China's plastic processing industry strives to "plastic" a new pattern of green and high-quality development

China Economic Net, Nanjing, February 27 (reporter Su LAN) "If the environmental protection industry masterpiece" silent spring "let the world alert the emergence of a" silent spring ", then, today to Nanjing to participate in the industry's long-awaited offline exhibition, see peers' furious' development trend, I am very excited, feel the plastic industry 'vigorous spring' is coming....." On February 25, at the fifth China International Plastics Exhibition and plastic new materials, new technologies, new equipment, new products exhibition site (hereinafter referred to as the exhibition), Mr. Hou, who is engaged in food-grade plastic film production management from Fujian, spoke his mind when interviewed by a reporter from China Economic Net.

It is reported that the exhibition had to be postponed twice due to the epidemic, the whole industry has been looking forward to for a long time, from February 25 to 27, more than 1,000 enterprises from upstream and downstream of the whole industry chain competed to participate in the exhibition, including large backbone enterprises, listed companies, and the proportion of top 100 enterprises participating in the exhibition far exceeded the previous session. The exhibition has a total scale of 50,000 square meters, bringing together the latest development achievements of functional, lightweight, precision, ecological and intelligent technologies in the whole industry. In recent days, the enthusiasm of the audience continues to heat up, and the on-site business negotiations are active. According to statistics, the cumulative audience has exceeded 60,000 people in recent days.

At the exhibition site, the reporter found that the green development achievements of China's plastic industry "stand on the sky" : just someone here was attracted by the preservation of the film packaging of fresh vegetables, and there were people who exclaimed that the art of green packaging of hamburgers, cookies, candy and other food is too awesome; Then, people are amazed that the internal wires of satellites and manned spacecraft, the control lines and jackets around aerospace engines, etc., are made of high-end plastic products.....

"The plastics industry is closely related to people's lives. After years of development, the industry presents a situation of quantity and quality. According to statistics, China's plastic products have increased from 200 tons in 1952 to 77.72 million tons in 2022, with a compound growth rate of 20.2%. A 38-fold increase in 27 years. On the one hand, facing the major strategic needs of the country, a number of key components such as aerospace, Jiaolong, high-speed rail and other high-precision fields have made breakthroughs and tempered high-quality application products; On the other hand, more and more 'grounded' green innovations are serving the economy and society and benefiting people's livelihood." Wang Zhanjie, chairman of China Plastics Processing Industry Association, said in an interview with China Economic Network.

Strengthen scientific and technological innovation to promote industrial transformation and upgrading

It is understood that in recent years, the plastic processing industry to scientific and technological innovation, green low-carbon, specialized new, high-quality development as the focus, adhere to the lead of science and technology, carry out technological research, and achieve remarkable results.

At the third China Plastics Industry Science and Technology Conference held in the same period with the theme of "Pioneering and Innovation to promote transformation, Forge ahead and seek development", Zhang Chonghe, president of the China Light Industry Federation, introduced that in 2022, the operating income of enterprises in the plastic processing industry is nearly 2.3 trillion yuan, the total profit exceeds 132 billion yuan, and the total export value is nearly 108 billion US dollars. Year-on-year growth was 9.3 per cent.

"The plastic processing industry has won 8 scientific and technological invention Awards and 30 scientific and technological progress Awards from the China Light Industry Federation." Up to now, 14 key laboratories in the light industry and 6 in engineering technology have been built. The scientific and technological strength of the whole industry has been greatly improved, and the competitiveness has been significantly enhanced." Zhang Chonghe stressed that in the past two years, 26 enterprises in the plastic processing industry have been selected as the green factory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 42 products have entered the list of green design products of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 4 enterprises have won the title of green supply chain management enterprises of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, more than 150 enterprises have been selected as the new "little giant" enterprises of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and 23 enterprises have won the national manufacturing single champion demonstration. 15 products have become national manufacturing individual champions. The transformation and upgrading of the whole industry has achieved remarkable results, and the foundation for sustainable development is more stable.