Chemical fiber industry "fourteenth Five-Year" development prospects

First, the "13th Five-Year Plan" development achievements and problems

During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the chemical fiber industry continued to promote supply-side structural reform, adhere to high-quality development, and further consolidated its position and role in China's textile industry system and the global chemical fiber industry. In 2020, chemical fiber accounted for more than 84% of the total textile fiber processing, and China's chemical fiber production has accounted for more than 70% of the world. The general fiber as a whole maintains the international leading level, the high performance fiber technology level is gradually moving towards a new stage of running with the world's leading level, the integration of refining and chemical enterprises has made remarkable progress, the whole industry has won 4 national science and technology awards, and 3 enterprises have been selected as the national intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration project. Positive progress has been made in energy conservation and emission reduction, pollution prevention and control, and comprehensive utilization of resources, brand building continues to play a supporting role of "increasing varieties, improving quality, and creating brands", and talent construction actively supports industry innovation and development.

Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the development of the chemical fiber industry has achieved good results, but there are also many problems that plague the development of the industry and need continuous attention, mainly including: Investment in some industries still needs to be rational, some key equipment, raw material technology shortcomings still need to break through, import dependence is high, the upstream and downstream collaborative development of high-performance fibers needs to be promoted, recycling, degradable materials, bio-based materials need to accelerate technological progress and market expansion.

Second, the situation facing the development of the 14th Five-Year Plan

The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for China to move from building a well-off society in an all-round way to basically realizing socialist modernization. Under the background of the century-old transformation promoted by the novel coronavirus epidemic, the international force balance has been profoundly adjusted, and the impact of national security, public security and industrial security on economic decision-making of various countries has deepened, which will promote the adjustment and reconstruction of the international textile industry chain and supply chain pattern. The development of chemical fiber industry is facing new opportunities and challenges.

Scientific and technological innovation provides new opportunities. New material technology innovation occupies the forefront of the new scientific and technological revolution, and the application of cutting-edge technologies such as genetic engineering, polymer modification, and nano provides a broader technical path for textile fiber material innovation. New technology paths for fiber raw materials such as bio-based synthesis, Marine bio-based, and coal chemical production also provide options for the textile industry to break through the constraints of petroleum resources and further consolidate the safety of the industrial chain. 5G mobile Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other new generation of information network technologies are deeply applied in the manufacturing industry, providing a precious window of opportunity for the chemical fiber industry to occupy the international leadership in the field of intelligent manufacturing.

Green and sustainable development put forward new requirements. China has proposed to strive to achieve the peak of carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. The new development goal points out the important responsibility of strengthening carbon emission reduction for the chemical fiber industry. The chemical fiber industry, as the most important raw material link in the textile industry chain, bears the social responsibility of green manufacturing and ecological protection with the whole textile industry chain. At the same time, it also independently undertakes the mission of developing diversified biological raw material resources, improving the recycling level of fiber products, and solving the problem of excessively high proportion of petroleum raw materials. As the largest chemical fiber industry system in the world, China's chemical fiber industry is duty-bound to break through the bottleneck of raw materials and technology and promote the green and sustainable development of the industrial and consumer markets.

Consumption upgrading provides new space for industrial development. "China achieves the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way as scheduled, the long-term development of the national economy is improving, the level of urbanization is further improved, and the middle class group is expanding, which will provide support for the steady expansion and upgrading of the domestic demand market." Consumers' cultural confidence and sense of cultural inheritance are increasing, the era of "universal two-child" and the increase of the elderly population are coming at the same time, and the strategy of "healthy China" is increasingly popular. Based on the domestic "great cycle", a series of economic and social development and changes will drive the domestic market to show more diversified, multi-level, multi-angle and multi-field characteristics. The chemical fiber industry has a wide range of innovation and development space in improving quality, function, brand, service and other aspects of added value.

Development goals and key tasks for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period

By 2025, we will further consolidate and enhance the leading role of the chemical fiber industry in the textile industry chain and the supporting role of strategic emerging industries, build an intelligent, green and high-end modern industrial system, and build a chemical fiber power. The scale of the industry has maintained a reasonable range, the enterprise efficiency has steadily improved, the regional layout has been continuously optimized, the product quality has continued to improve, the international cooperation has continued to deepen, and a number of leading enterprises with strong global competitiveness have been cultivated. The breadth and depth of the integration of the new generation of information technology and the industry have been greatly improved, digital transformation has achieved obvious results, and the role of the industrial Internet as an emerging infrastructure has become more significant. The intensity of industry R&D investment has reached more than 1.6%, conventional fiber production has maintained the international leading level, and the output of high-performance fiber has increased by more than 10% annually. The green manufacturing system has been continuously improved, the annual output of bio-based chemical fibers and degradable synthetic fibers has increased by more than 20%, the comprehensive utilization level and scale of waste resources have been further developed, and key progress has been made in peaking carbon in the industry.

In order to achieve the above goals, the six key tasks of the development of chemical fiber industry include:

First, innovation-driven development. It is necessary to improve the innovation system, fully open up the whole chain of basic theoretical research, engineering technology research and development, and scientific and technological achievements transformation, promote the optimization and combination of innovation systems, and form a scientific and technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, the market as the guide, and the deep integration of industry, university and research. It is necessary to improve innovation capacity, guide enterprises to increase investment in research and development, and encourage leading enterprises to build technological innovation consortia with institutions of higher learning, research institutes, and upstream and downstream enterprises. Strengthen the service capabilities of national and provincial advanced functional fiber innovation centers, promote the construction of platforms such as high-performance fiber and composite material innovation centers and chemical fiber technology innovation strategic alliances, and promote the integration and innovation of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, large, small and medium-sized enterprises. It is necessary to strengthen personnel training, train industry academic, technical and business management leaders, expand the ranks of high-level engineers and highly skilled personnel, strengthen national and regional composite personnel training, and cultivate composite personnel with technical, economic and trade, management and other knowledge.

Second, we will modernize industrial chains and supply chains. It is necessary to build a solid safety foundation, improve the level of equipment, break through the key technologies of the industry, and ensure the supply pattern of raw materials. It is necessary to forge and develop long boards, improve the level of efficient and flexible preparation technology of conventional fibers, improve product quality, enrich product varieties, pay attention to brand building, adapt to personalized, differentiated and quality-oriented consumer demand, encourage leading enterprises to lay out integrated raw material supply bases in regions where conditions are available, and form a supply chain system that is highly coordinated with the textile and garment industry chain of neighboring countries and regions. Promote breakthroughs and large-scale development of key technologies for recycled chemical fibers. It is necessary to cultivate pilot enterprises, encourage the development of pilot enterprises with international competitive advantages and supply chain control ability, and cultivate the development of specialized and special "small giant" enterprises and individual champion enterprises, and form a new integrated development pattern in which large enterprises drive the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises inject vitality into large enterprises.

Third, promote the differentiation and high-end of new fiber materials. It is necessary to improve the functionality and added value of conventional fibers, achieve high-quality, low energy consumption, intelligent and green production of conventional fibers, develop differentiated and functional fiber products such as intelligent, super simulation and stock solution coloring, and further expand the application of functional fibers in clothing, home textiles, industry, environmental protection and other fields. Strengthen the quality control of the entire production process, promote the supply of high-quality products, and meet the upgrading and personalized needs of consumption. Continue to optimize the production and application of high-performance fibers, improve the production and application level of carbon fiber, aramid, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber, polyimide fiber, polyphenylene sulfide fiber, polytetrafluoroethylene fiber, continuous basalt fiber, and improve the quality consistency, batch stability, and application process of high-performance fibers. Further expand the application in aerospace, wind power generation, rail transit, safety protection, Marine engineering, high-speed transportation, environmental protection and other fields. It is necessary to support key technologies and equipment for biodegradable materials such as biodegradable high-performance aliphatic polyester fiber, do a good job in top-level design, and guide downstream applications. Overcome the technical bottleneck of biodegradable material key raw material preparation and efficient polymerization reaction, overcome the purity and stability of bio-based chemical fiber monomers and raw materials, high efficiency, low energy consumption complete sets of technology and equipment integration, achieve bio-based chemical fiber large-scale, low-cost production, promote the application and development of bio-based chemical fiber, and expand the application field.

Fourth, accelerate intelligent digital transformation. It is necessary to strengthen the research and development and application of intelligent equipment, promote the research and development and application of high quality, low energy consumption, large integrated intelligent logistics, automatic dropping, automatic packaging and other equipment, and improve the level of fiber automation and intelligent production. Speed up the development and application of automatic spinning device and on-line quality monitoring system of polyester elastic equipment, improve the degree of spinning and winding automation of spandex and polyamide. To carry out the construction of smart factories, focus on the whole industrial chain of chemical fiber industry design, production, logistics, sales, service, etc., research and development and promotion of three-dimensional design and modeling tools, digital whole process production technology, intelligent warehousing and logistics technology, digital sales management technology, etc., to achieve intelligent design, rational production scheduling, intelligent logistics. Building smart factories based on big data, artificial intelligence and industrial Internet. It is necessary to promote the digital transformation of enterprises, promote the application of emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud computing in chemical fiber enterprises, and improve the digitalization level of all aspects of the industrial chain such as R&D, design, production and manufacturing, operation and maintenance of enterprises. Carry out the construction of industrial Internet platforms in key enterprises to support the digital transformation of enterprises and the modernization of industrial chains. The application of digital technology to open up enterprise business processes, management systems and supply chain data, to achieve organizational structure optimization, dynamic precision service, auxiliary management decision-making and other management model innovation, improve enterprise management capabilities.

Fifth, promote green and low-carbon transformation of development mode. We will promote energy-saving and low-carbon development, encourage enterprises to increase the proportion of secondary energy consumption, optimize the energy mix, guide enterprises to purchase green electricity, and expand the proportion of new energy applications such as solar energy. Formulate a carbon peak roadmap for the chemical fiber industry, clarify the implementation path for carbon reduction in the industry, increase the research and development of green technology and equipment, strengthen the transformation of cleaner production technology and the promotion of key energy saving and emission reduction technologies. Accelerate the development and construction of green factories, green products, green supply chain and green parks in the chemical fiber industry, carry out the construction of demonstration enterprises leading in water efficiency and energy efficiency, and promote the construction of carbon footprint accounting and social responsibility. It is necessary to improve the level of recycling and accelerate the optimization of the industrial structure of recycled chemical fiber and the upgrading of enterprises. To achieve large-scale and low-cost production of chemical recycled polyester, and promote the research and development and industrialization of key technologies of recycled nylon, recycled polypropylene, recycled spandex, recycled acrylic, recycled high-performance fiber and other varieties. Promote the key technological breakthroughs and industrial development of the high-value utilization of waste textiles, and increase the recycling of waste military uniforms, school uniforms, police uniforms, tooling and other uniforms. It is necessary to realize the development of standards and norms, promote the construction of green standards and norms system, formulate and improve the standard system of green factories, green products, and green supply chain in the industry, improve the traceability system of dissolved pulp, and track and update the list of various harmful substances and limit requirements. Increase the publicity and promotion of the standard conditions of the viscose industry and the recycling chemical fiber (polyester) industry, carry out the standard announcement work, and promote the better implementation of the standard conditions in the industry. Encourage downstream enterprises in the industry chain such as spinning, weaving, clothing and home textiles to participate in the certification of green fiber products, and promote the construction of green fiber industry chain traceability and certification platforms.

The sixth is to implement the "three products" strategy of increasing varieties and improving quality to create brands. It is necessary to optimize the supply structure, take technology as the core and demand as the guide, promote the research and release of China's fiber fashion trends, in-depth study of consumption trends, strengthen industrial chain cooperation, develop products with excellent performance and quality, and provide personalized, fashionable, functional and green products for end consumers. Promote the integration and innovation of the development and promotion platform of fiber varieties and the downstream industry chain, channel and value chain, and form a virtuous circle of demand pulling supply and supply creating demand from the source of the industry chain. It is necessary to strengthen standard support, strengthen the deep integration of standards with scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation, accelerate the formulation of standards in the field of functional, intelligent and high-tech fiber materials, and support the improvement of industry varieties, quality and brands. Give full play to the role of group standards in guiding industrial development and stimulating innovation vitality, strengthen the training of enterprise standardization talents, and improve the ability of enterprise standards development and testing. Improve the working mechanism of mutual promotion between standards and certification, and promote the application of standards. Promote international standardization work, and promote international mutual recognition of standard testing and laboratories. It is necessary to promote brand building and expand the brand influence and effect of "China fiber fashion trend" and "green fiber". The International textile and yarn exhibition and other platforms are used to enhance consumers' awareness of Chinese fiber and enterprise brands and promote the internationalization of Chinese fiber and enterprise brands by means of conferences and new media networks. Promote the cultivation of industry, region, enterprise and product brands, and give full play to the leading role of brands in the development of the industry. Establish a brand cultivation management system, strengthen brand management talents and team building, deepen deep cooperation between upstream and downstream industries, and expand brand influence.