U Tin Myo Win, President Of Myanmar Textile Manufacturing Association

Since 2018, the world cloth merchants conference has been held successfully for two consecutive times. The theme of this conference will be "new industrial value, new contribution of textile industry - responsibility of textile industry in the world economic restart". It aims to gather global industrial think tanks to jointly explore the road of industrial recovery, transformation and reconstruction, unite global industrial forces, deepen production capacity cooperation, and do for human health and well-being Make more contributions to highlight the morality and responsibility of the industry.

Global textile network reporter in 2020 world Before the opening of the cloth merchants' conference, we interviewed u tin myo win, President of Myanmar textile manufacturing industry association. He sent a congratulatory letter to the cloth merchants' Congress on behalf of Myanmar textile manufacturing industry association, congratulating the grand opening of the third cloth merchants' conference and wishing it a complete success.

　　 Myanmar congratulatory letter:

　　 Chinese translation:

"In recent years, Myanmar's clothing industry has developed rapidly, and most of the fabrics used for clothing are purchased from China. The holding of the" world cloth merchants conference "will provide better channels for Myanmar garment factories to purchase Chinese fabrics. I sincerely wish the third" world cloth merchants conference "a complete success

　　 Introduction of Myanmar textile industry by President of Myanmar textile manufacturing industry association

U tin myo win, President of Myanmar Textile Manufacturing Association, introduced himself to the reporter of global textile network that he had been in Myanmar textile and garment industry for 30 years. Myanmar's textile industry is mainly concentrated in Myanmar's local traditional clothing, such as: Longji, Temin, etc., because in Myanmar people's daily life, they like to wear their own national clothing. Both men and women wear gauze cages. Men's name is "Longji", and women's is "Temin". The most popular cotton printed fabric for making yarn cages in Myanmar's textile market. Women's upper body is mainly made of jacquard fabric and narrow chiffon, while men's shirts are mainly made of super fine denier made in Thailand. The textile production in Myanmar is mainly distributed in the central part of Myanmar, near Mandalay province. The total employment of Myanmar's textile and garment industry has reached about 500000, which is the largest industrial industry in Myanmar. With the development of China's economy and Southeast Asia's economy, Myanmar has become a labor cost depression in Southeast Asia. A large number of textile and garment orders spilled from China have gathered in Myanmar. With the improvement of Myanmar's textile and garment processing technology, some orders from Europe and the United States have also accumulated in Myanmar. The output value of Myanmar's textile and clothing has increased rapidly in recent years.  

　　 Myanmar: the land of prosperity under the belt and road initiative

Since its opening up in 2010, Myanmar has attracted a lot of foreign investment, among which the textile industry in Myanmar has developed rapidly. With the implementation of China's "belt and road" initiative, Myanmar's textile industry has made great progress. A large amount of Chinese capital investment in Myanmar has also led to the upgrading of Myanmar's textile industry. Myanmar has also obtained new equipment, new technology and a large amount of investment funds from China, which has driven the development of Myanmar's textile industry. When talking about the investment from China, President u tin myo win expressed his great gratitude, because Chinese capital not only helped the development of Myanmar's industry, but also promoted Myanmar's employment and product export. In recent years, he has also benefited greatly from the exchange with textile peers around the world, opening up ideas and horizons.

　　 Change in Myanmar epidemic

Before the epidemic, Myanmar's textile industry maintained a double-digit growth rate on average every year. Now, there are no new investors to invest in the past during the epidemic period. Some existing enterprises have to temporarily close their factories due to the impact of the epidemic. What's worse is that Myanmar has experienced the second shutdown and production suspension, and the textile industry is a labor-intensive industry, so it is particularly affected by the epidemic. During this period, although some orders were cancelled and outflow, it is believed that with the further control of the epidemic situation, more orders will be transferred to Myanmar for production in the future.

　　 U Tin Myo Win After introducing the basic situation of the epidemic situation in Myanmar, the president pointed out that the textile industry exported in the past was mainly clothing, shoes and hats, bags and bags. The vast majority of raw and auxiliary materials were purchased from China, accounting for more than 80%. In recent years, under the premise of epidemic prevention and control, clothing, shoes, hats, bags and other categories are still being processed and manufactured.  

　　 Myanmar government's support policy for enterprises against epidemic situation

adopt U Tin Myo Win According to the president's introduction, the Myanmar government is vigorously promoting the resumption of work and production. It is hoped that after the epidemic, it can quickly communicate with experts and investors in the textile industry in China and even the world. It also warmly welcomes the boss of Chinese enterprises to invest in Myanmar, so as to promote the economic development of Myanmar. The Myanmar government has also provided a series of preferential policies, such as extending the tax-free time, providing compensation to unemployed workers, and providing low interest loans to business owners.

(by sun Yifang)