Research On The Transformation And Upgrading Of Chinese Textile And Garment Industry Under The Global Value Chain

With the accelerating process of economic globalization,the traditional international division of labor model has been broken down.The way in which the international division of labor in various countries and regions evolves from the specialized production of a certain product to the specialized participation in a specific section of a product,and the global optimization has been achieved.In the mean time,the global value chain has been formed.The global value chain theory systematically reexamines the global economy from both micro-level and macro-level.We use this theory,including the dynamic mechanism of the global value chain,the governance model of the global value chain,and the industrial upgrading of the global value chain,to effectively analyze the issue of transformation and upgrading of the industry.And the GVC has laid a solid theoretical foundation of analyzing such problem.As an important civilian production industry and traditional leading industry in China,the textile and garment industry plays an important role in promoting steady economic growth,stimulating and expanding domestic demand,increasing employment,and promoting the development of related industries.Since the 1970 s,China has firmly seized the favorable opportunity for the transfer of industries from a global scale and has actively integrated into the global value chain division system.Nowadays,China's textile and garment industry has been embedded in the global value chain of textiles and clothing,and it has become an indispensable and necessary part.However,as China's textile and clothing industry has entered a new normal,the overall growth rate has slowed down,coupled with rising labor prices in China and fluctuations in the prices of textile raw materials,the comparative advantages of China's textile industry are decreasing.Under this circumstance,China's textile and apparel industry urgently needs to grasp new core competitiveness and accelerate the process of transformation and upgrading.From the perspective of global value chain theory,this article focuses on the transformation and upgrading of Chinese textile and garment industry.First of all,the article elaborated the relevant aspects on the formation and the drive model of the global value chains.Then followed by an analysis of the development of Chinese textile and apparel industry under the global value chain,the internal difficulties and external challenges,and its position in the global value chain.What has revealed is Chinese textile and garment industry is basically in the low-end position of the global value chain.Thirdly,it's the influencing factors of the transformation and upgrading of China's textile and garment industry,including international trade,human capital,policy system,etc.Finally,three transitional upgrade paths are proposed based on the status quo of Chinese textile and garment industry and the factors affecting the transformation and upgrading.The corresponding policy recommendations are proposed from government level,industry level,and enterprise level.