On the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a list of honors including 149 outstanding Communist Party members, 150 outstanding party workers, and 399 advanced grassroots party organizations featured several textile industry individuals and collectives. This is not just an honor but a lens to observe how deep integration of party building with production can drive industrial transformation.
Technological Breakthroughs: R&D Acceleration Driven by Party Building
The case of Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd. shows that its 20-million-ton/year refining and chemical integration project was completed in just 19 months, and its 15-million-ton/year ethylene project set a global record at 13 months, alongside the construction of the world's largest PTA base. Behind this speed, the 'Party Member Vanguard Post' and 'Dual Cultivation and Dual Promotion' program trained over 100 party members as technical leaders, with party members and applicants accounting for 75% of patent inventions. For the upstream textile chemical fiber sector, this means accelerated self-sufficiency in key raw materials and reduced import dependence.
Jilin Carbon Valley Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. integrated party building into the strategic emerging industry of carbon fiber, now with a raw fiber capacity of 190,000 tons, making it the world's largest producer. Carbon fiber is increasingly used in high-end textile fabrics and aerospace composites, and this capacity advantage will directly support downstream supply chain upgrades.
Green Transformation: Environmental Benchmarks Enabled by Party Building
Hengli, while pursuing scale, anchored to the 'dual carbon' goals, pioneering 'embedded wastewater treatment' technology, reducing effluent COD to below 15mg/L and achieving full reclaimed water reuse, earning the title of national 'Green Factory'. This technical path offers a replicable emission reduction solution for high-water-consumption processes like dyeing and chemical fiber. For buyers, sourcing from such enterprises means lower ESG risks in the supply chain.
Global Expansion: Supply Chain Extension Under Party Building Leadership
The practice of Changzhou Hualida Garment Group Co., Ltd. offers a global perspective. Its airbag production line produces 130,000 finished units daily, shifting from imported fabrics to an integrated chain of weaving, coating, sewing, and folding. Its small, lightweight airbag products are popular in the domestic new energy vehicle market. Meanwhile, Hualida responded to the 'Belt and Road' initiative by establishing five factories in Vietnam with 15,000 employees. This 'headquarters economy + overseas base' model provides a template for textile and apparel companies to tackle trade barriers and reduce labor costs.
Talent and Industrial Upgrading: Grassroots Impact of Party Building
Mi Xuemei, a national outstanding party member from Zhongshan Xiahu World Apparel Co., Ltd., organized skills training to help workers cope with the wave of intelligentization, promoting the transformation of industrial workers into technical roles. She has conducted over 100 lectures. This case shows that party building at the grassroots can effectively alleviate employment anxiety caused by technological iteration and stabilize the workforce.
The party organization of Suzhou Huichuan Technology Co., Ltd. has a membership where 62% hold master's degrees and 91% are under 40, typical of a 'young, high-knowledge' structure. In the field of industrial automation control, this team aims for self-control of the national industrial system, directly supporting the smart manufacturing upgrade of the textile industry.