New Era in China, New Perspectives on Fibers

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2024-11-12

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In 2017, China's chemical fiber industry continued to improve, with high-quality enterprises achieving record profitability. Companies such as Xin Feng Ming, Taihua, and Weihai Tuozhan successfully listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen main boards, becoming hotspots of interest in the capital market.

In 2017, China's chemical fiber industry continued to improve, with high-quality enterprises achieving record profitability. Companies such as Xin Feng Ming, Taihua, and Weihai Tuozhan successfully listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen main boards, becoming hotspots of interest in the capital market. Reports of technological innovation in China's fiber sector have been frequent, such as the project "Key Technologies and Applications for Industrialization of Dry Spinning Wet Spinning Thousand-ton High-strength / Hundred-ton Medium-modulus Carbon Fiber" winning the National Science and Technology Progress Award First Class, and the domestic production of solvent-based cellulose fibers. China's fiber industry has entered a new era of strategic development, with strong R&D initiatives in flexible manufacturing, recycling, bio-based, and functional fibers; intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and foundational engineering gathering momentum; and national industrial awards and champion brands further showcasing the strength of fibers. The new era must grasp new trends, new strategies will inevitably require new concepts, and new perspectives will surely inspire new actions.

 I. China Fiber: New Trends

(1) Made in China, the main body of a new round of industrial revolution

Driven by developed countries and regions such as Europe, America, and Japan, as the world enters the era of "Industrial Revolution 3.0" and "Industrial Revolution 4.0", technological innovation is extremely active. Innovations in the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, mobile internet, 3D printing, intelligent robots, shale gas, renewable energy, as well as biomass and new materials are emerging one after another, continuously promoting technological progress and nurturing a new round of industrial revolution.

The global Chinese manufacturing system, centered around promoting economic recovery, enhancing comprehensive competitiveness, ensuring energy security, and addressing climate change, is continuously cultivating new industries, new business formats, and new models through the deep integration and wide application of digitalization, networking, intelligence, renewable energy, and new materials, thereby advancing the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry and transforming from a major manufacturing country to a strong manufacturing country.

(2) New Fiber Materials, a Strategic High Ground Driven by International Innovation

Under the impetus of the new round of industrial revolution, the global fiber materials industry is expanding development channels and innovating development plans based on its own advantages, competing to seize strategic high grounds in various sub-sectors.

The United States has launched a revolutionary fiber and textile program, establishing innovation institutions for the fiber and fabric industry, focusing on developing a new generation of intelligent fiber yarn technologies and fabrics.

The European Union has launched the Horizon 2020 program, focusing on medical devices and smart fiber products, high-tech non-woven materials for new industrial development, lightweight high-performance composite fiber materials, advanced nanofiber materials, and safe anti-corrosion fiber materials.

Germany has introduced the Future TEX program in "Industry 4.0", focusing on renewable fiber materials, customer-centered customized fiber product manufacturing, and future emerging fiber materials centered on intelligent fibers.

Japan, relying on representative enterprises with strong R&D capabilities, is focusing on promoting R&D and industrialization of high-tech fibers and high-end fiber products, gradually occupying the strategic high ground of fiber innovation and industry with its comprehensive technological advantages and revolutionary innovations.