Under The "One Belt And One Road": Our Government Is Turning The Textile Industry From The Pearl River Delta To Xinjiang.

The Chinese government thought of it in 2023.

Create 1 million

Employment.

Nowadays, China is no longer valued as the "world factory" as it used to be.

The Chinese government wants to pfer the textile and other labor-intensive industries from the Pearl River Delta to the interior, and Xinjiang is in line with this grand plan.

This textile center is also "

The key link of the initiative.

Most Uyghurs live in the poorer southern Akesu.

There, the Chinese government has launched clear measures to create more jobs for Uygurs. This is one of China's attempts to tackle the economic factors behind Xinjiang's instability.

Recently, the Chinese government has applied carrot and stick to provide employment and development on the one hand, and to treat local separatism on the other hand.

More than 60% of China's cotton is produced in Xinjiang.

Cotton spinning enterprises are close to the supply of raw materials, which is a great advantage.

The local electricity price is about half of the coastal provinces, which is also advantageous to the spinning mills.

But spinning needs less staff, and 1 million jobs are needed to create the entire industry chain from dyeing, weaving to clothing production.

This is much more difficult than attracting more textile companies.

Dyeing, rinsing and so on require a lot of water.

Many parts of Xinjiang are listed by the World Resources Institute as high-risk areas for water scarcity.

In pportation, far from Shanghai or Guangzhou, it is also an obstacle for Xinjiang enterprises to deliver overseas goods on time.

But Xinjiang is in the core area of "New Silk Road".

The Chinese government is investing heavily in the construction of new railways from eastern China through Xinjiang to Central Asia and then to Europe.

This will eventually shorten the pportation time to some markets, which will make Xinjiang's enterprises more advantageous than the manufacturers who rely on shipping.

The Chinese government subsidized pportation, personnel training and insurance, and provided generous financing support, which is also intended to prevent investment flows to the foreign textile industry.

For the locals, the monthly wage of textile mills is two times that of other jobs in the city, and several times that of farming.

Attracting them to work in factories in the city will also help the Chinese government achieve the desired regional cultural integration.