In the recently held 2008 National Conference on Enforcement of Environmental Law, Zhou Shengxian, the newly appointed Minister of Environmental Protection, said: "In cases where the masses have a strong response and are supervised, we should investigate and punish them in place, rectify and rectify them, investigate and punish one, "" Environmental Storm "as the arrow. Heavy pollution, energy-intensive industries are facing greater pressure on development, the leather industry as a heavy task of light industry, environmental protection industry is facing a "big test" of environmental protection, many businesses are trying to digest the environmental protection Cost pressure, but this time, as China's important leather production base - "China Leather Leather Capital"
Xinji, is carrying environmental advantages, planning a new round of leather industry's great development.
"The level of pollution control is a lifeline for the development of the tannery industry and many companies are at risk of being forced to close by failing to meet environmental standards or difficulties in digesting high costs." However, Xinji did not have this situation because Xinji's environmental protection work was carried out earlier , Now has formed a relatively sound sewage pollution control system, environmental protection not only did not bring a lot of pressure on Xinji enterprises, on the contrary returned to Xinji leather industry has brought new opportunities for development. Wang Tiren, vice mayor in charge of leather industry development in Xinji City, told reporters that before he was interviewed by this newspaper, he just came back from the south to study. He also carried a mysterious task in his inspection: "Guide the south shoes to the north." Wang Tieren said: "Xinji currently owns the country's largest and most environmentally friendly tannery base. With the deepening national environmental protection, Xinji's industrial and environmental advantages will become a 'trump card' of Xinji. Based on this, Xinji will attract The downstream related enterprises to Xinji Development will become a new economic growth point of Xinji.An important task for my visit is to negotiate some brands of southern shoemaking enterprises to attract them to Xinji Construction.
Xinji Leather Industry Development Committee, deputy director of Xinji Leather Association Xu Min, deputy secretary, told reporters that at present Xinji has attracted well-known Taiwanese shoe-making enterprises settled in the industrial zone, the first phase completed and put into operation, the Japanese shoe capacity will reach 4 Wan double. In addition, Xinji is also working with several domestic and foreign shoe manufacturers to negotiate the establishment of factories.
It is not because Xinji is fortunate that it can seize the opportunities of development under the harsh market conditions. It is rather the comparative advantage accumulated by Xinji over the years in adhering to the scientific concept of development, long-term planning, team work and sustainable development.
30 years of development achievements "China Leather"
According to Xu Min introduction, Xinji fur industry began in Ming, Sheng Yuqing, with 300 years of history, known as "Xinji fur world" reputation. Xinji leather industry to really rapid development after the reform and opening up. After implementing the household contract responsibility system in 1982, a large number of surplus labors were separated in rural areas. A number of peasants who used to engage in the leather industry went so far as to rebuild their old businesses. Private leather factories and leather companies were thriving. Since 1993, the Xinji Municipal Government has successively planned to build a leather city and a leather tannery. The construction has achieved intensive and scale management and infused vitality into the rapid development of the industry. It has formed a pattern of development in which the garment and leather-making industries go hand in hand and promote each other. Over the years, Xinji unswervingly firmly grasp the leather industry in hand, building the park, expanding the scale, adjusting the structure, a brand name, the overall strength of leather industry, product quality and rapid economic benefits, in 2001 by the China Light Industry Federation , China Leather Association jointly awarded the "capital of leather garments in China", in 2006 through the re-assessment. Xinji has become the country's largest sheepskin clothing production base and Asia's largest sheepskin tanning base.
At present, Xinji Garment District covers an area of ​​1942 mu, building area of ​​1.7 million square meters, 1.6 billion yuan in fixed assets; leather area covers an area of ​​1680 mu, building area of ​​700,000 square meters, fixed assets of 1.46 billion yuan; leather enterprises in the city reached 1105 There are more than 60,000 employees in home and abroad, including 105 tanneries, 565 garment enterprises, 54 leather and leather goods enterprises and 20 enterprises with annual sales income of more than 100 million yuan. In accordance with the principle of developing science and technology, quality of industry and brand of industry, it has established cooperative relations with 11 well-known scientific research institutes at home and abroad, set up research institutes such as Xinji Branch of China Leather Research Institute and Leather Productivity Promotion Center of Xinji, , Sheepskin anti-wear, fur clothing, new fabric clothing, and other four major categories of more than 100 leather new varieties, as well as fur one leather sofa leather, car seat leather, sheepskin upper leather, leather washing, Shouwen leather, Leather and other new leather products, creating a number of renowned leather brand at home and abroad.
Beilun, Dongming, Iraq Luqi and other brands of leather garments won the "China Top Brand Products"; Seaman, Burang leather consecutive won the "Top Ten Chinese leather garments"; Bai Li Te, Iraq Luqi leather won the national Mianjian products ; 4 brands of leather allowed to wear Chinese leather logo ecological leather; 34 brands of leather garments allowed to wear "Chinese leather logo"; 31 enterprises passed ISO9000 quality management system certification; 13 brand products won the "brand-name products in Hebei Province" Or "Hebei famous brand." Xinji leather domestic market covers major cities, more than 30 tanners in the main garment and footwear base set point sales. In foreign markets, a sales network with Moscow as the center, border trade ports as the supplement and Eastern Europe radiation was established. 330 enterprises direct sales in Russia and Eastern Europe and 135 enterprises set up direct sales points in the border trade markets such as Sui Funhe and Heihe. 25 enterprises Yabao Road market to establish a direct sales window. Great progress has been made in market development in Western Europe and North America. Eight companies have registered marketing companies in the United States and Canada and 21 companies have entered the markets of Europe, the United States, and East Asia. The city has 218 self-owned export enterprises with an annual export volume of more than 200 million U.S. dollars.
10 years of environmental protection road to create competitive advantage
Before 1997, Xinji tannery enterprises mainly in rural areas, mainly to the workshop-based production, leather pollution is more serious, and difficult to control.
In order to completely solve the pollution problem of the leather industry, Xinji municipal government to focus on pollution control, unified management of the strategy, the tannery enterprises all moved into the leather industry zone, the establishment of a corporate primary governance, professional management of the park, integrated management of urban sewage treatment plant Three tertiary sewage treatment structure, becoming the only implementation of centralized pollution control, unified management of tanning base. Xinji municipal government has invested 52 million yuan, built three tannery wastewater treatment plant and a peaking treatment plant, sewage treatment capacity of 35,000 tons. And plans to invest 20 million yuan to build the second peak treatment plant, sewage treatment capacity of 4.5 million tons. An investment of 138 million yuan in 100,000 tons of urban sewage treatment plants operating well, the water quality to meet the national "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard" two standards. At the same time, Xinji actively promoted the non-chrome tanning process in the tannery enterprises. The non-chrome tanned leather accounted for more than 85% of the total and became the veritable "green leather". Xinji also plans to use two years to complete the chrome liquid, lye recycling technology to promote the use of chromium, lye to achieve zero emissions. Xinji and Shenyang Jianyuan Environmental Engineering Corporation, the construction of waste water sludge boiler coal briquette project, tannery sludge will be fully utilized.
Wang Tie-ren said: "In order to ensure the tannery pollution control measures implemented, Xinji City Government firmly grasp the three aspects, to ensure that the various measures implemented. First, strict pollution control facilities .In tannery project construction In the process, we always plan pollution control work ahead of time and strictly enforce the EIA system. We insist that the tannery project and sewage treatment facilities are designed, constructed and put into operation simultaneously so that the project can be controlled within the environmental protection requirements from the beginning of the project. Pollution control and lay a solid foundation for the hardware.Second, the good sewage treatment process.Adhere to continuous improvement of pollution control technology, learn from the experience of domestic and foreign pollution control in a timely manner, so that pollution control process has always been to maintain the advanced level .Three strict pollution control inspection The discharge of sewage treatment as a key link, strictly implement the relevant national standards to ensure that the discharge of sewage after the discharge standards.
Xinji's "centralized production, unified pollution control" development model effectively integrates the corporate pollution control ability, reduces pollution control costs, strengthens pollution control and also promotes enterprise development. Xinji environmental protection work has been the national environmental protection department and the China Leather Association unanimously approved, domestic and foreign counterparts also generally learn to follow the environmental model of Xinji.
Innovating Strategy and Constructing New Pattern of Industry and Trade
Wang Tien-Jen told reporters: "How to transform environmental advantages into productive forces is a problem we have been thinking for these days. The industrial structure and level of environmental protection in Xinji have greatly envied many colleagues. Now if we build a leather industry like Xinji at other places, The difficulty of the district is very large.Xinji leather industry in the country has uniqueness, which is Xinji leather industry's core competitiveness. "Wang Tieren said that the establishment of a scientific planning, innovative technology, innovative management, brand-name strategy of the modern industrial cluster area Xinji leather industry will be a major trend.
Xinji City is located in the hinterland of the economic circle around the Bohai Sea, a solid industrial base, is a developed economy, cultural prosperity, a beautiful environment, full of vitality of the medium-sized cities, for the construction of a new pattern of industrial configuration have unique advantages. Around the leather industry, the garment industry in Xinji has been the successful development, the next step Xinji will gradually increase the footwear industry, leather accessories development efforts to attract domestic and foreign well-known shoe-making enterprises to Xinji plant, the industrial chain Extension to the end product, the formation of a modern industrial layout. In addition, Xinji will also transform and upgrade the present leather commercial city and build a modern, world-class modern commercial and trade area. Modern business district set display, trade, shopping, leisure and entertainment in one. At the same time, it will also step up brand building efforts. First, lay a "China Leather Capital - Xinji" card throughout the world, so that the city brand reputation in the world; second is to strengthen and expand the corporate brand, do a good job in both domestic and foreign markets, the formation of Xinji leather , Clothing, shoes, leather goods as the mainstay of the brand cluster, the formation of polymerization effect, the radiation of the country and the world.