On the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, leading enterprises in China's textile industry launched a wave of concentrated Party-building activities. From late June to early July, more than ten industry giants including Shenghong, Weiqiao, Tongkun, Hengli, Erdos, Dasheng, Hongdou, Dali Silk, Anhui Huamao, and Yuedai Textile organized diverse events such as commendations, study tours, party lectures, choral concerts, and cultural creations. This phenomenon is not merely ceremonial but reflects a strategic shift: organizational capacity is being redefined as a core competitive factor in the industry's transition from scale expansion to high-quality development.
Distribution and Characteristics of Party-building Activities
The companies involved span multiple sub-sectors including chemical fiber, cotton spinning, wool spinning, silk, home textiles, and apparel, covering major textile clusters in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, and Anhui. Shenghong held a commendation conference where party secretary Miao Hangen outlined a 'four combinations' approach to integrate party building with business operations. Weiqiao organized a choral concert with 2,000 participants. Tongkun sent 650 party members to Zunyi for a red study tour. Hengli staged a creative performance competition at its Suzhou industrial park. Erdos leveraged its network of 1,956 party members to advance a 'four-step-ahead' demonstration initiative.
In terms of format, the 2025 activities show a clear trend toward immersion and integration. Traditional reports are being replaced by study tours, real-scenario education, and creative competitions. For example, Hengli's competition required 12 party branches to create original performances based on classic red films combined with job insights. Yuedai Textile organized a field trip to Nanjing's Presidential Palace and Meiyuan. This shift indicates that party building is evolving from one-way indoctrination to internalized organizational values.
Mechanism Evolution: From 'Two Skins' to 'Four Combinations'
Shenghong's 'four combinations'—integrating party building with business, management optimization, work style construction, and talent cultivation—is not isolated. Dasheng's party secretary Bao Weidong emphasized the need to balance 'inheritance' and 'development,' integrating Zhang Jian's entrepreneurial spirit with red genes. Hongdou's Zhou Haijiang used the four dimensions of Yan'an Spirit to systematically outline development paths. These statements reflect an industry-wide cognitive upgrade: party building is shifting from a political task to a management tool.
The practical value of integrating party building with operations manifests in three areas: organizational mobilization efficiency (party pioneer posts can quickly form突击 teams during peak seasons or technical breakthroughs), talent screening and development (commendation systems help identify core staff with both political and technical skills), and risk control (work style requirements build anti-corruption defenses in procurement and sales). Anhui Huamao's Ni Junlong explicitly stated that high-quality party building should lead high-quality development, upgrading party building from a 'bonus item' to a 'must-have.'
Cluster Differences in Party-building Focus
Different textile clusters show distinct emphases. Jiangsu-based firms (Shenghong, Hengli, Dasheng, Hongdou) stress 'party building + innovation' and 'party building + cultural heritage.' Dasheng, as the birthplace of Nantong's first CPC branch, naturally has historical depth. Hengli binds party building with its 'industrial patriotism' brand narrative. Zhejiang's Tongkun focuses on the Long March spirit, aiming to analogize its corporate spirit with that of the Long March to strengthen team resilience. Inner Mongolia's Erdos highlights the social responsibility dimension of 'party building leading mass organizations,' with 13 grassroots party branches recognized as municipal-level 'strong fortresses.'
Impact on the Industrial Chain
The intensive party-building activities have observable transmission effects. On the procurement side, the combination of party building requirements with supplier integrity agreements is strengthening; some leading firms now include supplier party-building compliance in their evaluation systems, forcing smaller suppliers to improve organizational transparency. On the technology side, party member innovation studios and 'secretary-led projects' directly relate to fabric development and process optimization, shortening the lab-to-production cycle. On the talent side, the integration of party building with talent development is helping alleviate the industry's chronic recruitment and retention difficulties by fostering organizational belonging.
Practical Recommendations
For Buyers - Evaluate suppliers' party-building activities, especially integrity commitments and quality improvement projects, as non-financial indicators in supplier ratings - Prioritize factories with party member pioneer posts or quality supervision lines, which typically show better quality consistency - Include 'party-building compliance clauses' in annual procurement contracts, requiring regular reports to enhance supply chain governance transparency
For Foreign Trade Firms - Align overseas clients' ESG requirements with domestic party-building standards; for example, translate 'party member responsibility zones' into labor rights modules in social responsibility reports - During client factory audits, proactively showcase party-building achievements in employee training, safety production, and anti-bribery measures as a competitive differentiator - Use cross-departmental collaboration experience from red study tours to optimize communication mechanisms and emergency response processes within foreign trade teams
The wave of party building in the textile industry is essentially a systemic upgrade of organizational capacity during the transition from 'manufacturing' to 'intelligent manufacturing.' When red genes are transformed into concrete tools for quality control, technological innovation, and talent retention, they cease to be slogans on walls and become productivity on the workshop floor.