Over the past two weeks, more than a dozen leading textile enterprises, including Shenghong Holding Group, Weiqiao Pioneering Group, Hengli Group, Hongdou Group, Erdos Group, Dasheng Group, Tongkun Group, Anhui Huamao Group, Dali Silk, and Yueda Textile, have intensively held events to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. These activities ranged from commending outstanding members and party lectures to red study tours and chorus concerts, covering industrial belts from Jiangsu, Shandong to Inner Mongolia and Anhui. The Texworld editorial team notes that the logic behind such dense and large-scale party-building activities goes beyond mere commemoration; it is evolving into an internal management strategy to address current industry challenges.
Background: Industry Cycle Bottom and the 'Stimulant' Effect of Party-Building
The textile industry is currently under multiple pressures: shrinking demand, fragmented orders, and squeezed profit margins. Data from the General Administration of Customs of China shows that the growth rate of textile and apparel exports in the first half of 2025 has slowed compared to the same period last year, with price competition in categories such as chemical fibers and yarns entering a white-hot stage. In this 'winter' atmosphere, companies need a low-cost, high-coverage method to stabilize teams and unify thinking. Party-building activities provide just such a platform. The 'four integrations' proposed by Shenghong Group's party secretary Miao Hangen—integrating party-building with business, management system optimization, work style construction, and talent cultivation—directly address core management pain points. Similarly, Dasheng Group, while commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Nantong Independent Branch of the CPC, released its annual key projects, using the 'building contributions under party leadership' initiative as a lever to solve production difficulties. These signals indicate that party-building is shifting from 'abstract' to 'practical', becoming a tool for cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and team stabilization.
Industry Impact: The Transmission Chain from 'Red Education' to 'Management Upgrade'
From specific cases, the tangible impact of party-building activities on enterprises is being transmitted through three pathways. First, talent pipeline construction. Erdos Group has 1,956 party members, and its 13 party committees and 92 party branches form a vast grassroots management network. Through regular party meetings and themed days, the company can conduct value training for core employees at a very low cost, which is particularly important in the high-turnover textile industry. Second, innovation incentives. The 'party member pioneer posts' and 'party member model posts' established by Hengli Group during its commendation conference are essentially low-cost, high-honor incentive mechanisms that can effectively boost the morale of frontline workers. Third, brand and credit endorsement. By combining the Yan'an spirit with its development path, Hongdou Group sends a stable signal of 'listening to the party and following the party', which, against the backdrop of increasing uncertainty in the foreign trade environment, helps enhance trust from banks, suppliers, and overseas customers.
Regional and Category Mapping: Which Companies Have Gone Further?
It is noteworthy that the participating companies cover multiple categories including chemical fibers (Shenghong, Hengli, Tongkun), cotton spinning (Weiqiao, Dasheng, Huamao), cashmere (Erdos), silk (Dali), and apparel (Hongdou, Yueda), and are mainly concentrated in textile industry clusters in Jiangsu, Shandong, and Zhejiang provinces. Among them, Shenghong and Hengli are located in the Wujiang and Shengze areas of Suzhou, while Dasheng is in Nantong—all key hubs of China's textile industry. These companies deeply integrate party-building with local industrial history. For example, Dasheng Group leverages the entrepreneurial spirit of Zhang Jian and its red heritage to create a unique cultural core. This 'region + industry + party-building' model is becoming a new dimension of regional brand differentiation. For buyers, choosing companies with mature party-building systems often means more stable supply chain management and lower fulfillment risks.