In the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the textile industry has maintained a steady and healthy development. It has played a stabilizer role in previous economic fluctuations, and the status of pillar industries has not been shaken. In 1978, the textile industry’s exports amounted to 2.154 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 22.1% of the country's total exports. In 1994, China became the largest exporter of textiles and garments in the world and maintained it. In 2017, the export of textiles and clothing was 274.51 billion U.S. dollars, which was 127.4 times that of 1978. , accounting for 12.13% of the country's total exports, accounting for 36.8% of the total global textile and apparel trade, the entire industry net foreign exchange 241.9 billion US dollars, accounting for 57.3% of the country.