China’s sustainable textile supply chain faces many challenges and it is important to reduce source pollution
The fabric industry has always been one of the important pillar industries of my country’s national economy. However, its supply chain faces many challenges, such as resource consumption, source Problems such as pollution limit the sustainability of progress. In this regard, at the China-EU High-Level Forum on Sustainable Supply Chain held today, experts from the conference put forward suggestions from various aspects.
As one of the pillars of traditional domestic industries, the traditional fabric industry has always had problems with high pollution, high energy consumption, and high water consumption. According to statistics, my country’s current energy consumption per unit of fabric is 2.4 times the average; taking cotton fabric as an example, 300 tons of water are needed to process 10,000 meters of cotton fabric. Zhao Ping, director of the International Trade Research Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said frankly that the sustainable supply chain of Chinese fabric products faces many challenges.
Zhao Ping said: “In terms of resource consumption, how much energy and water consumption does the entire industry chain consume in the production process? The second environmental pollution is that there is a lot of waste, and the reuse rate is relatively high. Relatively low, especially chemical fiber and cotton leftovers, sewage discharge is a big problem, and the discharge of some heavy metals is also beyond the standard.”
Zhao Ping believes that it is important to create a sustainable supply chain and reduce source pollution.
Zhao Ping said: “The source of cotton pollution is particularly large. The cultivation of natural raw materials is an important aspect of energy conservation, emission reduction and pollution reduction. For chemical fibers, it is necessary to expand the scale of the device and optimize the process so that extraction and Printing and dyeing have relatively small emissions and impact on the environment. Therefore, we recommend developing the synthesis of renewable resources with biomass engineering technology as the core, promoting the recycling of waste fabrics, and building an industrial chain of circular economy.”
Logistics and transportation are also a key part of the fabric supply chain. Fu Bing, senior vice president of JD.com, analyzed that at present, fabric workwear products are traded through multiple channels, with diversified delivery methods and personalized consumer demands, all of which require the supply chain to be more efficient, smarter, and greener. For example, for workwear products that are updated very quickly, how can we rationally deploy inventory at different stages of sales and improve the efficiency of the entire inventory? JD.com makes use of big data.
Fu Bing pointed out: “Scientific network planning is carried out through big data. During the time of product trial sales, goods are distributed in an all-round way, and the nearest origin is stored in one place. After entering the best-selling period, the products can be distributed according to the sales volume. Predict the distribution and layout of popular products, and quickly stock up separately in JD warehouses to achieve rapid sales. After entering the slow-selling period, if the product loses color or code, it will be returned to the original warehouse, and the inventory will be consolidated for processing.”
To promote the sustainable development of China’s fabric industry, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in sustainable supply chains. Jiang Zengwei, President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that both China and the EU are very important exporters and consumer markets of fabric products, and there is huge room for future cooperation.
Jiang Zengwei said: “China has some very competitive advantages in terms of labor costs, industrial chain integrity, and processing and distribution capabilities, while the EU has incomparable advantages in product research and development, technical design, branding, etc. Advantages. The complementarity between the two parties is particularly obvious. Together they can make the cake of Sino-European fabric industry cooperation bigger, and can also jointly develop third-party markets to achieve mutually beneficial and win-win development goals.”
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