During the traditional peak season in the textile industry, the De'an County textile cluster in Jiangxi has delivered an impressive counter-current performance. In 2025, the cluster achieved operating revenue of 15.013 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.85%, with 68 enterprises above designated size and over 400 operational enterprises. This growth rate stands out against the backdrop of weakening external demand and diverging domestic demand.
Smart Manufacturing: The Efficiency Leap from 'Manufacturing' to 'Smart Manufacturing'
Yisheng Textile Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd., located in the Fenglin Industrial New Zone of De'an, is a typical example of this transformation. Officially put into operation in 2025, the plant uses fully automated equipment, with seamless integration from spinning to finishing. The workshop has few workers, but the production lines run at full capacity. Its core product, woven chemical fiber fabric, is mainly sold to European and American markets, with orders scheduled through August 2026. As of mid-May, the company had completed approximately 30 million yuan in output value, with an annual target of 100 million yuan, aiming for 130 million yuan.
The direct benefit of smart manufacturing is reflected in product quality: the superior product rate remains stable at over 99%. In the dyeing and finishing process, which traditionally relied heavily on manual experience, digital control has significantly reduced the defect rate. For buyers, a stable superior product rate means lower return risks and more controllable supply chain costs.
Green Transformation: The Park's 'Five-Unification' Reduces Hidden Costs
Another core competitiveness of the De'an cluster comes from shared infrastructure at the park level. The 'five-unification' project for printing and dyeing—unified heating, water supply, wastewater treatment, reclaimed water, and sludge disposal—has been operating stably. Tan Yurong, deputy general manager of Yiyang Textile Group, pointed out that after fully connecting to this system, the company no longer needs to build its own wastewater treatment, heating, or water supply facilities, significantly saving construction and operation costs.
This model is particularly critical for small and medium-sized printing and dyeing enterprises. With increasingly stringent environmental requirements, building a self-owned wastewater treatment facility is often costly and complex for a single company. Centralized treatment by the park not only lowers the entry barrier for enterprises but also improves pollution control efficiency through economies of scale. As a result, the De'an High-tech Zone has been recognized as a national-level green industrial park, and multiple enterprises have been awarded national or provincial green factory status, forming a 'green brand' premium for the cluster.
Digital Control: The Efficiency Revolution of 5G Factories
Yiyang Textile Group is another benchmark of digital upgrading in De'an. The company has fully built a 5G smart factory, relying on systems such as MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and WMS (Warehouse Management System) to achieve digital control over the entire production process. The results are directly reflected in operational indicators: production efficiency has increased by 25%, and labor costs have decreased by 15%.
In the textile industry, where labor costs continue to rise and recruitment difficulties are common, a 15% reduction in labor costs means annual savings of millions of yuan. Meanwhile, a 25% increase in production efficiency translates directly into shorter delivery cycles and higher capacity utilization. For companies undertaking overseas orders, this means stronger fulfillment capabilities.
Industrial Closure: Full-Chain Synergy from Spinning to Garment
After years of cultivation, De'an has built a complete closed-loop industrial chain covering spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing, and garment processing. Yisheng Textile's product line covers clothing, luggage, umbrellas, and home goods, serving over 200 global brands. Yiyang Textile focuses on functional fabrics and knitted fabrics, with finished garments exported to Europe, America, and Southeast Asia.
The deep value of a full-chain layout lies in its ability to withstand risks. When a particular link is impacted by external shocks (such as raw material price hikes or trade barriers), enterprises within the cluster can quickly adjust through internal collaboration. For example, smart manufacturing in the dyeing and finishing link can directly feed back into optimizing process parameters in the weaving link, forming a closed loop for rapid iteration.