Mould is the basic process equipment of the industrial production, called "The mother of Industry".Both of 75% of rough machining industrial spare parts and 50% of the finish machining spare parts are molded by moulds, most of the plastic products also molded by moulds. As the basic industry of national economy, mould deals with automobile, family electrical, electronic, building materials, plastic products etc. with a quite wide application range.
Modern mould industry is a capital-technology-intensive industry. In recent years, Chinese mould industry structure adjustment pace has been speeded up, the number and ability of the professional mold factories which face to the market are increasing fast. Along with the continuous development of economic system reform, foreign-founded enterprises and vate enterprises develops very fast.
Up to the end of 2006, Chinese mould manufacturing industry has 1314 considerable-sized enterprises and 244155 professional employees, finishing RMB55,561,000,000 of total industrial output value, with export value RMB10,000,000,000 and import value RMB14,700,000,000, the proportion of imports to exports turns to be more equitable.
The statistics show that China's recent mould gross output has ranked third place in the world, inferior to Japan and America. Nowadays, new round of industrial adjustment is carrying out in the world, some mould manufacturers turn to developing countries gradually, China is becoming to be a big world mould country. Foreign investment in mould industry increases these years, the trend of industrial developed countries transferring their moulds to China is much clearer. Chinese mould industry also face big challenges as well as new development opportunities.
