The latest data indicates that in the first eight months of this year, the added value of the light industry above designated size grew by 4.9% year-on-year, and the export of the entire industry grew by 3.5% year-on-year. Light industrial products are related to the national economy and people's livelihoods, involving many industries and a wide range of fields, covering aspects of eating, wearing, living, traveling, and entertainment, closely related to residents' daily life and employment, and also providing parts and semi-finished products for many industries, making it an important part of the modern industrial system. The high-quality development of the light industry is not only related to the development quality and efficiency of the entire industry but also to the good life of the majority of the people, and it is of great significance for improving the quality of life for residents, enhancing the international competitiveness of products, and promoting high-quality development.

China is a global power in the light industry, with nearly 200 types of products in key industries such as home appliances, plastics, leather, papermaking, sewing machinery, and fermentation ranking first in the world in terms of output. In recent years, the light industry has maintained a stable and healthy operation, making an important contribution to the development of the national economy. In the first eight months of this year, among the 91 main light industrial products surveyed by the National Bureau of Statistics, 59 types of products achieved growth in output, especially bicycles, lithium batteries, and 17 other products maintained double-digit growth in output. The steady rebound of the light industry, on the one hand, highlights the complete supporting system and total volume advantage of China's industrial economy, and on the other hand, also confirms the further consolidation of the continuous rebound trend of the economy.

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"Quantity increase" is only one aspect, and "quality excellence" is more critical. At present, the development of China's light industry has achieved a transformation from "whether there is" to "whether it is good", and is moving towards "whether it is strong". In the next period, it is a historical opportunity period for China to build a light industry power. In addition to focusing on the development of quantity, it is more important to promote the transformation and upgrading of the entire industry, and improve quality and efficiency. The key lies in improving the greenization, high-endization, intelligentization, and clustering level of the entire industry.

Promote green development with energy saving and carbon reduction as the focus. Green development is an inevitable choice based on the constraints of China's resource carrying capacity and ecological environment capacity, involving energy saving, carbon reduction, pollution reduction, and other aspects. "Green manufacturing" has become an important sign of industrial competitiveness. At present, some light industries in China still face problems such as tightening resource constraints and large pressure on energy saving and carbon reduction. Promoting green development is the "only way" for the sustainable and healthy development of the light industry. The focus should be on vigorously promoting energy saving and carbon reduction actions in the light industry, innovating and promoting the application of clean production technologies, reducing the energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP, further improving resource utilization efficiency, and better serving the realization of the "dual carbon" strategic goals.

Promote high-end development with brand construction as the focus. China's light industry has a solid foundation, a complete system, and a complete supporting system, with strong production and manufacturing capabilities and high cost-performance of products. However, in some industries and fields, there are also problems such as small enterprise scale and relatively lack of brand awareness. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on promoting high-end development, strengthen the full-chain layout from basic research, technology research and development to industrial application, accelerate the攻关 of key core technologies, expand the application field of light industrial products, develop more high-quality light industrial products, cultivate and create internationally renowned brands, and continue to promote the high-quality development of the light industry, and consolidate and expand competitive advantages.

Promote intelligent development with renewal and transformation as the focus. Digitalization and intelligentization are a major trend in the development of manufacturing industries, including the light industry. Promoting the deep integration of intelligent manufacturing and the light industry has become a key point of innovative development in the light industry field. Among them, intelligent equipment is a key link, directly affecting the output, quality, and cost of products. At present, China's light industry still faces some bottlenecks in the field of intelligent manufacturing equipment, which to a certain extent restricts the efficient and intelligent production of the light industry. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on large-scale equipment renewal in the light industry field, make breakthroughs in the localization of key equipment and the intelligentization of core equipment, effectively improve the overall equipment level of the industry, accelerate the intelligent transformation and upgrading of the light industry, and promote China from a "light manufacturing power" to a "light manufacturing power".

Promote clustering development with characteristic gathering as the focus. Industrial clusters are an important organizational form for enterprise development, playing an important role in promoting the division of labor and cooperation among different enterprises, effectively allocating regional production factors, and reducing production and innovation costs. For the light industry, clustering development is conducive to the development and maturity of professional product markets, reducing enterprise logistics costs, sharing innovation knowledge among enterprises, promoting the application of advanced manufacturing technologies, creating regional public brands, forming marketing advantages, and enhancing the overall competitiveness of the industry. Promoting the clustering development of China's light industry, it is necessary to focus on the actual development of the light industry in various regions, strive to improve the innovation ability of local advantageous light industrial products, concentrate superior forces to create regional brands, closely cooperate with upstream and downstream industries to build industrial clusters with circular economy characteristics, and promote the clustering development of local characteristic industries.