QingWen Jia
China Furniture Association
  
A curriculum vitae
QingWen Jia, chairman in 1968-78 Ren Hai Xing Xian County Committee, Hebei Province, vice minister of cadres. In 1979 to 1980 to second after the CPC Central Committee Organization Department, in the light of the Department as Deputy Director, Director, the Deputy Secretary level, and so on for 12 years. After the 1991-2000 term of office, deputy general manager of China Group decoration, and in 1995, has served as chairman of the China Furniture Association.

     In recent years, with China's rapid economic growth, the furniture industry in the GDP to double the speed of advance triumphantly.

According to the China Furniture Association, the latest statistics show that in 2006 China's GDP furniture 430,000,000,000 yuan (at the exchange rate was 1:8.1, for 53,000,000,000 U.S. dollars), accounting for about furniture in the world 20% of GDP; in 2001 to this year Compound growth rate of nearly 20%; exports of 17,465,000,000 U.S. dollars, accounting for the world's total trade in furniture 19.4 percent in 2001, the year compound growth rate to as high as 30%.

In the Second World Assembly on furniture, Chinese furniture QingWen Jia, chairman of the Association in an interview that China has become a well-deserved World furniture production and exports in the first big country.

The development of industrial clusters scale advantages

QingWen Jia told reporters: "At present, Lecong Guangdong, Jiangsu mouth Li, Xianghe, Hebei, Sichuan and Chengdu, has become China's four large furniture market, the formation of a south to north from the center of the four major furniture sales. Centers around the sale of these , A large number of the furniture industry chain has been formed, the China Light Industry Federation and the China Furniture Association has awarded the regional characteristics of 11, 8 for the type of production, circulation sales for the 3 category. "

During the six years from 2000 to 2005, China's real estate growth rate of 25.4 percent, the real estate prosperity to the furniture market in a huge room for growth. At the same time, as the domestic furniture business to improve product quality and enhance the competitiveness of China's furniture in the international market share in the rapid expansion of exports in 2006 to more than Italy, the world's largest furniture exporter. "

The rise of China's furniture industry to a certain extent, also benefited from the global industrial chain echelon of the transfer. Hong Kong and Taiwan and foreign-funded enterprises in mainland China to the transfer, to promote the development of Chinese furniture production and export. According to statistics, as of December 31, 2004, a total of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment in mainland China's furniture business 1239, 2004, operating income 33,585,000,000 yuan; foreign-invested enterprises furniture 1066 annual revenues 37,868,000,000 yuan. In 2006, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign-invested enterprises accounted for furniture exports in China's furniture exports by around 60%. At the same time, foreign design, management, marketing, science and technology in areas such as the introduction of a large number of professionals to improve the quality of our furniture and design capability for export to win a good reputation.

Economic reform and opening up and reform of China's furniture industry has injected vigor, as of December 31, 2004, the registration of 25,377 furniture manufacturing enterprises, 119 state-owned enterprises, accounting for 47% ..; 1717 collective enterprises, accounting for 6.76% ; Joint-stock, limited liability companies, joint ventures 1908, accounting for 7.52 percent; 18,442 private enterprises, accounting for 72.7 percent. QingWen Jia, "As the industry continuously improve the strength of the furniture industry has emerged in 27 Chinese famous brands, 11 Chinese well-known trademarks; formed a major enterprises as a leader, small and medium enterprises as the mainstay of the industry pattern, but also lead The wood, new materials such as the common development of the industry. "

Into the global success of "sustainable" development

Along with the process of economic globalization, China's furniture industry has achieved eye-catching achievements in the world. China's furniture industry, promising at the same time, QingWen Jia also expressed his concern.

"First, the lack of independent innovation, product affordable to the main competition of the same Chinese furniture industry is a notable feature; Second, there is still extensive operation, low labor productivity. Third, changes in the external economic environment The impact of larger. Fourth, increase the cost of labor, energy and raw material prices, leading to increased business costs. "

According to statistics, as of the end of 2004, the national per capita annual production value of the furniture industry for 126,600 yuan, the per capita size of the enterprise for more than 177,800 yuan with an annual production value is far lower than developed countries in per capita of about 1,000,000 yuan. This fully shows that China's furniture industry is still big but not strong.

In order to encourage enterprises to develop strength, China Furniture Association launched a "Design for the lead to scientific and technological innovation as the driving force" of the furniture industry plans to upgrade and the launch of the industry, "Jin Fu Design Award", designed to create an emphasis on furniture design, Involved in furniture design atmosphere. At the same time encourage domestic enterprises to strengthen management and brand building.

"The domestic and foreign resources, comprehensive utilization of capacity, it will be the test of whether the business bigger and stronger key." QingWen Jia pointed out that with the increase of foreign design and furniture companies work closely with the introduction of direct foreign design talent is domestic enterprises to improve their own Ability to design an effective way. "The future of the talent competition is competition."

How to deal with overseas anti-dumping proceedings and set technical barriers to the question, QingWen Jia said that the domestic furniture industry standards lag behind Europe and the United States and other developed countries, the next phase of work will focus on the development of comprehensive industry standards, and strengthen the awareness of environmental protection Fundamentally change China's furniture industry lags behind. World Federation of the furniture will also help Chinese enterprises set up in the world the right to speak, because "around the world to promote the interests of the furniture industry, the elimination of all production materials and furniture trade barriers and promote a global trade association of furniture as well as between Cooperation between enterprises "is the purpose of the World Federation of furniture. "Only by strengthening international exchanges and cooperation in order to allow China into the world of furniture." QingWen Jia said.