From May 7th to May 15th, at the invitation of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (hereinafter referred to as the International Textile Federation) and the German Textile Machinery Association, Sun Ruizhe, the chairman of the China Textile Industry Federation, led a delegation to visit Germany and Spain to attend the international Spinning Textile Machinery Seminar, visiting the Frankfurt Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, and visiting local scientific research institutions, textile manufacturing and clothing brand enterprises. Xu Yingxin, Chen Dapeng, Li Lingshen, and Duan Xiaoping, vice presidents of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, attended the meeting and accompanied the visit.

　　 International Textile Federation Textile Machinery Seminar is a traditional thematic conference of the International Textile Federation. It is hosted by the Swiss, German and Italian Textile Machinery Associations in turn every year. Representatives of the member states of the International Textile Federation and representatives of major textile machinery manufacturing companies in the world were invited to attend the meeting to conduct in-depth exchanges on the status quo and development of the textile industry in various countries, especially the textile machinery industry. This year's conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany on May 8. 152 industry representatives from nearly 20 countries and regions around the world attended the conference.

　　 Sun Ruizhe, Chairman of China Textile Industry Federation and Vice Chairman of International Textile Federation, was invited to give a speech at the conference, expounding the current situation and future of China's textile industry.

　　Sun Ruizhe pointed out that China's textile industry is at a key node of transformation and upgrading. The slowdown in China's textile economy and the increase in costs are in line with the law of economic development, reflecting the deepening of China's textile transformation and upgrading. Textile machinery is an important support for China's textile transformation and upgrading.

Regarding the development of China’s textile industry, Sun Ruizhe pointed out that the development of the industry is no longer a zero-sum game. Cooperation has become an important source of competitive advantage. A new concept of industrial development must be established: from focusing on competition to seeking synergy, from a single structure to a diversified ecology, and from being From forced adaptation to active innovation, from emphasizing ownership to sharing, and from benefit-oriented to responsible development. The development of China's textile industry should focus on the following four aspects: First, enrich industrial supply, improve environmental adaptability, and form an effective and diversified industry supply based on market, capital, network, technology, and culture; second, improve the support system Enhance industrial carrying capacity, upgrade industrial architecture, service and innovative infrastructure, improve industrial operation efficiency and release industrial innovation vitality; third, deepen intelligent manufacturing, improve flexible production capacity, implement "Made in China 2025", and promote management information System application and integration, accelerate the construction of management, standards and credit systems, and promote the coordination of management processes, personnel quality and intelligent manufacturing systems; the fourth is to implement social responsibilities, enhance sustainable development capabilities, promote social responsibilities, optimize supply chain construction, and enhance green Manufacturing capabilities, develop green products, create green factories, build green parks, and improve the support system for green manufacturing.

At the meeting, Beidi, Chairman of the International Textile Federation, Chairman of the African Cotton and Textile Industry Federation, Cheng Jihe, Vice Chairman of the International Textile Federation and Chairman of the Korean Textile Industry Federation, etc. discussed Africa, South Korea, Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan, Turkey And the current situation and development trend of the European textile industry.

　　 At the same time, representatives from textile machinery companies such as Murata Machinery, Oerlikon, Grotz, Sanderson, Megani and other textile machinery companies shared their respective companies' market performance in 2016 and looked forward to the development trend of the textile machinery market in 2017.

　　The conference announced that the next ITU Textile Machinery Seminar will be held in Zurich, Switzerland in April 2018 and will be hosted by the Swiss Textile Machinery Association.