China News Service, Urumqi, November 13 (Feng Zhengyun Hanikezi Nasir) In recent years, Tumushuk City, the Third Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, has taken advantage of local high-quality cotton resources to promote the transformation of the cotton industry from "selling raw materials" to "selling products". The development of the entire chain has allowed a cotton to release greater effectiveness.
Textile industry transformation accelerates
On the 12th, when I walked into the intelligent production workshop of a cotton spinning company in Tumushuk City, the blowroom machine and carding machine were running rapidly. The white cotton was tumbling and carding on the automated assembly line, and after going through multiple processes, it was turned into strands of high-quality yarn.
"The company's current production scale reaches 284,000 spindles, with an annual output of about 26,000 tons and an annual output value of 600 million yuan." Xu Chao, the person in charge of the company, said that the raw materials are stable and controllable, and the yarn produced is widely used in clothing, home textiles and other products.
A piece of yarn is woven into a piece of gray cloth, and the industrial chain continues to extend downstream. In the workshop of a local weaving company, intelligent air-jet looms are running at high speed, and workers pay close attention to the operating status of the equipment and carefully check the quality of the fabric.
"In 2026, it is expected to produce 80 million meters of gray fabric and achieve an output value of 600 million yuan." Chen Yong, deputy general manager of the company, said that relying on the digital intelligent weaving monitoring system of the global network, the production process has been fully digitally controlled.
Industrial empowerment enriches people’s livelihood
Walking into the production workshop of a clothing manufacturing company located in Tumushuke Economic and Technological Development Zone, the roar of machines and the sound of sewing machines can be heard one after another. Cutting, hemming, sewing, and ironing are all closely linked. The workers perform their duties, operate skillfully, and are busy and orderly.
The company built four clothing production lines in the first phase. The pure cotton clothing produced is of stable quality and the products are mainly sold to Guangdong and Zhejiang.
The company has also extended its production workshops to the grassroots level and deployed 8 garment production lines in surrounding Tuan towns. The overall monthly production capacity can reach 300,000 pieces. Currently, more than 80 local laborers have been stably employed nearby.
Tuhan Musha came to work in the company in August 2025. Starting from scratch, he carefully learned sewing, pattern making and other skills from the master. Now he has become the workshop leader. "Working at home can not only take care of the family, but also make stable money. I will work hard and make money, and strive to buy a house in Tumushuk City in the future."
Circular economy expands value-added space
The entire cotton industry chain does not stop at weaving garments. In the factory area of a local oil technology company, "cottonseed mountains" came into view. Loaders were shuttled back and forth, continuously feeding cottonseed from surrounding Tuan Town, Yecheng County, Shache County, Bachu County and other places into the production line.
"After delinting, pretreatment, leaching, refining and other processes, these cottonseeds can be 'transformed' into cottonseed oil, cottonseed meal, cotton linters and cottonseed hulls." Zhang Haitao, director of the workshop, said that cottonseed hulls can be used as edible fungus cultivation substrates and forage raw materials; cottonseed linters are used for papermaking and cellulose production; cottonseed meal is a high-quality protein feed raw material; cottonseed oil can reach edible standards after refining. In this way, we can maximize the value of every cotton seed.
