After more than half a century of development, China's mold industry has been greatly improved, and the development speed is very rapid. In general, the development of China's mold design and manufacturing technology has experienced the budding stage of manual workshop manufacturing, the rapid development of industrialized production, the stage of product competition and the stage of brand competition in modern production.

      With the development of the automotive industry by more than 20%, mold companies and mold products entering the automotive field have increased significantly over the previous year. Automobile companies have also put forward higher requirements for the quality of mold products, prompting mold companies to step up their improvement and continuously improve their level. At the same time, due to the substantial growth of mold exports, it has also greatly promoted the improvement of mold levels.

    According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the total industrial output value of China's mold industry has risen from 136.731 billion yuan in 2010 to 250.994 billion yuan in 2017. However, from 2010 to 2016, China's mold output fluctuated. In 2016, China's mold output was approximately 17.23 million sets, a decrease of 0.5% compared with the same period last year.

    2010-2017 mold industry industrial output value change trend

  According to the " Analysis Report of China's Mold Industry Development Prospects and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis " released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, there are about 30,000 mold manufacturing plants in China and about 1 million employees. In 2016, the total national mold sales reached 180 billion yuan. From 2013 to 2015, the average annual compound growth rate of China's total mold sales reached 6.1%. It is estimated that the total national mold sales in 2018 will be close to 200 billion yuan, and it is expected that by 2020 the total national mold sales will reach 218.8 billion yuan.

  Forecast of China's total mold sales in 2013-2020

      China, the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and Italy are the world's major producers of injection molds and stamping molds. Among them, China's mold output value is the highest in the world. Comparative analysis of the distribution of the mold market in the world's major mold manufacturing countries. Among them, the mold demand in the automotive industry accounts for about 34%; the demand in the electronics industry accounts for about 28%; the demand in the IT industry accounts for about 12%; %; OA automation industry demand accounts for about 4%; semiconductor industry demand accounts for about 4%; other industries demand accounts for about 9%.

    Although China's mold industry has entered the fast lane of development, it still cannot meet the needs of China's manufacturing development because of its large gap in terms of accuracy, longevity, manufacturing cycle and ability compared with the international level and advanced industrial countries. . Especially in terms of precision, large, complex, and long-life molds, demand is still in short supply. Therefore, a large amount of imports are still required every year.