labor Relations to carry out the "2024 regional and national trade union research", and provide valuable international labor movement information for all parties; Support the General Assembly to promote the formulation of the Law on the Construction of Industrial Workers; Cooperate with the Swedish Embassy to carry out the due diligence training project. We paid close attention to the development trend of Xinjiang issues and supported the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Federation of Trade Unions to prepare the Blue Book on the Protection of the Labor Rights and Interests of Xinjiang Workers, which was highly recognized by the relevant departments of the autonomous region. Focusing on key areas such as industrial workers' labor remuneration, labor protection, and women's equal employment, we guided enterprises to take on responsibilities and effectively protected the rights and interests of workers. The "Family Friendly Factory" project has achieved positive results with the support of the All China Federation of Trade Unions. We will study and explore the rights protection services for workers in new forms of employment, and promote the standardized management of labor employment in the industry. Efforts were made to safeguard the spiritual and cultural rights and interests of the staff and workers, and nationwide recreational and sports activities in various forms were carried out.

　　 3、 The construction of textile industry workers should adapt to the new situation and new requirements

　　 With the transformation and upgrading of the industry itself and the profound changes in the external environment, the construction of the textile industry workforce faces new development environment and work requirements.

　　 1. Adapt to new changes in human resources

　　 From the age structure, education level to value demands, the labor resources are undergoing trend adjustment, leading to systematic changes in the industrial workforce. At present, China has a working age population of nearly 900 million, 250 million people receiving higher education, and the total number of scientific and technological human resources ranks first in the world. The demographic dividend has not disappeared, and the talent dividend is taking shape. The new generation of workers has become the key to building a modern textile industry system. The new generation of workers pay more attention to the development of rights and interests, fairness and justice, spiritual experience, and have higher expectations and aspirations for work. New employment concepts and value judgments put forward new requirements for post setting and enterprise management. Fat Dong Lai has achieved rapid development by creating a sense of happiness, becoming the "top stream" in the retail industry. In 2024, the group's sales will be close to 17 billion yuan, and the profit of a single store will exceed that of all listed companies of supermarket. The success of Pangdonglai is the best footnote to this change. Institutional innovation is in line with population changes and is also changing the allocation of labor factors. For example, since January 1 this year, the formal implementation of the delayed retirement policy has brought about changes in the career of employees and the employment structure of enterprises. We should keep pace with the times, further improve the service mechanism, enrich the service carrier, and promote the deep integration of talent chain and industry chain; Adhere to the people-oriented principle, better meet the demands of employees, and achieve a better balance between enterprise and individual development.

　　 2. Adapt to new changes in industrial ecology

　　 The World Economic Forum predicts that 22% of global employment opportunities will be adjusted in 2030. Scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation reshape the organization mode and development radius of enterprises, and rewrite the knowledge structure and skill value of employees. On the one hand, the leap of innovation has led to the continuous improvement of technical complexity, the sharp shortening of product life cycle, and the accelerated restructuring of industrial development cycle. In the new industrial rhythm, enterprises need to continue to optimize the structure, upgrade the content and adjust the business type. More frequent knowledge updates and faster skills depreciation require industrial workers to change their professional identity from task executors in the production chain to business innovators as soon as possible. Learning is no longer the pre stage of career, but the core activity throughout the whole cycle. On the other hand, technological innovation brings more efficient organizational forms. With information interconnection and logistics crisscross, all enterprises have become global enterprises. The balance between localization and globalization, cultural integration and diversity management are systematically changing the post structure and personnel needs of enterprises. The development of new platform enterprises, new ecological organizations and new individual economy has given birth to more flexible and diverse forms of employment. Data shows that nearly 40% of enterprises have expanded the scale of mixed employment to varying degrees. The rapid change of labor relations has brought new problems in the construction of industrial workers, such as more extensive age anxiety and skill anxiety. Research shows that the low point of the Chinese workplace is 10 years ahead of that of other countries in the world on average. How to promote the overall quality of the workforce to better adapt to the new changes in economic development and employment demand is an important part of the future work.

　　 3. Adapt to the new adjustment of the development paradigm

　　 The curtain of digital civilization has opened. As the core of the current digital revolution, AI is becoming a new infrastructure and method tool for industrial development. Since this year, DeepSeek has been widely connected to market players from enterprises to governments, universities to platforms, comprehensively changing the organizational structure and business processes, and reconstructing innovation paradigms and market scenarios. The integration of AI and robotics is forming a new combination of elements. The embodied intelligent robot has continuously improved its ability to perceive the environment, make independent decisions, and collaborate, accelerating its entry into the manufacturing scene. The combination of quantum computing and artificial intelligence is expected to bring about the revolution of general artificial intelligence (AGI). Under the mechanism of human-computer cooperation, industrial workers need to master the skills to cooperate with intelligent systems. On the other hand, in the transformation of the paradigm, the resonance between technological risk and social risk is increasing, and the scissors gap between the governance system and the speed of technological development is widening. The development of AI is bringing about the realistic impact of employment substitution. Innovation black box, information cocoon room, algorithm bias, false information and other issues are also affecting the healthy development of the industry. In the game of technological innovation, ethical framework and market logic, we should explore new service paths, form new governance capabilities, and guide the workforce.

　　 4、 Realistic and pragmatic, honest and innovative, and systematically promote the construction of textile workers

　　 During the two sessions this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that "in the new era and new journey, we must deeply grasp the needs of Chinese style modernization for education, science and technology, and talents, strengthen the supporting role of education for science and technology and talents, and further form a vivid situation of talents coming forth in large numbers, making full use of their talents, and making full use of their talents." The government work report also pointed out that, We should "carry forward the spirit of craftsmanship and build a first-class team of industrial skilled workers" and "promote more capital resources to 'invest in people' and serve the people's livelihood". Based on practice and facing the future, we should adhere to the people-oriented principle, and take greater efforts and practical measures to promote the reform of the construction of industrial workers in the textile industry to take root and bear fruit, forming a strong driving force for high-quality development of the industry.

　　 1. We should build a solid ideological foundation and guide workers to follow the Party's words

　　 Ideological and political work is a key task. We should adhere to the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and guide workers to integrate their thoughts and actions into the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee. Firmly grasp the theme of the times of the labor movement, constantly innovate working methods and carriers, improve the ability and effectiveness of ideological and political work, and stimulate the sense of ownership of the majority of workers. Standardize and standardize the party building work in the industry, improve the publicity mechanism, and promote advanced practices and typical experience to the whole industry. Continue to pay attention to the party building work of new business types and new employment groups in the industry. We should incorporate the spirit of model workers, labor spirit, and craftsmanship into the work system of big ideological and political courses, organize model workers to enter enterprises and schools, and encourage more workers, especially the young generation, to take the road of serving the country through industry. Focusing on strengthening confidence and stabilizing expectations, we carried out in-depth publicity and education on the situation and policies among the staff and workers, and guided them to forge ahead on a new journey and make contributions to a new era.

　　 2. Improve the training system and build a high-quality and highly skilled workforce

　　 Focusing on the needs of the construction of the modern textile industry system, we should focus on cultivating industry leading talents, high-end innovative talents, professional and technical talents and professional talents, and promote the quality improvement and structure optimization of the industrial workforce. We will strengthen school enterprise cooperation, combine production with learning, and accelerate the construction of a vocational education system that integrates vocational education with general education and industry. Fully activate the main role of enterprise skilled personnel training, explore and implement the apprenticeship system with Chinese characteristics, and guide large artisans and highly skilled personnel to participate in major technological innovation and scientific and technological breakthrough projects of enterprises. Carry out the application and promotion of new materials, new technologies and new management industries and the "five small" innovation exchange activities to accelerate the transformation of innovative achievements into practical productivity. Organize multi-level and multi form labor skill competitions to constantly enrich content and improve quality. In particular, it is necessary to do a good job in the digital transformation of the industry and the finishing work of the green development labor competition. Commendation work shall be carried out according to regulations, and advanced typical benchmarks shall be selected, cultivated and popularized. Encourage enterprises to build model worker and craftsman innovation studios, skill master studios, and employee innovation studios, and develop cross regional, cross industry, and cross enterprise innovation studio alliances. Build an expert database of model workers in the textile and clothing industry, and carry out activities such as model workers helping enterprises and model workers sending technology to Xinjiang.

　　 3. Adhere to the people-oriented principle and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of employees

　　 Continuously deepen and enrich the social responsibility work of the industry, and safeguard and realize the vital rights and interests of industrial workers. Adhere to the combination of expanding capacity and improving quality to promote high-quality employment and entrepreneurship. Investigate the impact of changes in the textile trade situation on enterprise operation and the stability of the workforce, and find solutions. Focus on key groups, increase employment assistance and training, and correct all kinds of employment discrimination. On the basis of full employment, efforts should be made to meet the new expectations of workers for more stable work, more reasonable income, more reliable security and more decent work. Go deep into enterprises and clusters to do a good job of research, understand the actual difficulties of employees from multiple dimensions and perspectives, and strengthen assistance. Guide enterprises to improve the talent salary distribution system and reasonable growth mechanism, and promote the participation of technical skills in income distribution. Further unblock the professional development channel of skilled talents, and form a development path with vertical steps and horizontal links. Encourage enterprises to actively implement the "new eight level workers" system, and establish and improve the career guidance plan for industrial workers. We will continue to carry out the establishment of "family friendly enterprises in the textile industry" and build harmonious labor relations. Widely publicize labor laws, regulations, systems and policies in the industry, and guide enterprises to strengthen trade union construction. In particular, practical measures should be taken to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of flexible employment, migrant workers and workers in new forms of employment.

　　 This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All China Federation of Trade Unions, which is an important milestone in the history of the Party's labor movement. From the pioneer force of the early labor movement to the construction of modern industrial workers, the textile industry has always been an important component and branch of China's labor movement. With the support and leadership of the All China Federation of Trade Unions, the textile workers have made great contributions to the modernization of China.

　　 As the core link between the Party and the employees of the industrial system, the All China Federation of Trade Unions and the China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union play a key role in gathering industrial strength and promoting the development of the industry. If you are in harmony with morality, you will be one; if you are in harmony, you will be comrades. The China Textile Federation will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the All China Federation of Trade Unions and the China Finance, Trade, Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union, constantly innovate cooperation models, expand cooperation content, improve cooperation efficiency, and jointly write a beautiful chapter in the construction of the textile industry workforce in the new era.