Look to this age for innovation 2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry announced

By Zhao Zihan

The Award Ceremony for 2017 “Innovative People of the Year” in Chinese Textile Industry, sponsored by China National Textile and Apparel Council(CNTAC), organized by China Textile Magazine, and supported by ELLASSAY Co., Ltd., was held in Beijing on April 9th. 20 people were honored as “2017 People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry”.

Leading with example for constant innovation

Since its inception in 2005, 220 people have won the honor. They play an important supporting role in reshaping the core competitiveness of Chinese textile industry and leading high-quality development of the industry in terms of supply-side reform, smart manufacturing, environmental protection, and collaborative innovation. Recognizing, summarizing and learning the advanced deeds and successful experiences of these innovative characters is an indispensable and important driver for building a textile power.

2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry was selected in the spirit of justice,fairness and openness. As stipulated in the “Management Measures for the Selection of Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry”, and according to the recommendation by relevant associations and organizations, review from the jury committee, and approval of the selection leading group, 20 people were finally awarded “2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry” (The list is attached behind).

In order to encourage and guide the whole industry to follow the example of innovative talents to work hard and innovate, Gao Yong, Party Secretary and Secretary-General of CNTAC, wrote the preface for this edition“The Path to Innovation Is Not Yet in Desolation Period”, and Sun Ruizhe, President of CNTAC,wrote the preface titled “Stay True to the Innovative Mission, Open the Window of Innovation”. Besides,Xia Guoxin, President of ELLASSAY Co., Ltd. and a representative of previous Innovative People of the Year, shared experiences in his “ELLASSAY’s Creative Thinking and Practice”.

As one of the highlights of the event, this year’s activity set a launching ceremony, inviting Gao Yong,Sun Ruizhe, Du Yuzhou, former President of CNTAC,and Xia Guoxin to jointly ignite the innovative lamppost of “2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry”, implying that it will illuminate the textile innovation road with the power of role models.A single spark can start a prairie fire.

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As an outstanding representative of many innovative people in the textile industry and a supporter of this event, Xia Guoxin talked about ELLASSAY’s brand development and innovation practice. He said:“In order to become an internationally competitive advanced fashion brand group as soon as possible,2107 was set as the management innovation year of the company, and the company was divided into several small units for more flexibility, which effectively realized the company’s integrated innovation. In 2018,ELLASSAY will continue to lead the new future with the innovative mode of team management. At the same time, companies must adhere to their own path, learn to think independently, and dare to move against the tide, then innovation can keep vitality.

ELLASSAY’s 2017 sales performance report showed that in 2017, the company’s total operating revenue was 2.058 billion yuan, an increase of 81.82%year-on-year; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 303 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 52.96%. Definitely, such good results cannot be separated from corporate innovation.

Since its establishment in 1996, ELLASSAY has been following the “fashionable and elegant” design style. The brand targets middle-aged, high-income,elegant, stylish, tasteful and mature urban middle-class women aged 25 to 40 years old, and creates an elegant image of confident, independent, and intelligent urban women combining tradition and modernity. After winning praise for its fashion show at the Lincoln Center,the main venue of the New York Fashion Week, for consecutive two years in 2013 and 2014, in 2016 and 2017, ELLASSAY was again invited to Milan Fashion Week for two consecutive years, interpreting the Chinese elegance of “Come from China” to the world. Every footprint is full of the aesthetics of the fashion that the brand integrates into the world. In the future, ELLASSAY will continue to push the Group’s international deployment and resource integration step by step. It will present its own world view to Chinese consumers with an international perspective, bringing with it an international fashion that truly belongs to China.

At the meeting, Wang Limin, President of Huafang Co., Ltd., as the representative of this edition,talked about the company’s development based on the theme of “Technology Changes the Presence, Innovation Wins the Future”. He said: “To grasp innovation is to grasp development. To seek innovation is to seek the future. If you want to transform the traditional industries of textile and apparel into new vitality in the process of transformation and upgrading, you need make the innovation-driven as the overall leader of industrial development, accelerate the structural adjustment, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the textile and garment industry. In particular, with the advancement of artificial intelligence, the textile and apparel industry is highlighting the vitality of the fashion industry, creating new business models, and creating new consumer values with intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent equipment, intelligent production, intelligent management, and intelligent products are becoming a new source of kinetic energy for the textile and apparel industry. Technological innovation has become a necessary condition and infrastructure for driving ‘unbounded innovation’.”

He stated that the future of Huafang is “Centennial Huafang, Wisdom Huafang”. To this end, Huafang will stick to its mission with perseverance and create it with a focused attitude. Based on the establishment of a world-class textile production base, the company will use the “One Body and Two Wings” strategic plan to do a good job in the textile industry with the spirit of craftsman. In addition, it will make flexible use of finance and capital tools as well as internet information technology platform, in order to promote the conversion of new and old kinetic energy and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of enterprises.

At the meeting, Gao Yong congratulated the 20 people who were honored with the “2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry” honor-ary title. He said: “Our country is a big textile country, and it is moving toward a textile power. However, in the course of development, there is indeed a problem of insufficient imbalance, and it is urgent to carry out structural reforms on the supply side. The industry must address these inadequate and unbalanced issues, while innovation is an inevitable move.”

He stressed that in the future, the textile industry should be supported by innovation, expand effective supply and supply in the middle and highend, and create a number of resounding China’s textile brands to increase brand value and soft power, and accelerate the formation of a high-quality economic development model centering on product quality improvement.It is to effectively solve the problem of insufficient development imbalance in the textile industry, and make textile development achievements more fair and equitable to all the people, truly meeting the needs of the people for a better life. ”

New era, new starting point, new journey. Standing at a new historical starting point, the Chinese textile industry will surely follow the outstanding spirit of several generations of textile entrepreneurs, inherit development, and persist in innovation, advancing towards the new orientation of textile industry - technology, green, and fashion.

List of “2017 Innovative People of the Year in Chinese Textile Industry” (sorted by surname strokes)

Wang Limin, President of Huafang Co., Ltd.

Wang Tao, President of Beijing Fangsheng Fashion Co., Ltd.

Tian Zhongjun, President of Jilin Northeast Hosiery Textile Industrial Park

Shi Chengyu, President of Shandong Province Winson Non-woven Materials Co., Ltd.

Xu Yaoqin, President of Jiangyin Haoye Textile Co.,Ltd.

Zhuang Yaozhong, Xin Feng Ming Group

Lu Xiaomei, President of Changchun Shengwei Yate Garment Group Co., Ltd.

Yang Changhui, President and General Manager of Shantou Sanfai Nonwoven Machinery Factory Ltd.Zhang Yichao, President of Heji Zhihe (Hangzhou)Cultural & Creative Co., Ltd.

Zhang Zhanqi, President of Lufeng Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

Wu Dongbiao, President of JiangYin Xingwu Woolen Technology Co., Ltd.

Chen Lu, President of Zibo Dachangfang Silk Group Co., Ltd.

Chen Xinmin, President and General Manager of Guanhong Co., Ltd.

Zhao Ling, Party Secretary,President and General Manager of CHTC Sinofiber Wuxi Co., Ltd.

Zhao Liang, President and General Manager of Shandong Nanshan Zhishang Technology Co., Ltd.Shi Tianfu, President of Fujian Longfeng Textile Industry Co., Ltd.

Xia Ping, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee &Head of Chengdu Textile College

Yuan Hongsheng, Vice President of Jiangsu Goldsun Textile Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Xie Jinbo, Party Secretary of Dalang Town, Dongguan City

Cai Minqiang, President of Guangdong FAMORY(Group) Co., Ltd.