Around the July 1st 2025, the Chinese textile and apparel industry witnessed an intensive wave of party-building activities. Over ten leading enterprises—including Shenghong, Weiqiao, Erdos, Dasheng, Hongdou, Dali Silk, Tongkun, Hengli, Anhui Huamao, and Yueda Textile—celebrated the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party of China through commendations, study tours, party lectures, and artistic performances. On the surface, these appear as ceremonial events, but a closer look at each company's specific deployments reveals a clear industry signal: party building is transforming from a 'political task' into a 'management tool,' deeply embedding into core business operations like technological innovation, green transition, and talent development.
Fusion of Party Building and Business: From 'Two Separate Systems' to 'Four Integrations'
The 'four integrations' proposed by Miao Hangen, Party Secretary of Shenghong Holding Group, at the commendation conference is the most direct annotation of this shift. Integrating party building with business, management system optimization, work style improvement, and talent development is not empty rhetoric but targets four pain points in corporate governance. Shenghong's requirement to combine party building with business to 'steer the company's direction' implies that party committee decisions will increasingly participate in strategic discussions; combining with management system optimization points to using internal party supervision mechanisms to enhance operational efficiency. The Erdos Group's approach is more empirical: its 13 party committees, 8 general branches, and 92 branches form a 'red organizational network' covering the entire group. Thirteen grassroots party branches have been recognized as municipal-level 'strong fortress' branches, and a chemical division team even won the Inner Mongolia Youth May Fourth Medal. Behind these honors lies the direct contribution of party building to actual business performance.
Historical Inheritance and Industrial Upgrading: Dasheng's Century-Long Answer
Dasheng Group's activities hold a special historical coordinate—2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Nantong Independent Party Branch in Dasheng Cotton Mill. This century-old enterprise founded by Zhang Jian clearly stated at its party-building achievement exhibition that it would integrate the 'seeking truth, innovation, dedication, and progress' spirit with Zhang Jian's entrepreneurial spirit, red genes, and craftsmanship. For the industry, this provides a model: how traditional textile enterprises can sort out their own cultural assets through party building and transform them into modern management language. Dasheng Party Secretary Bao Weidong's requirement for branch secretaries to serve as 'cultural propagandists' essentially promotes corporate culture from slogans on walls to employee behavior guidelines. This cultural reconstruction has practical significance for a labor-intensive industry with frequent generational turnover.
Red Spirit and Anti-Cyclical Capability: Modern Transformation of Yan'an and Long March Spirits
The practices of Hongdou Group and Tongkun Group demonstrate how party building helps enterprises cope with market fluctuations. Hongdou Party Secretary Zhou Haijiang directly mapped the four dimensions of Yan'an spirit—correct political direction, seeking truth from facts, serving the people, and hard struggle—onto enterprise development strategies. In a cycle of depressed textile exports and weak domestic demand, 'self-reliance and hard struggle' is no longer just a slogan but a psychological mobilization for cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and technological breakthroughs. Tongkun Group organized over 650 party members to visit Zunyi for a red study tour, juxtaposing the Long March spirit with Tongkun's own 'unity, struggle, pragmatism, and innovation' spirit. Chairman Chen Shiliang personally led the team, signaling that during industry downturns, management needs historical narratives to stabilize team morale and unify strategic cognition.
Innovative Forms and Talent Incentives: From Commendation to Immersive Performances
Hengli Group's 'Red Light and Shadow Creative Performance Competition' at its Suzhou Industrial Park was the most prominent example of form innovation in these activities. Twelve party branches created original performances using classic red films as carriers, integrating party history insights and job reflections. This model transforms party building from 'listening to reports' to 'acting out stories,' significantly boosting participation among young employees. Hengli also commended 'Party Member Model Posts' and 'Party Member Pioneer Posts,' directly linking party-building honors with frontline production positions. Anhui Huamao Group and Yueda Textile strengthened party members' 'pioneer consciousness' through commendations and red experiential education. For frontline managers in textile factories, the logic behind these activities is: beyond traditional salary incentives, using identity recognition and honor systems to retain key technicians and mid-level cadres.