Keqiao Printing and Dyeing Industry "Turns Green into Gold,” Emphasizing Ecological Win-Win

The practice of "turning Green into Gold " in Keqiao's printing and dyeing industry outlines a vivid picture of the green transformation of traditional manufacturing. Breakthroughs by enterprises like "Yingfeng Technology" and "Yuexin Technology" in green raw materials and clean energy have not only enabled local brands to join international supply chains but also demonstrated the possibility of symbiotic prosperity between economic benefits and ecological benefits under the guidance of the "Two Mountains" philosophy. The core secret to this transformation lies in building a collaborative "ecological win-win" system, providing a replicable model for solving the upgrade challenges of traditional industries.

In the past, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often faced the dilemma of "wanting to upgrade but lacking the funds." The technology sharing platform established by the Keqiao district serves as an effective solution. Equipment manufacturers open-source basic control algorithms, allowing SMEs to access intelligent scheduling systems at very low costs; university textile laboratories open their pilot production lines for enterprises to test the dyeing effects of new eco-friendly dyes free of charge; leading companies share equipment failure databases to help peers avoid common pitfalls in technical upgrades. This cross-entity flow of technology not only makes advanced technology accessible to SMEs but also catalyzes a chemical reaction for collaborative innovation, forming a virtuous cycle of "share—iterate—share again."

The capital-intensive nature of technical upgrades in dyeing was once a major obstacle. The innovative "dynamic profiling and tiered policy measures" mechanism introduced by Keqiao district ensures funds are used where most needed. By integrating over ten types of data including environmental protection, tax, and electricity, the system automatically generates a "Green Transformation Index" for enterprises: key subsidies for energy-saving equipment purchases are directed towards high-consumption enterprises with low indexes; rewards for green R&D investments are given to tech-oriented enterprises with high indexes. This precision of "tailoring subsidies to actual needs" ensures every bit of fiscal funding translates into momentum for transformation.

Technical upgrades in dyeing require "cross-disciplinary talents" who understand both pad-dyeing processes and AI algorithm debugging–such talents were once scarce. The "industry-academia-research-application" closed loop established by Keqiao district provides the answer: local universities offer micro-programs like "Intelligent Control in Dyeing and Finishing," turning real enterprise production data into teaching cases; a VR training center built in the printing and dyeing park allows trainees to simulate debugging digital printing machines; enterprises implement a "veteran technician + engineer" dual mentorship system, where experienced machine operators team up with algorithm engineers to tackle problems, transforming the veteran workers' "tacit experiential knowledge" into quantifiable process parameters. This cultivation model precisely meets enterprise needs; internally trained technical teams successfully reduced the debugging cycle for an AI-controlled wastewater treatment system from 3 months to 15 days.

Currently, some enterprises still exhibit a tendency to "focus on hardware procurement while neglecting system upgrades," where purchased smart equipment becomes mere "display items" due to a lack of collaborative mechanisms. To achieve the leap from "isolated breakthroughs" to "ecological win-win," sustained efforts are needed. The government could shift subsidy focus towards industrial internet platform construction to facilitate smoother data flow; industry associations should accelerate the formulation of unified standards for equipment interfaces and process parameters to avoid "information silos"; leading enterprises need to further open core process data to drive the overall upgrade of the industrial chain.

When technology sharing becomes an industry gene, financing innovation forms a long-term mechanism, and talent cultivation integrates into the lifeblood of development, more traditional industries are bound to embark on a high-quality development path of "turning Green into Gold."