The textile industry has received a special honor list on the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. On July 1, the national 'Two Excellences and One Advanced' commendation list was announced, with one national outstanding Communist Party member, one national outstanding Party worker, and seven national advanced grassroots Party organizations in the textile field. This list is more than a display of honors; it reads like a roadmap for industry transformation—from traditional manufacturing to the global leader in carbon fiber precursor, from garment OEM to core supplier of new energy vehicle airbags. Party building is becoming the underlying organizational logic for textile companies to navigate cycles and achieve leaps.
Individual Benchmark: From 'Leading Wealth' to 'Industry Pioneer'
Zhang Bo, chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, was awarded the title of National Outstanding Communist Party Member. Weiqiao is one of the world's largest cotton textile enterprises. This honor comes amid Weiqiao's recent shift from scale expansion to green and intelligent transformation. Similarly, Mi Xuemei, customer service director at Zhongshan Xiashihao Garments, represents another force of grassroots party members in the manufacturing sector. Rooted in a new economic organization, she helps workers cope with the wave of smart manufacturing by organizing skill training and has conducted over 100 policy briefings, directly connecting national strategies with the career development of frontline workers. Industry public data shows that the smart transformation of the textile industry is accelerating, but the shortage of frontline technical talent remains a pain point, and 'party member lecturers' like Mi Xuemei are filling this gap.
Collective Strength: How Party Building Drives 'Bottleneck' Breakthroughs
The seven advanced grassroots Party organizations in the textile field honored this time are all technology challengers in their respective sub-sectors. The Party Committee of Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd., guided by the 'Silk Road Pioneer' party building brand, built a 20 million ton/year refining and chemical integration project in the Changxing Island Industrial Park in 19 months, breaking foreign monopolies; simultaneously built the world's largest PTA base and pioneered 'embedded wastewater treatment' technology, achieving full reuse of reclaimed water and earning the title of national 'Green Factory'. The core lies in the deep integration of party organization and production operations—senior executives who are party members account for 83.3%, and party members led 75% of patent inventions in the past three years.
The Party Committee of Jilin Carbon Valley Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. integrates party building into the entire process of independent innovation, with current precursor capacity reaching 190,000 tons, making it the world's largest carbon fiber precursor producer. Carbon fiber is a key material for aerospace, wind turbine blades, etc., long reliant on imports, and Jilin Carbon Valley's breakthrough means domestic substitution is accelerating. The Party Committee of Suzhou Huichuan Technology Co., Ltd., as a 'highly educated' party organization (62% of party members hold master's degrees), focuses on building a 'red engineer' training system, directly serving the autonomous control of the national industrial system.
Global Vision: How Party Building Supports New 'Belt and Road' Layout
The award to the Party Committee of Changzhou Hualida Garments Group Co., Ltd. reveals the new role of party building in global layouts. This traditional garment company has shifted from relying on imported fabrics to an integrated industrial chain. Its airbag production line produces 130,000 finished products daily, with miniaturized and lightweight products widely welcomed by domestic new energy vehicle manufacturers. More notably, in its tenth year responding to the 'Belt and Road' initiative, Hualida has five factories and 15,000 employees in Vietnam, with domestic and international bases collaborating to accelerate the global supply chain layout. This year, the group targets 'ten billion sales'. This means party building is no longer an accessory to 'internal circulation' but an organizational guarantee for consolidating Chinese and foreign employees and ensuring supply chain compliance and stability during 'going global'.
Industry Insight: Party Building Becomes a 'Catalyst' for Textile New Quality Productivity
Three key signals can be extracted from this list. First, party building is highly coupled with technological innovation. Whether it is Hengli Petrochemical's patent share or Jilin Carbon Valley's global capacity position, it shows that party organizations can provide mobilization power beyond administrative orders when tackling technical challenges. Second, party building is reshaping the competitiveness of the traditional textile industry. Hualida's move from garment OEM to automotive airbags and the Party Committee of Yueda Textile Group's push towards high-end home textiles and functional fabrics are not simple capacity expansions but strategic upgrades based on party organizations' judgment of industry trends. Third, party building provides soft power for 'going global'. In an era increasingly sensitive to overseas labor rights and ESG compliance, companies with mature party building systems have stronger institutional advantages in cross-border management and employee care.