Melhaba Ulayim did not expect to become an employee of a textile company in Shule County one day, and he would receive more than 3,000 yuan in salary every month. "When I came to work in this company, I had a stable source of income, and I took off the hats of poor households. The days passed and the better." On April 12, I was a poor household in Baheqi Village, Baheqi Township, Shule County Mel Haba said happily.
In recent years, the textile industry has grown rapidly, opening a window for poverty-stricken households in South Xinjiang to establish archives.
Nurturing industrial workers
Two years ago, the textile company in Shule County recruited workers and lived in the poor household Anarkuli Anweier in Aikuoli Village, Setili Township, Yingjisha County. "The more you work, the more you won't find too much, and you have to study hard." Anal Gugli determined to work hard and study hard. After nearly two years of "education", she stood out from more than 400 employees and became director of the back spinning workshop. "My monthly salary is now more than 3500 yuan." Anal Guli said.
Relying on abundant cotton resources and unique geographical advantages, with the aid of the east wind of industrial aid to Xinjiang, some well-known domestic textile and apparel companies have invested in southern Xinjiang, and the textile industry has flourished like mushrooms. The production capacity of these domestic textile and apparel giants moved westwards, not simply the relocation of production lines, but the simultaneous iterative upgrade from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing while carrying out space transfer.
"Our company uses the most advanced spinning equipment in the country, and later installed new international advanced equipment in the new factories in Kashi and Yingjisha," said Di Xiuhua, the principal of the textile company in Shule County.
The textile enterprises settled in southern Xinjiang, while providing jobs, trained a large number of mature industrial workers, enabling a large number of farmers to "walk into the workshop from the field and walk from the stove to the machine."
Drive employment growth
"I learned to operate the machine, and I can earn 3,000 yuan to 4,000 yuan a month." On April 13, Balati Maimaitim, an employee of a textile company in Hotan, said.
Balati, who lives in Kumbag Village, Shoalbag Township, Hetian City, is a poor household in the village. He went to work in this textile company in Hetian in 2019, and has now become a skilled textile worker.
In recent years, our district has taken a series of measures to support the development of the textile and clothing industry in southern Xinjiang. The benefits of policy superposition stimulated the vitality of the textile and apparel industry in southern Xinjiang, assisted enterprises to resume work and production, and promoted stable employment.
"At present, the total number of employees in our company is nearly 1,000, of which more than 95% are Hetian local employees. The next step is to expand the scale of the company. By 2025, our production capacity will reach 350,000 spindles, and the total output value of the company will reach 1 billion yuan. It can reach 3,000 people. "Yan Jianlin, general manager of the Hetian textile company, introduced that with the strong support of the government, the company has recruited dozens of workers in addition to more than 80% of the old employees returning to work.
Into the production workshop of a Knitting Technology Co., Ltd. in Aksu Textile Industrial City (Development Zone), one piece of textile equipment kept running, and the employees were busy on the production line. "We have to make up for the delay in the previous epidemic," said Nubigea Aihetan, an employee of the company.
The Knitting Technology Co., Ltd., which was put into production in 2017, has absorbed 1,100 people from rural surplus labor.
Poverty alleviation effect highlighted
"Last month, I got a salary of 3,500 yuan. Now, I am proud of my family." On April 10th, Mayer Imer, an employee of an Aksu dyed textile company, said with a smile. 24-year-old Maierem, wearing red overalls, stood in front of the inspection table and was skillfully operating the equipment.
Three years ago, Maierem was also a farmer in Xiahuangdi Village, Aheya Town, Ush County. Now, as a tester at Aksu, a dyed textile company, she specializes in the quality of the yarn she produces.
With the implementation of preferential policies for the development of the textile and apparel industry in southern Xinjiang, it has attracted a number of textile and apparel companies to settle in and seek business opportunities, which has greatly promoted the employment income of local people. 95,000 people.
"I used to work everywhere without a fixed income. Now I can get a fixed salary of 3,000 yuan a month. I eat and live in the factory, and my family is happy for me." On April 13, a textile technology company in Hotan City Co., Ltd. employees confessed that they could not hide their joy.
In this company, there are 600 employees like Tutu. They can get rid of poverty for the whole family by entering the factory, which indirectly leads to over 5,000 people.
As Bao Guangtu, an inspector of the Autonomous Region Poverty Alleviation Office, said, the employment of poor labor force in the four prefectures of southern Xinjiang is more labor-intensive industries such as textile and apparel.
