As one of the important birthplaces of China's textile industry, the textile industry in Jiangsu Province has formed a complete industrial chain from fiber, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing to clothing, home textiles, industrial textiles, and textile machinery and equipment. Among them, the completeness of the industrial chain in Suzhou, Wuxi and Nantong is particularly prominent, and the number of leading enterprises is leading in the country. With the acceleration of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, the textile trade between the "three provinces and one city" has become increasingly close. According to the latest big data, the ton weight of textile transportation in the Yangtze River Delta has increased by 14.7 year-on-year in the past year, and the year-on-year growth reached 53.8 at the beginning of 2024. Textile transportation in "three provinces and one city" (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui) ushered in a "good start".

Thanks to the advantages of online sales, intelligent manufacturing and stable industrial chain supply chain, Jiangsu textile industry performed well in 2023. Recently, Manbang released a textile freight data report showing that since January this year, the tonnage of textiles shipped in Jiangsu has risen 44.5 percent year-on-year, and the total weight of textiles shipped in 2023 has risen 22.29 percent year-on-year, and the total weight of textiles shipped has risen 5.2 percent year-on-year, achieving "two wings. fly together". At the same time, with the development of freight logistics, Jiangsu textiles to "silk" as the medium, thousands of miles "trade" a "line" lead. Today, textiles from Taizhou, Jiangsu have even been transported to Ali, Xinjiang, more than 5000 kilometers away.

In Suzhou, a big city of textile and garment industry, there is not only a complete textile industry chain of "from a drop of oil to a piece of cloth" and "from a silk to a brand", but also the world's top 500 enterprises. The local China Oriental silk market has gathered more than 7000 enterprises engaged in fabric production and trade. Trucks full of goods come in and out every day, which is the epitome of the "booming supply and demand" of textiles.

Relevant data in the report show that Suzhou continues to lead Jiangsu's textile shipments and the top five in the list of Jiangsu's textile receiving cities: the tonnage of shipments far exceeds the second and third places in Nantong and Wuxi, three times the fourth and fifth places in the province. On the list of Jiangsu textile destinations, Suzhou also outperformed Shaoxing and Nantong, almost the sum of Jiaxing and Linyi.

In any Yangtze River Delta integration plan or plan, "industrial synergy" is one of the most colorful chapters. 2023 marks the fifth anniversary of the Yangtze River Delta's integrated development as a national strategy. Over the past five years, "three provinces and one city" has been closely linked to the two key words of integration and high quality, constantly promoting the "blueprint planning" into a "realistic picture", and the textile industry has become the beneficiary of this strategy.

According to the report data, the Yangtze River Delta region occupies three seats in the list of "Top Tons of Departure Provinces", with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui ranking first, second and fifth respectively. At the same time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces also included the "list one" positions of "provinces with the largest month-on-month increase in the tonnage of textile shipments" and "cities with the largest month-on-month increase in the tonnage of textile receipts. Among them, the top five cities with the largest month-on-month increase in the tonnage of textiles received are Jinhua, Wuxi, Nanjing, Changzhou, and Suzhou, which belong to Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, and Anhui Province respectively. The prosperity and development of the textile industry in the Yangtze River Delta is evident in the three ranking lists of fine products. In addition, among the cities with the largest year-on-year increase in the tonnage of goods received, the top five are Suqian, Hangzhou, Jinhua, Anqing, and Nantong, all belonging to the Yangtze River Delta region. The tonnage of goods received in Jinhua, Zhejiang and Anqing, Anhui increased by 69.9 and 73.7 year-on-year.%. In the top five list of "Jiangsu textiles mainly come to cities", Shaoxing and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province broke into the top three, catching up with Suzhou, the city in Jiangsu Province, which ranked first.

The Yangtze River Delta gathers the headquarters of major private express companies and the heads of logistics companies. The express logistics industry is developed, and the digital and intelligent advantages of regional development are superimposed. Nowadays, textiles are running faster. In recent years, the development of logistics industry in Jiangsu Province, especially smart logistics, ranks in the forefront of the country, and was successfully approved as a pilot province for comprehensive reform of logistics cost reduction and efficiency increase with the theme of "smart logistics" in 2019. Many enterprises including Yunman are developing rapidly and firmly in the first echelon of the industry; in Zhejiang, there are 10 national demonstration logistics parks and 20 provincial demonstration logistics parks (including national level), the number ranks first in all provinces and cities in the country. The "Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province on Accelerating the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry" even proposes to create innovative scenarios including smart logistics in the future. (China Daily Jiangsu Reporter Station Cangwei)