The more developed the society and economy, the wider the use of plastics. At present, the use of plastics in China is increasing year by year, and the application fields are gradually expanding. Plastics have been increasingly used in many new fields, plastic materials are also New categories continue to emerge. In 2017, the Chinese plastics market continued to maintain a relatively fast growth rate. In order to macroscopically control the plastics market, we specifically interviewed the Secretary-General of China Synthetic Resin Supply and Marketing Association, Zheng Xie, and interpreted it from a professional perspective. The future of China's plastics market.
Secretary General of China Synthetic Resin Supply and Marketing Association
A huge increase Unbalance is also highlighted
In 2017, the amount of plastics used in China exceeded 120 million tons, and the approximate growth rate was about 6%. Overall, development is not balanced. Some materials are used in large quantities, and the growth rate is also very fast. Some materials are used. However, in general, Secretary Zheng Zheng first analyzed the use of plastics in the past year from the category growth: 'In the electronics, automotive and many civilian fields, materials are constantly innovating, and the amount of materials used is also very large, making them a very dazzling application industry. With the rapid growth of the fast food industry, the rapid growth of the fast food industry, especially the production of materials like EPP foams, has increased rapidly, which has also led to the development of mechanical processing industries such as plastics and thermoforming. High-end medical products Demand for plastics also shows a trend of rapid growth. These areas have led to the tremendous use and consumption of plastics.
With the huge consumption of plastics comes the waste recycling problem. The huge plastic waste has become an urgent problem to be solved. 'Before China's annual plastic raw material gap is very large, and the supply is insufficient, so our country has been importing foreign garbage. Filling the gap. However, in recent years, China’s plastics production capacity has increased, and the filling of raw material gaps is not as urgent as it used to be. Therefore, the state has completely prohibited the entry of foreign garbage, which can improve the quality of Chinese plastics manufacturing, and on the other hand it can also suppress Excessive plastic waste growth, ' Secretary Zheng Zheng said: 'Plastics recycling is a big industry in the future. The future path for the plastics industry is a green cycle, and the key to realizing recycling production is plastic recycling. It is also what is lacking in the current market. Only when the recycling process is profitable, can it stimulate market vitality, thereby revitalizing the entire green recycling industry chain, and it also presents a problem of unbalanced development in the industry chain.
achieve '2025 Made in China' Goals Material is the largest short board
At present, many industries are pursuing lighter weight. Plastics are used to replace steel, glass, wood and other materials. The application fields of plastics are constantly expanding, and the application of high-performance materials is also gradually increasing. China has already achieved international standards in the research and development of many materials. However, the lack of industrialization and lack of standardization are the biggest shortcomings that restrict the development of the plastics industry.
Secretary Zheng Zheng said: 'In the automotive industry, for example, China has become the world’s largest automotive manufacturer and seller. It now produces 28 million cars a year, accounting for about one-third of the world’s total. Lightweight has also made great progress. Plastics have a lot of room to replace traditional materials. However, the application of plastics in China’s autos is far from enough. The total plastic weight of a car also accounts for only 10% of the vehicle weight. A total of more than 100 kilograms of plastics are used in the entire vehicle, which is much lower than the 200-300 kilograms used in developed countries. The proportion of plastics used in China's autos is increasing slowly. In fact, there are some excellent material suppliers in China, and the material properties they produce are also Very high-end, but good materials do not use the right place. The important reason for this is the lack of standardization. The United States, Europe, and Japan all have their own standards for plastics use. They can use these standards to reject Chinese raw materials. Outside the door, the U.S., European, and Japanese cars did not bring the best technology to China. Lightweighting is not only the expansion of the use of plastic components, but also the weight reduction process of certain types of components. Required to achieve high performance plastics. '
Secretary-General Cheng Zheng introduced that in the face of this situation, this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has organized a coalition of automotive non-metallic materials to solve the problem of localization of automotive non-metallic materials. It strives to use 5-10 years to refer to international standards and formulate its own materials. Standards, Unlock the development of the shortcomings, To achieve a more efficient and high-quality development of domestic materials. The preparatory work for the Alliance is currently under the responsibility of China Synthetic Resin Association.
Plastic is an environmentally friendly material
Many people talk about plastics, and they all think that it is causing damage to the environment and affecting their health. In fact, this is often a misunderstanding of quite a number of people. Not that plastic is a very environmentally friendly sunrise industry, and it has played an active role in promoting human social progress and the environment. The cause of people's bad impressions was mainly due to some false propaganda and recycling problems. To this, Secretary-General Cheng Zheng said: 'Plastics has realized the replacement of other materials in light weight. It is a kind of resource itself. If the plastic product starts from the environmental design process and achieves a green cycle throughout the entire life cycle, then the environmental protection effect of plastics and the contribution to humans will be greatly enhanced.
Industry survival of the fittest Acquisition merger will become the mainstream
At present, the country is implementing supply-side reforms, and the chemical industry is no exception. From production and processing to the formation of plastic products, only a few high-level enterprises are truly true. Most of them are small-scale enterprises. Many of these small-scale enterprises also do very well. The products are very good. There are characteristics, but most of the production is still general products. In the future, large enterprises will acquire small companies and complete industrial integration will be gradually put on the agenda. In this way, achieving survival of the fittest and optimizing the allocation are the only way for chemical companies to grow.
Secretary-General Cheng Zheng said: 'On China's production of plastics, China ranks first in the world. However, on the quality of industrialization, China still needs a long way to go. What we are currently lacking is the industrialization of high-end materials, and not just plastics. This is also true in other areas. What we need to do is to promote the industry to break through the bottleneck of high-end industrialization and achieve industrial upgrading; and to provide specialized and customized solutions for different industry segments to improve the application level and service level.
The huge output shows that China's plastics have a market advantage, but the short board is obviously a factor that hinders the development of plastics in China. How to make up for short boards, achieve quality improvement in large output, and industrialization of high-end materials are inevitable for the Chinese plastics industry. History, breakthroughs in key areas to achieve high quality development.