Analysis of Development Status and Topological Characters of Textile Industry Along with the “Belt and Road”

Textile trade is a traditional trade commodity circulating on the ancient Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. It is also the starting point and main trade object of the "Belt and Road" initiative. As one of the five leading industries in China's manufacturing industry, the textile industry is also the main source of China’s export income. This article will first explore the status quo of the textile trade development of the Belt and Road countries. Next, with the help of social network research methods, the topological characters of the textile industry trade network, and the status of each country in the network will be analyzed. At the same time, the textile industry trade volume is decomposed from the perspective of value-added trade, to further explore the structural similarities and differences of different types of value-added trade networks at a deeper level. The author found that the overall development of the belt and road textile trade can be concluded as three stages, and the "core-semi-peripheral-peripheral" structure of the trade network is distinct. In addition, the value-added trade has become more prominent, but it is still dominated by final products.