{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: The impact of digital empowerment on the economic openness of the textile industry in Keqiao based on a sustainable environment. {Author}: He B;Chen Y;Ismail N;Chen G;Ni L; {Journal}: Heliyon {Volume}: 10 {Issue}: 1 {Year}: 2024 Jan 15 {Factor}: 3.776 {DOI}: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23812 {Abstract}: Based on the framework theory of industrial digitization, digital industrialization, digital governance and digital value-added in a sustainable environment, this paper systematically studies the relevant elements of governance and value distribution in the sustainable environment of global trade, and its impact on the development path of human beings. This paper explores the way to embed digital technology into the global value chain to realize digital empowerment, measures the competitiveness index of Keqiao's textile industry in the global value chain, analyzes the technical and environmental challenges faced by China's textile industry in the digital age, and proposes the corresponding countermeasures to deal with the impact of global value chain participation and to improve the international competitiveness of China's textile industry.