1、 Basic Status of China's Packaging Industry
After years of rapid development, China's packaging industry had 10868 enterprises above designated size by 2004, with an industrial output value of 328.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%. Among them, the paper packaging industry completed 113.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%; The plastic packaging industry completed 92.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.6%; The glass packaging industry completed 8.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%; The metal packaging industry completed 23.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%; The packaging and printing industry completed 62.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%; The packaging machinery manufacturing industry completed 17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%. The proportion of the total output value of the packaging industry in the total social output value has increased from 0.4% in the early 1980s to 2.4% now. The packaging industry has risen from the second to last position in the early 1980s to the 14th position among the 42 major industries in China's national economy, becoming one of the important industries for China's economic development. In the world's packaging consumer market of about 600 billion US dollars, China has become the third largest "packaging country" after the United States and Japan. In 2004, the packaging industry provided supporting services for domestic goods with a total retail sales of over 5 trillion yuan and export goods with a total export value of over 600 billion US dollars. It made outstanding contributions to protecting products, promoting sales, facilitating transportation and logistics management, and enhancing the international competitiveness of goods.
During the 15th Five Year Plan period, China's packaging industry accelerated technological progress, strengthened key backbone enterprises, adhered to the path of internationalization, actively introduced advanced foreign technology and equipment, and significantly improved the overall level of the packaging industry, narrowing the gap with developed countries. We are able to produce most of the modern packaging systems, packaging equipment, packaging materials, and packaging products that are commonly used internationally; The production of corrugated paper packaging products, plastic woven bags, composite flexible packaging, and metal drums has ranked among the top in the world; Packaging materials and packaging machinery have begun to participate in international competition, and the export volume has been increasing year by year; The situation of serious damage to goods caused by outdated packaging has been basically controlled and improved. The packaging industry has evolved from a dispersed development industry to a relatively independent and complete industrial system. In terms of the output, quality, and variety of packaging products, China has entered the ranks of "packaging powers" and provided essential supporting services in the process of becoming a "world manufacturing factory". We have completed the 40 year development journey of developed countries in over 20 years and achieved a historic leap in China's packaging industry.
During the "Sixth Five Year Plan" period, the packaging industry had just begun to aggregate, and the demand for packaging in economic development gradually increased, leading to an accelerated trend in the packaging industry process. During the "Seventh Five Year Plan" period, the packaging industry actively promoted technological progress in enterprises, introduced some advanced foreign technology and equipment, and generally improved the level of technical equipment in the packaging industry, continuing to grow rapidly. During the Eighth Five Year Plan period, China's packaging industry entered a period of stable development. During the Ninth Five Year Plan period, the packaging industry achieved sustained, rapid, and healthy development. During the 15th Five Year Plan period, China's packaging industry continued to maintain a rapid growth momentum higher than the national economic growth rate. In 2004, China's packaging industry, like the entire domestic economy, experienced a rapid development trend. Under the influence of macroeconomic regulation measures, it is expected that the growth rate of the packaging industry will decline in 2005.
However, we must be aware that most packaging enterprises in China are relatively small in scale and have low industrial concentration. There are few packaging enterprise groups with certain influence in the world, and the vast majority of packaging enterprises are still small and medium-sized processing plants; Some of the main packaging equipment and some raw materials in China's packaging industry still rely on imports, among which packaging machinery imported about 2 billion US dollars in 2004; The growth of China's packaging machinery industry is slow, with a total industrial output value of only 20.8 billion yuan in 2003, accounting for 5.6% of the total packaging industry output value, becoming the main bottleneck affecting the rapid development of China's packaging industry; The high cost of packaging products has a significant impact on the competitiveness of goods; Many enterprises have not yet shaken off the extensive business model of high investment, high consumption, high pollution, and low output; The development of the packaging industry in the country is very unbalanced, with a large transportation radius for production, supply, and sales, resulting in significant waste and not meeting the requirements for coordinated development of the East West, South North, and Central regions; The technological innovation capability of packaging enterprises is poor, and there is a serious shortage of packaging entrepreneurs, scientific managers, and technical talents who can adapt to the development of modern economy. There is a lack of a large number of skilled technical workers; In the process of building a conservation oriented society, some products have the problem of excessive packaging; The macro-control of packaging production urgently needs to be strengthened, and there is a serious lack of regulations related to packaging.
2、 China's packaging industry has great potential for development
In 2004, China's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 13.6515 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over the previous year, making it the fastest growing year since 1997. Our country's economy is showing a good development trend with significantly accelerated growth rate, significantly improved efficiency level, high export growth, and continued improvement in economic structure. Where there are goods, there is packaging. The sustained, rapid, and healthy development of related industries such as food, electronics, medicine, tobacco, and daily chemical products provides necessary prerequisites and strong impetus for the sustained and rapid development of China's packaging industry.
In the field of food, with the prosperity and development of China's commodity economy, the improvement of people's quality of life, and the acceleration of the pace of life, consumers' demand for microwave food, snack food, frozen food, and constant speed food is increasing. This trend will accelerate the demand for fast food and convenient food packaging. At the same time, the Chinese government has proposed a plan for the development of agricultural industrialization, focusing on the deep processing of agricultural and sideline products, which requires a large amount of supporting packaging machinery and materials; The National Development and Reform Commission has listed food processing and packaging machinery as key priority areas for the development of the food industry, which will bring broad prospects for the development of the packaging machinery industry. In the foreseeable future, the annual growth rate of food and packaging machinery is expected to exceed 12%.
The dairy and beverage industry has become one of the most growing industries in China in recent years. With the increasing emphasis on health, there are endless varieties of dairy beverage products and their corresponding packaging products. At the same time, aseptic filling technology, PET plastic bottle packaging for beer and milk, and other technologies are being increasingly favored and adopted by more and more manufacturers.
In 2004, the growth rate of the electronics industry in the national economy exceeded 30%. China has now developed into the manufacturing center of the world's home appliance industry. In order to better face the green wave of international home appliances and electronic packaging, and reduce the damage rate of China's exported goods in the circulation process, it is necessary to improve the quality of packaging products. At present, the Chinese government is fully implementing the Clean Production Promotion Law, drafting and formulating the Management Measures for the Recycling and Utilization of Packaging Materials, and the Management Measures for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products, which are in line with the European Union, were officially introduced not long ago. Haier, Changhong, Gree, Kelon and other well-known home appliance companies in China have been committed to developing product packaging towards reduction and lightweighting, and the demand for new, energy-saving and environmentally friendly packaging materials continues to increase; A large number of domestic home appliance companies are also testing and testing various green packaging materials such as honeycomb cardboard, pulp molding, biodegradable plastics, plant fibers, and air cushion cushioning materials. Packaging, as the main supporting industry of the electronics industry, will have a faster development speed in the coming years.
The pharmaceutical industry achieved an industrial added value of 138.839 billion yuan in 2004, a year-on-year increase of 16.92%. With the rapid development of China's economy, the improvement of people's living standards, and the increase in medical expenses caused by population aging, the development of new drugs has increased, the pace of medical security system reform has accelerated, and the expansion of urban residents' medical insurance, the pharmaceutical industry will continue to maintain a rapid growth momentum. In order to strengthen the supervision of direct contact with drug packaging materials and containers, the State Food and Drug Administration has successively issued 34 national drug packaging material and container standards, 25 drug packaging material inspection method standards in the past two years, and issued a notice on strengthening the supervision and management of traditional Chinese medicine decoction piece packaging. In addition, the quality and variety of pharmaceutical packaging materials in our country are significantly lower than the international level. In developed countries, pharmaceutical packaging accounts for 30% of the value of pharmaceutical products, while in China it is only 10%. At present, the annual output value of China's pharmaceutical packaging industry is around 15 billion yuan, which can only meet about 80% of the needs of domestic pharmaceutical enterprises, which has prompted the rapid development of the pharmaceutical packaging industry in recent years. Experts predict that the next five years will be a period of rapid development for China's pharmaceutical packaging industry.
In November 2003, the Chinese government signed the world's first international convention on tobacco control, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, at the United Nations, becoming the 77th signatory to the convention. The provisions on "packaging and labeling of tobacco products" in this convention will have a substantial impact on the current tobacco packaging in China. Chinese tobacco companies will conduct a comprehensive and thorough "repackaging" campaign before November 10, 2006. Therefore, Chinese tobacco companies are actively seeking effective strategies in cigarette packaging design, packaging materials, and printing processes. At the same time, the National Tobacco Monopoly Administration actively promotes environmentally friendly tobacco packaging materials in the tobacco industry. Some green tobacco packaging materials with relatively mature technologies, such as vacuum aluminum coated cardboard, are increasingly recognized by tobacco companies.
In terms of daily chemical products. China's daily chemical products are entering a period of prosperity, with huge development potential and profit margins. With the acceleration of cross-border group acquisitions, it has triggered many industry giants to intervene in the daily chemical industry. In the next few years, the overall scale of the industry will further expand. In addition, domestic daily chemical product packaging has increasingly attached importance to fashion trends, with various innovative packaging emerging one after another, becoming one of the fastest updated markets for packaging in China. With the improvement of people's living standards and the increase in market demand, the development of packaging for daily chemical products will be accelerated.
In addition to the attractive domestic market, the export market for Chinese products is also promising. After joining the WTO, the export value of China's main export products increased by about 8 billion to 10 billion US dollars annually. The increase in product export volume will inevitably drive the growth of corresponding product packaging.
In summary, with the rapid and healthy development of China's national economy, the packaging industry has become a highly promising industry with vast market potential.
3、 Take effective measures to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the packaging industry
China is currently comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society that benefits over one billion people, and strives to double its gross domestic product by 2020 compared to 2000. According to this goal, by 2020, China's gross domestic product (calculated at 2000 prices) will exceed 35 trillion yuan. According to the current development trend, the total industrial output value of the packaging industry is expected to reach 900 billion yuan by 2020.
Improving the production technology level of China's packaging industry, solving prominent problems in the packaging industry, and achieving a leapfrog development from a "packaging power" to a "packaging powerhouse" in China are the main concerns of the Chinese government, packaging industry associations, and enterprises. We must adopt strong response policies and measures to strive to build China into a modern packaging industry powerhouse with high technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution, and full utilization of human resources as soon as possible.
The main strategy for improving the overall level of China's packaging industry is to intensify the integration of small and medium-sized packaging enterprises, accelerate the construction of packaging bases, enhance the management level of packaging enterprises, and implement the "joint development" strategy; Increase investment in high-tech research and development funds in the packaging industry, improve the technological content of packaging enterprises, and implement the "technology driven packaging" strategy; Expand the cultivation of high-level talents, cultivate a large number of practical packaging professionals, vigorously carry out vocational training in packaging engineering technology, improve the level of technical and management personnel in packaging enterprises, and implement the "talent strategy"; Accelerate the construction of packaging legislation and standard system, vigorously develop China's green packaging industry, and implement the "green packaging" strategy; Accelerate the revitalization of the packaging manufacturing industry, strengthen the statistical work of packaging information, and implement the "key project" strategy.
Strengthen the achievement of the above goals and strategic measures, and maintain the sustained, healthy, and rapid development of China's packaging industry.
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