On March 27, the National Cotton Industry Alliance held a seminar on high-quality national cotton development and brand docking via video conference. The conference issued a solemn statement, resolutely opposing the smear campaign against Xinjiang cotton and vigorously promoting the healthy development of the cotton industry. The main venue of the seminar was located at the National Cotton Industry Alliance office base in Anyang, Henan. Relevant leaders of the National Cotton Industry Alliance and representatives of participants spoke. The heads of relevant member units, relevant units of the entire cotton industry chain, and heads of textile and clothing brand enterprises attended the meeting. Delegates at the meeting unanimously agreed on the meeting report and alliance statement.
The National Cotton Industry Alliance stated in a statement that it firmly opposes any actions to stigmatize Xinjiang cotton, and firmly opposes certain international brands and institutions in their supply chains and daily activities based on lies and false information. Excluding Xinjiang cotton and its products from its business; the Alliance calls on the international community to face up to the legitimate rights and interests of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to receive rewards for their hard work and pursue a happy life, and will join hands with patriotic enterprises to unequivocally support the development of Xinjiang’s cotton industry; the Alliance is committed to creating The high-quality cotton industry chain spares no effort to produce mid-to-high-end quality cotton that meets terminal needs in Xinjiang and other places, actively advocates the concept of high-quality cotton development and high quality and low price, and is committed to promoting the transformation and upgrading of China’s entire cotton industry; the alliance will unite all member units and related brand enterprises to promote a new pattern of industry-wide integration integrating “technical side + production side + demand side”, enhance the international influence of China’s own brands, and actively integrate into the domestic and international dual cycles.
The head of the National Cotton Industry Alliance pointed out in a report entitled “The Development Road of my country’s Cotton Industry” that as the world’s largest cotton producer and consumer, my country’s cotton output in 2020 5.910 million tons, the total demand is about 8 million tons, and the annual import is about 2 million tons. Among them, Xinjiang’s cotton output is 5.161 million tons, accounting for 87.33% of domestic production and about 67% of domestic consumption. For 26 consecutive years, Xinjiang’s cotton output, unit yield, planting area, and commodity allocation volume have ranked first in the country. The situation of “the world’s cotton looks to China, and China’s cotton looks to Xinjiang” has been formed.
The report pointed out that the National Cotton Industry Alliance takes “green, high-quality, innovative, open, and win-win” as its concepts, is problem-oriented, starts from the demand side, and uses high-quality cotton As a starting point, we should lay out the entire cotton industry chain in accordance with the basic idea of ”what the demand side needs, the production side will produce, what the seed companies will provide, and what the scientific research units will develop”, and promote the integration of “technical side + production side + demand side” We will promote the transformation of “research, academia, and industry” into “industry, academia, and research” and strive to achieve “striving to build 5 million to 10 million acres in 5 to 10 years, with a production capacity of 600,000 to 1.2 million tons (equivalent to 1 to 2 Australian cotton production capacities). scale), to achieve the goal of “a high-quality cotton production base that reaches or exceeds the level of Australian cotton”, promote the structural reform of China’s cotton supply side and the high-quality development of the cotton industry, and use the creation of a national cotton brand as a breakthrough point to run through the entire cotton industry chain and establish The traceability system from national cotton brand seeds to national cotton brand clothing will promote China’s transformation from a major cotton planting and textile country to a strong cotton planting and textile country, and help implement the rural revitalization strategy.
Representatives attending the meeting spoke successively to support the alliance statement and jointly promote the high-quality development of my country’s cotton industry.
The mechanized picking and packaging site of Xinjiang Cotton Base.
It is reported that the National Cotton Industry Alliance launched on November 28, 2016, in response to the serious shortage of high-grade cotton and serious surplus of low-grade cotton in my country, in accordance with the new requirements of supply-side structural reform. , led by relevant units and united with 208 enterprises and institutions in the entire cotton industry chain of my country’s cotton “scientific research-production-processing-circulation-textile-garment-trade”, the cotton industry chain integrated cooperation organization was formally established in Beijing, referred to as Guomian Alliance, referred to as CCIA in English. </p
