China 11th Five-Year （2006-2010）National Development Plan for Textile & Apparel Industry Outline
Source: Celine Yi, CNTEX Date: 2006-07-12
I.Textile industry achievements during “the 10th Five-Year Plan” period
1. High-speed but steady growth of the industry
2. Steadily upgrade of the economic operation and efficiency
3.Rapid improvement of technology and equipment
4.Progress on self-innovation
5.Impressive result of industrial restructuring
6.Continued increase of export
7.Further enhancement of industrial centralization
8.Sufficient utilization of foreign investment
9.Increasingly significant contribution to national economy and social development
II .Major problems existing in the current development of textile industry
1.Deficient self-innovation capability
2.Need to advance the technology and equipments
3.Still existing extensive economy
4.Lag-behind construction of self-owned brand and marketing network
5.Weak experience to deal with international trade conflicts
III. Development direction of textile industry
1.Global direction
1) Global economic growth to explore stage for textile industry
2) Restructuring of global textile industry to intensify competition
3) With accelerating globalization, protectionism and trade conflict to be inevitable
4) Development of hi-tech and informationization to accelerate
2.National direction
1) Domestic demands to be the main drive for textile industry
2) Higher requirement to development of textile industry posed by taking the new road to industrialization
3) Regional reform of production structure to keep deepening
4) Economic system reform to accelerate marketization of textile industry
5) Dependency on imported materials to increase market risk for textile industry
IV. Guidelines and objectives of “the 11th Five-Year Plan”
1. Guidelines
2. Objectives
V. Major tasks for “the 11th Five-Year Plan”
1. To strengthen restructuring and to facilitate industrial upgrade
Cotton textiles
Chemical fibers
Garments
Industrial textiles
Home textiles
Dyeing and printing
Knifings
Wool textiles
Bast and leaf fibers
Silks
Textile machinery
2.To persist in self-innovation for the industry’s sustainable development
1) To facilitate innovation of textile technology
2) To enhance innovation of company management
3.To optimize production layout and to set up new system of production chain
1) To facilitate balanced development in the eastern, western and middle regions
2) To development new-type industrial clusters
4. To cultivate self-owned brand and to improve transnational marketing
1) To cultivate self-owned brands with international influence
2) To improve companies’ internationalized management
5. To improve quality of foreign investment utilization and to expand international cooperation on business and technology
6. solve material supply-and-demand contradiction through different ways
1) To accelerate the development of urgent-need materials in the market
2) To facilitate the construction of cotton market system
3) To strengthen the development of textile fiber resources
7. To strengthen standardization and to bring the technical support of textile standards into full play
8.To consummate industrial control and pre-alarm system for dealing with trade conflicts positively
VI. Policies
1. To create positive environment for industrial development and to lead the healthy growth of textile industry
2. To strengthen investment in advanced technology and to facilitate industrial upgrade and restructuring
3.To support new-type textile machinery home-made and to improve the capability of self-innovated core technology
4. To strengthen intellectual property protection and to optimize innovating environment
5. To carry out human resource strategy and to enhance the quality of human resources in the industry
6.To bring medi-organizations into play and to strengthen industrial self-discipline
