From late June to early July 2025, over a dozen leading textile enterprises—including Shenghong, Weiqiao, Hengli, Erdos, Dasheng, Hongdou, Tongkun, Dali Silk, Anhui Huamao, and Yueda Textile—held a series of concentrated events celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Ranging from commendation ceremonies to red study tours, from special party lectures to cultural performances, this wave of Party-building activities covering the entire industry chain—chemical fiber, cotton spinning, silk, and apparel—is far from a mere political ritual. Against a backdrop of overcapacity, slowing export growth, and volatile raw material prices, enterprises are attempting to convert organizational cohesion into management dividends to navigate market uncertainty.
Event Background: From 'Political Task' to 'Management Tool'
The core fact of this concentrated activity is the highly synchronized timing—between June 27 and 30, companies like Dasheng, Yueda, Huamao, Shenghong, Hongdou, Hengli, and Weiqiao held their meetings almost simultaneously. The locations span major industrial clusters such as Nantong, Suzhou, Zouping, Ordos, and Shaoxing, indicating a collective industry-wide action rather than isolated corporate moves.
Notably, the content of these activities has far exceeded traditional commendation. Shenghong Group Party Secretary Miao Hangen proposed 'four integrations' in his lecture, directly linking Party building with business operations, management system optimization, work style improvement, and talent development. Erdos Group showcased its 'four first-step' demonstration system, embedding a red organizational network of 13 party committees, 8 general party branches, and 92 party branches into daily operations. Dasheng Group, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP's Nantong Independent Branch, explicitly listed Zhang Jian's entrepreneurial spirit, red genes, and craftsmanship as the core of corporate culture.
These details indicate that textile enterprises are transforming Party building from an external 'political correctness' into an internal 'management tool.' This is especially crucial when the industry faces structural challenges like order fragmentation, profit thinning, and an aging workforce, where organizational mobilization directly impacts production efficiency and employee stability.
Industrial Impact: From 'Ceremony' to 'Competitiveness'
How does Party building affect actual business operations? Three clear transmission paths emerge from the deployment of these activities:
- **Technology Innovation**: Hengli Group required party members to create original performances based on their job insights during the red light and shadow contest, essentially using Party activities as a platform for technical exchange and innovation. Anhui Huamao Group Party Secretary Ni Junlong emphasized 'using high-quality Party building to guarantee high-quality company development,' and Huamao's breakthroughs in high-end yarn technology rely on a stable R&D team and organizational discipline.
- **Green Transition**: Erdos Group linked Party building with its 'Inner Mongolia Charity Award,' and its PVC company's second factory innovation team won a provincial May Fourth Youth Medal, indicating that environmental and social responsibility indicators are now part of Party building assessments. For textile enterprises exporting to Europe, strengthening this dimension helps address green barriers like the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
- **Talent Pipeline**: Shenghong's 'four integrations' explicitly combine Party building with talent development to build a talent reserve system. Yueda Textile organized party members and cadres to Nanjing for red experiential education. Amid the industry's widespread difficulty in recruiting and retaining workers, Party building activities effectively serve as 'soft team-building,' particularly for anchoring the values of young technical backbone.
From an upstream-downstream perspective, chemical fiber leaders (Shenghong, Hengli, Tongkun) show stronger Party-building efforts than downstream apparel brands. This aligns with the capital- and technology-intensive nature of upstream sectors, where organizational mobilization is critical for continuous production and process stability. Downstream companies like Dali Silk and Hongdou focus more on cultural narrative and brand image, such as Dali Silk creating red silk cultural and creative products—essentially transforming Party-building themes into high-value-added goods.