China's history of printing equipment and equipment (below)

III. Prospects for the Development of China's Printing Industry in the 21st Century

In the 21st century, the printing industry in the 21st century has been a vast one for more than two decades. With the continued rapid growth of the Chinese economy, the printing and equipment industry in China has maintained an advanced, stable, and high-speed growth. In a considerable period of time in the future, It is forecasted that the Chinese printing industry will continue to maintain this good development trend, based on:

(1) The products of the printing industry are products that are very broad in scope, and that all walks of life are inseparable, unmanned, and ubiquitous. With the economic development and the improvement of people’s cultural life, they are synchronized and advanced. Industrial area. Although China now has 150,000 various types of printing companies, employs more than 3 million people, and has an annual total output value of more than 1,000 billion yuan, the per capita printed matter consumption is still very low. According to the relevant information, in 1997, the per capita annual consumption of printed materials was US$56. At present, China’s per capita annual print consumption is about US$10. It only accounts for less than 1/5 of the world’s per capita consumption. It is only 1/20 of that of Germany and 1/30 of the US Japan’s 1/40th is not only far from the world’s average, it is even more unequal to the developed countries, and the market has great potential for development;

(2) At the beginning of this century, it will be a crucial period for China to achieve the second-step strategic goal of economic and social development. China’s economic development will maintain rapid growth, and the people’s cultural and living standards will further increase. According to the plan, by 2010 China’s gross domestic product will double that of 2000. The "15th" projected an average annual economic growth rate of about 7%, and the average annual growth rate of books and periodicals is about 10%. The average cycle of book printing and printing will be shortened to 50 days by 2010. China’s current population is 1.25 billion and 260 million young people are in school. With the development of society, economy, science and technology, culture, education, and people’s income and quality of life, China’s printing industry will surely have a greater development.

3) The printing industry is not only a high-tech industry, but at the same time as the development of high-quality, multi-species, small-batch, personalization and rapid development of the print market, especially the rapid development of packaging and decoration printing, it is also a labor-intensive process. industry. China is a developing country. The labor force is relatively cheap. At the same time, the printing industry and human resources are abundant. With the advancement of technology and enhanced management, the quality of printing has been continuously improved. It not only has the ability to serve the Chinese print market, but also has to face the international market and expand exports. Including processing. In the past decade or so, about 1800 printing companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan have relocated their production and processing bases to the Pearl River Delta and the southeastern coast of China. The operation is good. This is an example. Expanding foreign cooperation and attracting foreign investment will become a new growth point for China's printing industry.

2. New requirements for the development of China's printing industry technology.

With the rapid development of electronic media and the Internet, China's printing industry is facing the challenge of electronic media on the one hand, and it is also facing the adoption of high technology and electronic media to promote mutual promotion and integration and common development. In the past decade or so, the printing technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Digitization technology, network technology, integrated automation technology, digitalization and integration of printing processes, and diversification of new processes, equipment and equipment, and printing environmental protection technologies. China Printing and Equipment Equipment Industry and International The advanced level has widened the gap and China's printing industry will face new demands for adopting advanced high-tech printing technologies. In order to meet the new demands of the development of China's printing industry, the China Printing and Equipment and Equipment Industry Association, on the basis of organizing investigations, proposed a 28-character guideline for the development of China's printing and equipment equipment industry in the first 10-15 years of this century. , networking, multi-color printing, high-efficiency, diversified after printing, automation, high-quality equipment, serialization. This technical progress policy is in line with the development direction of international printing technology. It is in line with the actual needs of China's printing technology development and has achieved wide consensus in the industry. In order to achieve this goal, we are currently studying measures to bring our country's printing technology to a new level in the new century.

3. Deepen enterprise reform, strengthen corporate restructuring, and promote joint and reorganization.

After nearly two decades of development, China's printing equipment and equipment industry has greatly improved its level, but the problem of unreasonable industrial and corporate structure is very prominent. The enterprises are large and complete, small and comprehensive, and the degree of production specialization is very low; The similarities between products among companies, the duplication of low levels is very serious, and lack of market competitiveness. Under the new situation of economic globalization, especially with the advent of the information age and the promotion and application of digital technologies, structural adjustments, alliances, and restructurings of enterprises are more urgent and prominent. China's printing machinery companies must comply with this international trend. To learn from foreign experience and use the favorable opportunity for current enterprises to deepen reforms to accelerate structural adjustment and promote joint and reorganization, including joint ventures and cooperation with foreign companies.

4. Expand opening to the outside world

China will further expand its opening up. In particular, China will soon join the WTO. The Chinese economy will further integrate into the international economy. China's printing and equipment and equipment industries will further expand, strengthen and deepen exchanges, trade and cooperation with the international printing and equipment industry. . The development of China's printing and equipment equipment industry must not only keep track of foreign development, draw on foreign experience, but also proceed from the reality of China's economy and market demand. For example, China mainly prints offsets and gravures in terms of packaging and printing. Flexographic printing, which is widely used abroad, has been slow to develop due to various reasons and needs to be accelerated. China's pre-press electronic equipment and high-grade offset printing presses are far from the advanced foreign technologies and are imported every year. 70% of the large offset press market is imported. In the future, prepress electronic equipment and high-grade offset printing presses and CtP equipment will still Mainly rely on imports to solve domestic demand, but competition will become more and more intense. We hope that foreign advanced printing equipment manufacturers will need to consider long-term strategies not only to see China's vast market demand, but also to see China’s strong foundation in printing equipment manufacturing, and to cooperate with Chinese manufacturing companies to reduce costs and increase competition. We can not only solve the demand for high-end products in the Chinese market, but also expand exports to middle and high-end products in developing countries.

IV. China Printing and Equipment Equipment Industry Association

China Printing and Equipment Equipment Industry Association was established in 1985. It has more than 1,200 member units. It is the only one cross-sector and cross-industry industrial association in China that covers printing and equipment equipment and is founded on the principle of systematic engineering. It consists of: three professional committees for book printing, newspaper printing, and packaging printing; five chapters for printing machinery, printing equipment, screen printing, rapid printing, and electronic publishing; and two working committees for printing technology and printing companies. The China Printing and Equipment Equipment Industry Association represents the printing, paper product processing, printing equipment manufacturing and printing equipment manufacturing industries. Its greatest feature is cross-industry, which involves various industries such as machinery, electronics, chemical industry, light industry, and press and publication. In people's traditional concepts, printing, printing equipment manufacturing, and printing equipment production belong to different industries, but the China Printing and Equipment and Equipment Industry Association has organized them together. The printing and equipment and equipment industry is a big industry. It provides China Printing and Equipment and Equipment Industry Association with a big stage for its activities.