As labor and energy costs in China's eastern coastal regions continue to rise, the spatial restructuring of the textile industry is shifting from trend to reality. On July 21, the Yunnan Bohai Tai Textile Co., Ltd. launched its 60,000-ton annual capacity knitted fabric project in the Kaiyuan Green Textile Science Park. With a total investment of 650 million yuan, the project is expected to generate over 1 billion yuan in annual output value and 14 million yuan in tax revenue upon full operation, while directly creating more than 1,200 local jobs. These figures reveal a clear logic of westward industrial expansion and cross-border strategic positioning.
Background of the Event
The project's parent company, Delai Ka Textile, founded in 2019, has its roots deeply embedded in Guangzhou's Zhongda Fabric Market, where it ranks among the top ten fabric suppliers with annual sales exceeding 1 billion yuan. The move from the bustling Guangzhou commercial hub to the small city of Kaiyuan in southern Yunnan is no coincidence. The project plans 20 modern intelligent knitted fabric production lines on a 294.79-mu site, with a total building area of 170,000 square meters—a scale that directly targets the supply gap for high-end knitted fabrics in Southwest China.
The Kaiyuan Green Textile Science Park, the only industrial park in Yunnan Province with fully established textile printing and dyeing capacity, attracts investment primarily through its energy cost advantage. The park relies on locally sourced, stable, and low-cost industrial heat, which can significantly reduce steam and electricity expenses—a critical factor for the energy-intensive dyeing process. Furthermore, Kaiyuan's location, close to Kunming and adjacent to the Hekou border port with Vietnam, provides a geographic fulcrum for companies to open dual markets: domestic production and Southeast Asian garment manufacturing.
Industrial Impact
Dong Shuxiu, Vice President of the China Dyeing and Printing Association, noted during the ceremony that the textile industry is accelerating its transition toward green, low-carbon, and intelligent manufacturing, with Southwest China emerging as a core destination for industrial transfer. The Bohai Tai project not only fills a gap in the local high-end knitted fabric supply chain but also serves as a milestone for improving the industrial cluster and boosting employment and income. She recommended that the park adhere to green production standards, promote low-liquor-ratio dyeing, water reuse, and waste heat recovery, and deepen digital empowerment through MES and ERP systems to develop flexible customization and high-value-added fabric manufacturing.
From a macro perspective of national industrial gradient transfer, Bai Limin, Deputy Director of the China National Textile and Apparel Council's Industrial Park Office, views the project as a vivid example of orderly capacity migration from the east to border areas. Since 2023, the Kaiyuan park has been integrated into the Hekou Border Industrial Park's overall planning, leveraging RCEP policy dividends and open-border advantages to build a synergistic industrial chain: 'fabric from southern Yunnan, garment assembly in Southeast Asia, and sales in Europe and America.' For buyers, this means improved supply stability for high-end knitted fabrics in the Southwest and potentially more competitive pricing.