The 14Th National Knitting Science And Technology Conference Gives New Qualitative Answers For Building A Modern Knitting Industry System

On April 28, 2025, the 14th National Knitting Science and Technology Conference and China (Yiwu) Seamless Knitting International Forum were held in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. The theme of the conference is "innovation driven and digital intelligence led", which brings together elites in the knitting industry to deeply exchange cutting-edge technologies and development trends. The conference focused on the pain points of the industry, explored new paths in the future, and offered wisdom for innovation and upgrading of the knitting industry. This grand event is not only a technical collision, but also an important milestone for the high-quality development of the knitting industry.

　　 Zhu Meifang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor and doctoral supervisor of Donghua University, Yang Jichao, former vice president of the China Textile Industry Federation and former president of the China Knitting Industry Association, Lin Yunfeng, president of the China Knitting Industry Association, Zhou Mi, deputy director, doctor and researcher of the Institute of Americas and Oceania of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce More than 200 people, including relevant leaders and guests, members of the China Knitting Industry Association and its branches, heads of knitting (textile) industry associations, industry management departments and industrial clusters across the country, experts and scholars, as well as representatives of research institutes and enterprises from upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, attended the meeting.

The conference was hosted by China Knitting Industry Association, organized by Zhejiang Seamless Weaving Industry Association, and co organized by Yiwu Yingyun Technology Co., Ltd., and was awarded by Shanghai Qingjia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Light Chain Clothing AI Strong support from Jiangsu Sanlian New Material Co., Ltd., Guangdong Hengshen Meida New Material Technology Co., Ltd., China Hengtian Lixin International Co., Ltd., and Yiwu Hongzhao Information Technology Co., Ltd.

　　 Academicians feel pulse

　　 Innovation and enabling AI is the key to unlocking future fiber technology

"The new material industry is a strategic and basic industry. At present, high-performance fibers and composites, functional fibers and low dimensional materials, environmentally friendly and bio fiber materials are the key research directions of the industry." Zhu Meifang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor and doctoral supervisor of Donghua University With the title of "From close fitting to outdoor: cross-border revolution and scene based innovation of knitting technology", the development route, scene based application and future development trend of functional textiles were shared, and functional textiles loaded with aromatic microcapsules, flexible sensing gel fibers - biological signal monitoring Application scenarios and technical innovation of outdoor radiation cooling green cellulose textiles.

In order to meet the needs of the textile industry and strategic emerging industries, promote the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of the industry, and achieve high-quality development, we should focus on strengthening the R&D and application of intelligent wearables, promoting the transformation of enterprises from manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing, and accelerating the construction and development of platforms throughout the textile industry. Among them, to promote the high-end development of fibers, it is necessary to improve the added value of conventional fibers, improve the production and application level of high-performance fibers, increase the functionalization and scenario based innovation of fibers and textiles, so as to promote digital transformation.

In the future, cross-border revolution and scenario based innovation can focus on health monitoring and health care, indoor and outdoor and special protection, human-computer interaction and intelligent life and other fields. The research and development of fibers and textiles should promote the deep integration of various technologies and cross field applications, realize the development of personalized and customized smart fabrics, reduce costs, improve market acceptance and penetration, deepen the coordinated development of industrial chains, and help industrial upgrading to achieve standardized production. Among them, it is particularly important to build a local/national industrial platform and form an "intelligent+green" industrial ecology.

　　 President analysis

　　 Firm confidence to transform external pressure into new opportunities for structural upgrading

"In recent years, China's knitting industry has continued to release surging momentum, and scale advantages and system advantages have formed a 'two wheel drive'." Lin Yunfeng, President of China Knitting Industry Association When analyzing the situation of China's knitting industry, it was pointed out that, in terms of the industrial pattern, China's knitting apparel output has now stabilized at more than 68% of the total apparel output in the whole year, and functional sportswear, medical and health textiles, intelligent interactive clothing and other emerging categories have flourished, injecting new vitality and growth points into the knitting industry; In terms of technological innovation, the whole process intelligent construction of the knitting industry has made steady progress; In addition, the concept of green development has always run through the whole chain of the knitting industry, laying a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the industry.

Since 2025, the industry production and operation has generally continued the development trend of the previous year. Benefiting from the continuous release of the effect of the domestic sales promotion policy, the low base of the previous year, the competition for exports and other factors, the first quarter started smoothly. The main performance is: revenue continued to increase; Stable operation benefit; The export market of the United States grew significantly; Domestic sales stabilized and recovered. It is suggested that enterprises should enable high-quality development with scientific and technological innovation, solve tariff dilemma with diversified markets, and improve total factor productivity with digital empowerment. We should strengthen our confidence, actively respond to the national strategy, accelerate integration into the dual cycle development pattern, concentrate on doing our own thing, and turn external pressure into an opportunity period for structural upgrading.

　　 Expert sharing

　　 Collaborative innovation and joint construction of new industries, new quality and new ecology

"Knitting AI, as a key technology, has penetrated the whole chain of design, production, quality control, logistics and marketing, and is promoting the overall upgrading of the industrial ecology." Jiang Gaoming, Deputy Director of the Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association and Director of the Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Knitting Technology Education of Jiangnan University With the title of "Integration and Innovation of AI Technology in the Knitting Industry", combined with a large number of application cases, we shared from the current AI development bottleneck, intelligent design, intelligent production, and intelligent marketing. He pointed out that through AI design, enterprises can realize user demand mining, fashion trend prediction, pattern generation, etc. The AI design process from trend input to virtual sample generation takes only 4 hours at the minimum. In terms of intelligent production, AI technology can realize intelligent production scheduling, online detection of warp knitting production defects, optimize production processes, and greatly improve production efficiency and quality.

He emphasized that AI technology, as the core force of digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of the knitting industry, has shown great potential and value. In the future, with the continuous progress of technology and the expansion of application scenarios, knitting AI technology will play a more important role in all aspects of the knitting industry. AI empowers the whole link reform of knitting industry, which can not only realize cost reduction, efficiency increase and sustainable development of enterprises, but also accelerate the intelligent transformation of the whole link and enhance market competitiveness.

"Thermal management can not only improve personal comfort, apply to medical health, but also improve energy efficiency. Electrospun nanofibers provide a lightweight, flexible and efficient solution, and become an ideal platform for the next generation of thermal management systems." Dr. Lei Leqi, City University of Hong Kong With the title of "Application of electrospun nanofiber materials in thermal management clothing", combined with a large number of application cases, the importance of thermal management system, the latest development of electrospun technology and its application in functional materials, the research status of thermal management system, specific cases and integrated applications in other fields were shared. She said that in the textile field, electrospinning technology is mainly reflected in the application of functional materials, with the characteristics of lightweight, functional diversity, waterproof, thermal comfort, etc. The thermal management system is mainly used in wound cocoon dressing, bionic multiple protective film, wearable filtering system, all fiber directional moisture conductive electronic skin, etc. "The challenges faced by the current electrospinning and thermal management system are mainly to maximize the thermal management effect, environmental adaptability, scalability and sustainability, and interdisciplinary integration."

"The reason why nylon is popular is that it has many characteristics, such as strong skin affinity, no allergic reaction, light as down, soft as cashmere, and so on. At the same time, it has the advantages of strong abrasion resistance and high strength, and has a broad market application scenario in the textile field." Liang Tiexian, Technical Director of Guangdong Hengshen Meida New Materials Co., Ltd With the title of "New Progress in Research and Development of Nylon and Its Application in Knitting Field" and in combination with the development of the enterprise, the special products of nylon and the future development trend were shared in detail. He introduced that according to the different characteristics of nylon, the products developed in the market have a wide range of applications. Among them, in terms of differences, we have developed products such as composite elastic fiber Nyla, high-strength drafting yarn and elastic yarn, allodyed fiber, light fiber, etc; In terms of functionality, we have developed flame-retardant fiber, antibacterial and mildew proof yarn, shaped energy storage, cool fiber, anti ultraviolet, anti-static and other products; In the aspect of greening, the regenerated polyamide 6 product was developed; In the future, in terms of intelligence, products such as thermochromic fiber and phase change energy storage fiber are being developed. Under the background of "double carbon", the development trend of nylon in the future will be towards integration, innovation, function, fashion and green.

"Weatherproof and pleasant are the first choice of good materials and fabrics." Meng Hongjun, Director of Internet&Marketing Department of Jiangsu Sanlian New Materials Co., Ltd With the title of "Application Solution of Differentiated Composite Materials", the company shared product development and application cases. He introduced the characteristics of light fiber, winter warming fiber and sleeping fiber in the current market in detail, and shared how to reduce hair loss, the development trend of fiber in the future and the product development of bio based materials. In the future, super bionic series, white graphene polyester and fiber combination will be the main trends.

He introduced that, in order to meet the new consumer demand, the company carried out two-component development based on PET, PBT and PTT, formed three product lines of non ammonia elastic fiber, new functional fiber and elastic composite fiber, and established six product development directions of "green, light, elastic, cool, warm and soft".

"Since the beginning of this year, China's economy has been running steadily and steadily on the whole. New drivers of development have accelerated. Although changes in the external environment have brought many difficulties, China's economy has many advantages, strong resilience and great potential, and its development prospects are promising in the long run." Deputy Director, Doctor and Researcher of the Institute of Americas and Oceania, Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce Under the title of Current Situation and Analysis of International Trade, and in combination with the development of the industry, the background, objectives and logic of US tariff parity, the development status of China's foreign trade, and the situation facing China's foreign trade in the future were shared in detail. He pointed out that China's foreign trade has strong resilience and plays an important role in the economy. Although the internal and external situation is grim, it is in the common interest of all parties to grasp the new characteristics of the critical period and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade.

In view of the development of the current situation, he suggested that enterprises should do a good job in sorting out the supply chain relationship and price mechanism, strengthen the ability to influence prices in key regions, strengthen the learning of relevant tax response experiences and lessons, focus on the development characteristics of the domestic market to respond to demand, and prevent internal competition and stepping out.

The meeting on the morning of the 28th was held by Li Hong, Vice President of China Knitting Industry Association host.

　　 Concurrent activities

Sub forum I

Sub forum II

In order to deeply explore the opportunities and challenges facing the industry, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between enterprises, build a competitiveness improvement system with innovation driven as the core, and comprehensively enhance the technological innovation ability and market competitiveness of the knitting industry, the "14th National Knitting Science and Technology Conference warp and weft knitting session" and "China (Yiwu)" were held simultaneously on the afternoon of the 28th Seamless Knitting International Forum and Annual Theme Meeting of Zhejiang Seamless Weaving Industry Association ". This move aims to continuously cultivate new quality productivity and promote the industry to a new stage of high-quality development.

　　 Honorary witness

　　 Scientific and technological innovation boosts high-quality development of the industry

　　 Zhang Xicheng, Vice President of China Knitting Industry Association Read out the "Decision on Publishing the Excellent Papers of the 14th National Knitting Science and Technology Conference", 25 papers such as "Design and Development of Fully formed Knitting Neck for Robot Neck Joint Wrapping" won the excellent papers of the 14th National Knitting Science and Technology Conference (see the appendix at the end of the paper for the list), Yang Qidong, Executive Deputy Director and Chen Nanliang, Deputy Director of Expert Technical Committee of China Knitting Industry Association A certificate was issued.

　　 Visiting activities

　　 Learn advanced management experience and technology to promote development

On the 29th, we first visited the 2025 PH Value China (Yiwu) International Knitting Supply Chain Expo. The expo brought together global buyers, suppliers and industry experts to show the latest products and technologies of the knitting industry. We saw various innovative knitwear, fully demonstrated the design concept of "green, science and technology, fashion, health", and understood the latest market trends and development trends of the industry.

Later, we visited Yiwu Yingyun Technology Co., Ltd. As a professional platform and service provider in the knitting industry, Yingyun Technology has a complete ability to integrate all aspects of the industry. The person in charge of the company introduced their business segment and development status, as well as their efforts in technological innovation, which deepened our understanding of the knitting industry supply chain, and also provided new ideas and opportunities for future industry work.

(Source: China Knitting Industry Association)