Advanced Seminar on Promotion of Development Capability in Textile and Garment Industry fo

Advanced Seminar on Promotion of Development Capability in Textile and Garment Industry for Lancang-Mekong Countries 2019 opened in Donghua University

The opening ceremony for “Advanced Seminar on Promotion of Development Capability in Textile and Garment Industry for Lancang-Mekong Countries 2019” was held in Donghua University on October 9th, accompanied by traditional music and dance performed by Laotian students. Sponsored by the Sub-Council of Textile Industry of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT TEX), the seminar is hosted by Donghua University, and supported respectively by The Industry Depart-ment and Social Responsibility Office of China National Textile And Ap-parel Council, China Textile and Apparel Education Society, Textile Human Resource Communication Center and Zhangjiagang Government.

As one of the programs aiming at encouraging the cooperation of textile industry in the six countries nearby Lancang-Mekong river, the seminar invited about 30 officials and leaders to share opinions and ideas, who are from various governments, research institutions and en-terprises, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia; Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia; Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia; Cambodia Garment Training Institute; The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Laos; As-sociation of the Lao Garment Industry; Ministry of Industry, Myanmar; Myanmar Garment Human Resources Development Center; Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association; Ministry of Industry, Thailand; Thailand Textile Institute; Kasetsart Uni-versity; Pacific Knitting Factory Co., Ltd.; Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam; Vietnam Cotton and Spinning Association; Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group; Vietnam Textile and Apparel Asso-ciation; Rang Dong Infrastructure Development In-vestment Joint Stock Company; Bao Minh Industrial Park; Hanoi Industrial Textile Garment University. Lecturers and representatives of international stu-

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industrial chain and supply chain system with divi-sion of labor, cooperation and high efficiency are gradually being formed. Lin Yunfeng, Vice President of the Sub-Council of Textile Industry of CCPIT, stressed that as the largest producer and player in the global textile and garment market, China pos -sesses an integral modern textile production system and production service system. “In recent years we have been actively promoting the textile production capacity cooperation in LMC. Five LMC also hold high-level willingness of openness and coopera-tion, actively building commerce and investment cooperation with the Chinese textile industry. We have reached mutual benefit, common interests, and mutual developments.” It is wished that through studying in the “Serial Programs for Encouraging Textile Industry Production Capacity Cooperation of Lancang-Mekong Six Countries,” LMCs can deepen the understanding of the development of Chinese textile industry and the comprehension of “Lancang-Mekong Cooperation”, and reach deeper cooperation of textile and garment industry in the region. Tean Samnag, General Counsel of Royal Consulate Gener -al of Cambodia in Shanghai, said that Cambodia will firmly support China’s proposition of “The Belt and Road”, through the development ties of “Belt-Road” to build the Sino-Cambodian fate community, inject new impetus to Cambodia’s economic development and narrow the development gap between Southeast Asian Countries. Yan Yan, Director of The Industry Department and Social Responsibility Office of Chi -na National Textile And Apparel Council, said that as one of the six LMCs, China is willing to share the experiences and fruits with everyone, together with promoting the production capacity and coordinated development, together with build the continual devel -opment of the international supply chain. She hoped LMCs can have high-level communication in the seminar, together with improving public governance and industrial continual development, together with building continual development of the international supply chain.

Integrated collaboration for responsible and efficient development

In 2018, the Sub-Council of Textile Industry of CCPIT was granted the LMC Special Initiative to launch “Serial Programs for Encouraging Textile Industry Production Capacity Cooperation of Lancang-Mekong Six Countries”, including establishing Lancang-Mekong textile and gar -ment industry communication mechanism and organizing special training for improving Lancang-Mekong textile and garment industry develop -ment.

The LMC Special Initiative was authorized by the Ministry of For -eign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, consigned by the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Under the circumstances, the invitation of “Advanced Seminar on Promotion of Development Capability in the Textile and Garment In -dustry for Lancang-Mekong Countries 2019” (ASPDC) received great responses from industry in the Lancang-Mekong region. Countries in the region expressed willing to cooperate with China and working together in promoting the cooperation of textile and garment industry, establishing the communication mechanism of Lancang-Mekong textile and garment industry, elevating the status of LMC textile and garment industry in the global value chain of textile industry, and enhancing the ability of sustain -able development in textile and garment industry.

In the opening ceremony, Li Yuan, Vice Director of the Asian Divi -sion of Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Indus -try and Information Technology, said that the six countries in the Mekong region are in a community with a shared future and shared stake with great potential for development. She advised that countries in the Mekong region should build consensus, enhance cooperation, and strengthen con -nectivity partnerships in the Mekong sub-region to encourage coordinated development, while the students from countries in the Mekong region should master a better understanding of the history of Chinese textile and garment industry to bring experiences back to their motherland, and de -velop new space for wider international production capacity cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong region. According to Dr. Yu Jianyong, President of Donghua University, in recent years, Donghua University has been continually enhancing the level of education openness, attracting interna -tional students from all over the world for higher education, and cultivat -ing numbers of students for global textile industry development and inter -national cooperation.

The textile and garment industrial chain in the region is witnessing increasingly deep integration and development, and a regional textile