The 11th China International Nonwovens Conference was held in Shanghai from September 19 to 20. The theme of this conference was "Innovation Promotes the High-end Development of the Nonwovens Industry". Representatives from industry organizations, scientific research universities and key enterprises in the industrial chain conducted in-depth discussions on the new opportunities and challenges facing the nonwovens industry in the post-epidemic era, the industry's technological innovation and green manufacturing, and pointed out the direction for the future development of the industry.
The Chinese nonwovens industry has strong innovation capabilities, an excellent team of professional talents, the world's most complete industrial chain and the largest application market, but it still faces many challenges in high-end breakthroughs.
In the face of opportunities and challenges, the industry should focus on building a modern nonwovens industrial system. Specific actions include strengthening basic innovation and key technology research, establishing a multi-level collaborative innovation platform, establishing an efficient results transformation system and standard support system, etc., to create a green supply chain of nonwovens from fibers to products, and to build a nonwovens industry cluster with world-leading innovation, manufacturing and sustainable development capabilities. It will promote the balanced development of nonwovens and key product industries in the eastern coastal areas and the central and western regions, strengthen the research and development and promotion of key intelligent equipment and management systems for nonwovens, and strengthen the training of leading scientific and technological and management talents in the nonwovens industry.