At the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, 2025, 149 national outstanding Communist Party members, 150 outstanding Party affairs workers, and 399 advanced grassroots Party organizations were commended. Several individuals and collectives from the textile sector were honored, including Zhang Bo, Chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, Mi Xuemei, Director of Customer Service at Zhongshan Xiashi World Garment, and Party organizations of Hengli Petrochemical, Jilin Carbon Valley, Hualida, and Yueda Textile. These awardees collectively demonstrate the vanguard role of the textile industry in technological innovation, industrial upgrading, green development, and global expansion, revealing that the deep integration of 'Party building + industry' is becoming the core engine for high-quality development.
Technological Innovation and Industrial Chain Autonomy
A common feature of the advanced collectives is the deep integration of Party building with technological innovation and industrial chain autonomy. The Party Committee of Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd., guided by the 'Silk Road Pioneer' Party building brand, completed a 20 million ton/year refining and chemical integration project in the Changxing Island Industrial Park in 19 months, breaking foreign monopolies; built the world's largest 1.5 million ton/year ethylene project in 13 months, significantly reducing import dependence; and simultaneously established the world's largest PTA base. The Party Committee of Jilin Carbon Valley Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. integrated Party building into independent innovation, helping domestic carbon fiber enter the global first tier, with an existing precursor production capacity of 190,000 tons, becoming the world's largest carbon fiber precursor producer. This means that the Party building mechanism not only provides organizational support but also directly translates into combat effectiveness for overcoming 'bottleneck' technologies. For downstream fabric, yarn, and composite material enterprises, the autonomous supply of upstream raw materials will significantly reduce procurement risks and cost fluctuations.
Green Transformation and Industrial Upgrading
Anchoring the 'dual carbon' goals, the award-winning collectives have also set benchmarks in green manufacturing. Hengli Petrochemical pioneered 'embedded sewage treatment' technology in the industry, with treated wastewater COD stable below 15mg/L and achieving full reclaimed water reuse, earning the title of national 'green factory'. Changzhou Hualida Garment Group transformed from using imported fabrics to an integrated industrial chain, producing small, lightweight airbag products widely welcomed by the domestic new energy vehicle market. This shift from traditional garments to high-value-added automotive safety parts sends a clear signal to other fabric and garment enterprises: green, low-carbon, and differentiated innovation are key to breaking through involution and opening new markets. The Party Committee of Yueda Textile Group also continues to push towards intelligent and green directions, providing direct reference value for home textiles and industrial textiles.
Global Layout and Talent Pipeline Construction
Party building has also become a stabilizer for enterprises 'going global'. In the decade since responding to the 'Belt and Road' initiative, Hualida has established 5 factories in Vietnam with 15,000 employees, with close collaboration between domestic and international bases, aiming for '10 billion sales' target. This model of 'strengthening headquarters economy + overseas capacity' has demonstrative significance for textile foreign trade enterprises: the positive energy of Party building not only stabilizes domestic teams but also provides cultural and management support for overseas operations. On the talent front, the Party Committee of Suzhou Inovance Technology has built a 'Red Engineer' training system, with 62% of Party members holding master's degrees and 91% under 40 years old, becoming a typical 'young, highly educated' Party organization. This approach of integrating Party building with talent development directly addresses the 'human' shortfall in the intelligent upgrading of the textile industry—the transformation from industrial workers to technical, knowledge-based, and innovative types is key to forming the industry's new quality productive forces.