Research On The International Competitiveness Of China 's Textile And Garment Industry

The textile industry is the leading industry of the industrialization process in the developed countries; it is also a key industry in the developing countries. China is the largest producer, exporter, and consumer in the world for textile products. The textile industry is a huge contributor to the steady development of the national economy; it also has a long-term influence on the world. Today, the textile industry in China is in a critical period of structural adjustment. A comprehensive comparison of the international competitiveness of China’s textile industry becomes one of the best ways to explore the development of China’s textile industry.A qualitative analysis and empirical research will be used in this study paper to comprehensively evaluate the global competitiveness of China’s textile industry combining with Porter’s Diamond Model. The qualitative analysis is evaluating the international competitiveness and competitive advantages and disadvantages through six different aspects, including production factors, demand condition, business strategy, opportunity landscape and government.This research paper bases on Michael Porter’s diamond model, selects 12 groups of secondary indexes and 28 groups of tertiary evaluation index and builds multi-level evaluation index system in textile industry, combines with the expert scoring method to ensure the weight of each evaluation index and finally gets the final value by using the linear weighted method with the above index score to get the final value. In terms of data collection and processing, this research paper chose 28 groups of related indicators of China’s textile industry during the period from 2001 to 2012, using analytic hierarchy process and the linear weighted method to calculate synthetic appraisal value of international competitiveness in China’s textile industry during the period from 2001 to 2012, and got the change tendency of the score over the years. The results show that China’s textile industry still has a stronger international competitiveness at present; however, the operating conditions of the enterprise have not been improved a lot. After the financial crisis and European debt crisis, China’s textile industry is facing new developing opportunities.Regarding the shorts of the past and the prospect of future development, this paper comes up with some targeted policy suggestions and countermeasures basing on three different aspects such as enterprise, industry and government.