On the 105th anniversary of the CPC, several textile enterprises and individuals were honored in the national "Two Excellence and One First" awards. This is not just a recognition list but a window into a new trend: the integration of Party building with industrial upgrading is creating a systematic organizational driver.
How Party Building Translates into Productivity
A common feature among the winners is the deep embedding of Party organizations into corporate decision-making and operations. Data from Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Party Committee is telling: 83.3% of senior executives are Party members. Through "Party Member Pioneer Posts" and a "dual training and dual promotion" program, over 100 Party members have become technical leaders. In the past three years, 208 "golden ideas" were adopted, and Party members and applicants contributed 75% of the company's patents.
This means that the "Hengli speed"—completing a 20-million-ton refinery-petrochemical integration project in 19 months and the world's largest 1.5-million-ton ethylene project in 13 months—is not purely a product of capital. It relies on a mechanism that ties organizational goals to project breakthroughs. For buyers, such organizational efficiency often translates into more stable supply cycles and better quality control.
Hualida Garment, another awardee, demonstrates a different path. Its airbag production line produces 130,000 finished units daily, and the company has shifted from imported fabrics to a full chain from weaving to sewing. Notably, Hualida now operates five factories in Vietnam with 15,000 employees, coordinating domestic and overseas bases to accelerate global supply chain expansion. Party building here acts as a "cross-cultural management buffer," using "ordinary people's Party building" to unite 25,000 employees and support the goal of 10 billion yuan in sales.
From "Scale First" to "Technology First"
The award to Jilin Carbon Valley Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. Party Committee highlights the industry's shift toward strategic new materials. The company's precursor capacity has reached 190,000 tons, making it the world's largest carbon fiber precursor producer. Carbon fiber precursor is critical for aerospace, wind turbine blades, and other high-end applications, and its capacity expansion lowers the cost barrier for domestic downstream users.
For textile trading companies, this means a potential substitution market: high-performance fibers once reliant on imports now have more domestic options. Meanwhile, Hengli's pioneering "embedded wastewater treatment" technology stabilizes COD below 15mg/L and achieves full water reuse, earning it the title of national "green factory." Such environmental investments are becoming an "invisible passport" for exporting to European and American markets.
Signals Behind the Honors
The list also includes Suzhou Inovance Technology, an industrial automation control company. Its inclusion signals that textile competitiveness now extends beyond fibers and fabrics to equipment and control systems. Inovance's Party members are 62% master's degree holders and 91% under 40, a profile that matches the talent needs of the smart manufacturing era.
Individual winners Zhang Bo (Weiqiao) and Mi Xuemei (Xiashi Huajia) represent capital and frontline labor, respectively. Mi Xuemei has delivered over 100 lectures, pushing industrial workers toward technical roles—a mechanism that addresses the industry's chronic hiring and retention challenges.