2026 Outlook: Strengthen internal strength through challenges and drive development with innovation 

In 2026, the knitting industry in China will face a more complex internal and external environment, with both challenges and opportunities coexisting. In the external environment, factors such as weak global economic recovery, intensified geopolitical conflicts, escalated trade barriers, and fluctuating exchange rates continue to affect the stability of the export market, and the pressure of order transfer persists; internally, there are issues such as unbalanced development, insufficient innovation, and prominent homogenization competition, compounded by rising costs such as environmental protection and labor, which put pressure on the profit margins of enterprises. 

However, at the same time, we can observe that the domestic economy is recovering and improving. The "15-19" plan has clearly defined the development direction. We will continue to implement a more proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy. We will further implement the special action plan to boost consumption, accelerate the cultivation of new growth points in service consumption, and the potential of the huge domestic demand market is expected to gradually be released. At the same time, new technologies such as artificial intelligence are accelerating their implementation, and their application in scenarios is accelerating, injecting new impetus for industry improvement and efficiency enhancement. 

In the face of new circumstances, the industry needs to focus on high-quality development. Guided by the "15th Five-Year Plan", it should strengthen technological innovation and upgrade towards higher-end, more intelligent, and greener directions. It should optimize market layout and promote diversified market development. It should accelerate digital and intelligent transformation, develop flexible manufacturing and personalized customization, and comprehensively enhance operational efficiency and market response speed. It should tap into domestic demand potential, seize the new opportunities of instant retail, deeply penetrate the lower-tier markets, expand new consumption scenarios to meet diversified consumer demands, and strive to write a new chapter for the "15th Five-Year Plan" launch! 

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