In the special period of cotton farmers of cotton textile enterprises operating costs are skyrocketing, trapped, Chinese cotton policy should go where? How to realize the sustainable development of cotton industry chain? The recently held the 2013 China International Cotton Conference, these problems are the most concerned. When the farmers production enthusiasm can not be fully mobilize, textile enterprises faces the problem difficult to purchase cotton, cotton purchase expensive, confrontation between policy and market supply and demand is prominent gradually, the current reserve policy also some embarrassing situation. To this, the personage inside course of study in unison called for, both long-term development mechanism of cotton and the cotton textile enterprises, the need to supply and demand in the market as the guidance. Only the market to sail, government control rudder, a big boat to cotton industry further.
Double-edged sword storage policy
The 2013 annual temporary collection and storage policy has been published, cotton reserves resources policy also made corresponding adjustment, to increase the delivery when the annual cotton, expanded enterprise purchase quantity, the reserve policy is constantly improving. And for the sustainable problem of this policy, the industry generally believe that needs to be further improved.
President of the China Cotton Association Zhou Shengtao pointed out, the Chinese government's cotton industry policy to stabilize pily market, safeguard farmers, ensure the textile demand has played a positive role. But the industry chain upstream and downstream firms see, adverse effects of these measures on the industrial chain can not be ignored.
Since this year, on the one hand and storage policies supporting Baonong, ensure that the domestic market can run smoothly, on the international market prices also formed a strong support. But on the other hand, cotton stocks surge, especially in January this year ~3 month, cotton reserves put and storage at the same time, the reserve cotton trading almost occupy the entire circulation market, ability to market its pricing, allocation of resources has been weakening. Storage policy evolves into a double-edged sword. In this situation, the macro-control mechanism of lasting effect, flexible, positive for sustainable development of cotton industry is particularly important. Among them, not only to consider the grain and cotton prices, cotton farmers and cotton, basic income difference, but also take into consideration the influence of textile enterprises affordability, circulation enterprises reasonable profit space and other factors on the cotton industry. Strengthen the regulatory role of the market, so that the organic combination of macro-control and market regulation has become the consensus of the industry.
Enterprises have pointed out, the formation mechanism of storage and throwing storage price should consider more market factors. "At present, close store the price is mainly based on the cost of planting. But this is only a factor market price formation, there are many factors need to be considered. Want to consider the market factors and the relationship between supply and demand." The cotton group limited company director feldspar gold Kairu said, "normally the state should reserve three months of cotton consumption. Without considering the factor demand decline, to 900000 tons per month as the standard, the inventory should not exceed 3000000 tons is appropriate. But now China cotton collecting reserves had totaled 6500000 tons, its rationality is debatable."
Liu Xiaonan of vice director of the national development and Reform Commission Economic and Trade Department said: "any policy has its limitations, it is undeniable, temporary collection and storage policy led to the weakening of the role of market regulation. Not long ago, the national development and Reform Commission and the relevant departments to have research on related problems, on how to further improve and perfect the regulation mechanism of existing, the establishment of long-term mechanism to promote the healthy development of Chinese cotton industry to explore."

Sustainable challenges throughout the whole industry chain
According to the China Cotton Association statistics, in 2013, China cotton planting area is still in a downward trend, and will fall to the lowest level in nearly ten years, for the first time below 70000000 mu. At the same time, the new generation of migrant workers to planting grain and cotton will reduce, causing the decrease in the number of farmers, is the direct result of labor costs continue to increase. At present, Xinjiang cotton prices from 0.5 yuan / a few years ago kg ~0.8 yuan / kg up to now 2 yuan / kg, the planting cost increase.
To observe the downstream industry chain, the cotton spinning enterprises pressure is more outstanding. China Textile Industry Association President Assistant Yang Shibin said: "the great difference between domestic and foreign prices translate into cost pressures conduction to cotton spinning enterprises, many enterprises were forced to turn to the use of chemical fiber to replace cotton."
Now, in large shopping malls in the clothing counter, a 100% pure cotton garments have been hard to find, most of the fabrics are cotton or polyester and acrylic blend. According to statistics, annual domestic chemical fiber consumption has been close to 12000000 tons, far more than cotton. China's Cotton Textile Industry Association Zhu Beina said with deep feeling: "in cotton costs continue to rise, downstream enterprises to use non - Cotton fiber. In addition, the enterprise also as far as possible in the process to reduce the cotton, such as the original spinning yarn and now use spinning fine count yarn, which is also a helpless choice."
The farmers with the decrease of the industry must promote the mechanization harvesting degree. In addition, the regional planting, intensive cultivation, large-scale cultivation is also an important way of cotton industry in China. In the face of cotton "diversification", only the healthy control policy, can let the enterprise to promote better development of cotton, cotton industry.
Cotton subsidies voice is high
In all kinds of sound to push cotton system reform, in addition to strengthen market regulation, cotton good direct subsidy policy have been respected. The national cotton trading market general manager Ding Haowu thinks, in the collection price based the existing 20400 yuan / tons, can be considered by the physical storage change by the national price with 20400 Yuan middle price difference of direct subsidies to farmers by net cotton ginning factory, processing factory processing cotton market. "The benefits of doing so is the first farmers can guarantee, cotton ginning factory in 20400 the price to push down the price to buy cotton farmers, no worries about the price of 20400 yuan / ton sells do not go out. The second is the cotton through the market auction will promote market circulation. No matter later textile enterprises or middle enterprises get these cotton textile factory, is in use or the circulation after a sell, this is by the enterprise independent decision-making."
In the international market, the United States has been implemented in the cotton subsidies policy, but as China Cotton Association executive vice president and Secretary General Gao Fang said, any national policy can not completely copy to china. Especially for the complex direct subsidy policy, need to step by step. Robust Group Chairman Li Jianquan think, cotton subsidies need use value lever and quota lever. "Now, cotton area can be accurate to every square metre, so according to the area of subsidies is not difficult. In addition, from cotton seed quality control, cost control, technical assistance to farmers, this is the mechanism of rapid and sustainable development of the."