提升中国棉花产业国际竞争力的路径选择

Upgrading Path of International Competitiveness for Chinese Cotton Industry

中国是世界第一大棉花生产和消费国,从业农民近两亿,棉花产业还涉及纺织和服装行业的上千万员工就业。然而近年来,我国已成为世界最大的棉花进口国,主要棉花出口国通过大量补贴向国际市场销售棉花,对我国棉花产业形成挑战。本文对我国棉花产业的现状、问题以及面临的新国际环境进行了分析,提出了提升我国棉花产业国际竞争力的路径选择建议。

China is the largest cotton production country in the world, with near 200 million peasants involved. The cotton industry also has a close link to textile and garment industry within which there are tens of million workers. Nevertheless, in recent years China has become the largest cotton import country. Main cotton exporting countries supply substantial subsidy to their cotton industry, enabling their cotton to enter the international cotton market with low price, which is a severe challenge to Chinese cotton industry. This paper makes an analysis on the weakness of Chinese cotton industry and the new international environment it faces, based on which some suggestions on the upgrading path of international competitiveness for Chinese cotton industry are put forward.