Revitalizing the Textile Industry Anhui has great promise – Interview with Ye Liang, Executive Chairman and Secretary-General of the Anhui Textile Industry Association
“The image of Anhui is the image of the industry; the business environment is the action of the government.” This is Ye Liang, executive chairman and secretary-general of the Anhui Textile Industry Association, participating in the province’s improvement of work style on the seventh day of the first lunar month, doing practical things for the people, and optimizing the environment for enterprises. Conference, several keywords written in a notebook. “Very exciting and inspiring.” Ye Liang said that as an Anhui textile and garment person, he has stronger confidence and more expectations for the future development of Anhui’s textile industry.
“New Anhui people” have experienced the great development of industry
“I am a ‘new Anhui native’ from Zhejiang.” Ye Liang said that Anhui is his second hometown. He has also personally experienced and witnessed the great construction and development of Anhui after the reform and opening up, especially in the textile industry. development in the clothing industry.
“In the early days of reform and opening up, Zhejiang was an example for Anhui to learn from. It was a trend for Wenzhou and Zhejiang businessmen to invest and start businesses in Anhui.” Ye Liang said that now Anhui’s GDP has exceeded four trillion, and Hefei’s has exceeded one trillion. , surpassing Wenzhou, but the economic, social and cultural integration between Zhejiang merchants and Huizhou merchants, and Anhui and Zhejiang are also closer.
Ye Liang told reporters from Anhui Business Daily that he has served as the vice president of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Hefei City since 2002. Later, he initiated and prepared the establishment of the Anhui Garment Chamber of Commerce, served as the executive vice president and secretary-general, and founded Anhui’s clothing industry development model of “promoting industrial development through market construction, cultivating local brands through industrial development, and building clothing culture through brand cultivation” has also established the influence and status of Anhui’s clothing industry in the country.
“Everyone knows that the Zhanqian Road business district of Hefei Railway Station is home to textile and clothing markets. In fact, as early as 2006, the then Hefei Xinzhan Experimental Zone had already secured the official approval of the China Chamber of Commerce to formalize Zhanqian Road. Named ‘Anhui Clothing Street’, Anhui’s first clothing industrial cluster was born.” Ye Liang said that at that time, the Xinzhan Experimental Zone set up a special “Anhui Clothing Street” for this purpose. In addition to the heads of relevant government functional departments, he is also one of the main leaders of the working committee of the “Clothing Street” working committee as the head of a social organization.
After zoning adjustment and more than ten years of development, “Anhui Clothing Street” has now become a key business district in Yaohai District and even Hefei City, and has been upgraded to “Anhui Fashion Street.”
The busier you are, the more hopeful you are to revitalize the textile industry
However, Ye Liang has always remained professional and calm in the face of the heat of industry development. “Last year, the output value of Zhejiang’s textile industry exceeded one trillion yuan, and looking at Anhui as a whole, the data we got was 140 billion yuan. This gap is still huge.” Ye Liang said.
From 2011 to 2020, Ye Liang went north to Beijing to work at the China Textile and Apparel Federation. “For nearly 10 years, I have actually been traveling around the country and the world, but my heart has always been in Anhui.” Ye Liang said that in 2021, he will return the focus of his work to Hefei and participate in the establishment of the Anhui Textile Industry Association. And serves as executive president and secretary-general.
“Anhui vigorously undertakes industrial transfer, but the industrial transfer of the Yangtze River Delta textile industry in the past few years has not focused on Anhui, but on surrounding provinces.” Ye Liang admitted that the development potential of Anhui’s textile industry has not been fully explored.
Now that the focus of work has returned to Anhui, Ye Liang said that he and the Anhui Textile Industry Association where he works must work hard to contribute to the development of the textile industry in Anhui Province.
“There is Dingji Town in Lu’an. The wedding dress industry is quite prosperous and serves Suzhou, which is the leader in the wedding dress industry in the country. Shenzhou Knitting in Wangjiang County has provided employment for tens of thousands of people, last year achieved an output value of nearly 10 billion yuan.” Ye Liang said that Wuhe County in Bengbu City and Changxing, Zhejiang Province have also formed close and good interactions and integration in the development of the textile and clothing industry in recent years, targeting local textiles. The garment industry has an industrial output value exceeding 10 billion.
“As far as my personal feelings are concerned, Anhui’s development in recent years can be said to be a ‘fission-type’ rapid development. Anhui’s image has also been greatly improved. When talking about Anhui outside, people’s impression is no longer that of being backward, but instead of being backward. Hot words such as innovation and technology,” Ye Liang said.
After the Spring Festival, Ye Liang was very busy. On the afternoon of February 9th, he will attend a meeting on learning and implementing the spirit of the province’s improvement of work style, doing practical things for the people, and optimizing the environment for enterprises, and will give a speech to talk about his experience; on February 10th, he will go on a business trip to Anqing with a group of industry elites. Plan and negotiate key industry development projects.
“Anqing City has established a municipal-level special class to promote the development of the textile and clothing industry, and wants to build the largest city in Anhui’s textile and clothing industry.” Ye Liang said that he and the association are reporting and docking with the provincial directly related departments and bureaus. Make plans for the development layout of the province’s textile industry and revive the glory of Anhui’s textile industry. “As the provincial capital, Hefei should be the center of originality, fashion, technology, and brands. We also plan to build an Internet center for the textile industry. Wuhu, Anqing and other places are building�Create a textile industry belt along the river. Fuyang and other places in northern Anhui Province have rich human resources, which is also an advantage for the development of the textile industry. ”
In the “Ten Work Plans” of the Anhui Textile Industry Association in 2022, we will assist local governments in industry planning, assist the government in the construction of industrial clusters (bases), hold the Anhui Textile and Garment Industry Development Conference, and integrate the Yangtze River Delta Activities such as the Chemical Industry Cooperation and Development Summit, promoting the construction of Hefei’s fashion industry system, and promoting the integrated development of industry, academia, and research, etc., have all been clearly written into the work plan.
“The busier I am, the more motivated I am, and the more hopeful I am!” Ye Liang said excitedly.
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