The State Council Approved Revival Plan for Textile Industry and Equipment Manuf
[2009-06-05 10:56:30]
The executive meeting of the state council was chaired by the Premier Wen Jiabao on February 4 to review and approve the revival plan for textile industry and equipment manufacturing industry.
The meeting pointed out that as the traditional mainstay industry, important industry for people's livelihood and the industry with predominance in international competition, the textile industry played a vital role in booming the market, expanding the export, guaranteeing employment, increasing farmers' income and boosting the growth of cities and towns. So, the revival of textile industry should be accelerated through independent innovation, technical reconstruction, elimination of backward equipment and optimization of distribution, so as to boost the structural readjustment and industrial upgrading as well as consolidate and strengthen the support for employment and farming. Thus, China's textile industry could be push forward.
I. Both the international market and home market shall be planed as a whole. The home use shall be positively enlarged and new products shall be developed. Also, the rural market shall be branched out, so as to boost the application of the textile in relevant industries. Meanwhile, the export market shall be diversified to stabilize the international market shares.
II. Technical reconstruction and construction of self-owned brands shall be strengthened. The special projects shall be established through the investment newly added by the central government to support the technological progress in such industries as textile, textile printing and chemical fiber, so as to boost the industrialization of high-tech fiber and improve the localization of textile equipment as well as foster the self-owned brands with global influence power.
III. The elimination of backward productive capacity shall be accelerated. The standards for admission shall be worked out and improved to phase out the backward production process and equipment with high energy consumption and high pollution. Also, supports shall be given to the backbone enterprises and the enterprises with difficulties in merger and reorganization.
IV. The regional distribution shall be optimized. The coastal areas in the east shall particularly develop the textile products with high technical contents, high added value and low resource expenditure. The textile and clothing processing enterprises shall be encouraged and guided to shift to the west and middle areas. Also, the production bases for quality cotton and cotton textile shall be constructed in Xinjiang.
V. The supports from finance and taxation shall be increased. The export rebate rate for textile and clothing shall be increased from 14% to 15%. Also, the credit shall be given to the enterprises with growth potential though such enterprises suffer from financial difficulties for the moment. The support shall be strengthened for the small and medium-sized textile enterprises and the guarantee organizations shall be encouraged to offer the credit guaranty and financing service, so as to relieve the burden of textile enterprises. In addition, the central government, local government and enterprise shall increase the procurement of cotton and steam filature.
The meeting pointed out that as the strategic industry for providing the national economy with the technical arrangements, the equipment manufacturing industry featured high degree of association, strong capability to increase the employment and intensive technology & resources, so that it was the important guarantee for industrial upgrading and technological progress as well as the centralized reflection of the state's overall strength. The revival of equipment manufacturing industry should depend on the state's key construction projects and carry out the localization of major technical arrangements on a large scale. The investment in the technical reconstruction shall be increased to enhance the enterprise's independent innovation ability as well as improve the basic parts and auxiliary equipment and technique by a wide margin. Also, the enterprise's merger and reorganization as well as product replacement and update shall be accelerated to promote the optimizing and upgrading of industrial structure and completely improve the competitiveness of industry.
I. The home manufacture of major products could be realized through such major projects as high efficiency and clean power generation, extra high voltage power transformation, coal mine & metallic ore mining, natural gas line supply, liquefied gas storage and transportation, high speed railway and city rail transportation.
II. The automatization of equipment shall be boosted through the main projects in such major industries as steel, automobile and textile.
III. China shall improve the technology capability for the auxiliary products of large-sized forged piece, components, auxiliary processing tools and special raw materials, so as to solidify the development of industry.
IV. The structural readjustment shall be accelerated and industrial growth mode shall be changed. The reorganization of backbone enterprises in equipment manufacturing industry shall be supported to develop the large scale enterprise group with general contracting, system integration, foreign trade and financing. The product standard shall be perfected and the modern manufacturing & service industry shall be developed. As required by the meeting, the transformation policy via value added tax shall be brought into full play to boost the technological progress of enterprise. The industrial revival and technical reconstruction shall be arranged through the investment newly added by the government. Also, China should establish and use the risk compensation system for the first unit of home-made equipment. The export credit shall be increased to support the export of equipment. Also, introduction, absorption and innovation shall be encouraged. The import tariff and value added tax could be exempted for the critical components and raw materials. Meanwhile, the business management and training of staff shall be strengthened; the organization of production shall be improved. Both the production efficiency and product quality shall be improved. In addition, China should encourage the enterprise-oriented combination of industries, colleges and research institutions, so that the scientific research institutions could be encouraged to cooperate with the enterprises. Thus, the enterprises would be supported to strengthen the R&D teams.
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