medical packaging

China modern packaging industry（including medical packaging industry）develops rapidly after the implementation of reform and opening policy. With the development of domestic trades, especially the imports and exports, China packaging industry (including medical packaging industry）has experienced an essential change, and the level of packaging products has enhanced a lot and almost can reach the international advanced level in many aspects. In recent years, China's economy has witnessed a sustainable development and so do the foreign investment and import & export trade, all of which have driven paper packaging industry to advance amazingly. Now there are more than 11,000 packaging enterprises in China and the production value has increased from less than RMB 10 billion in early 1980s to RMB 410 billion in 2005. China has become the world's third largest packaging country next to US and Japan. However, the variety and quality still can not meet the requirements of export and high-grade products, and about 1/4 of products need to be imported. It is now the crucial moment for China packaging industry (including medical packaging industry）to get shuffled and upgraded. It has developed from single packaging products in early 1980s to current six packaging categories. There are over 4000 corrugation production lines in China, which have already outnumbered the total production lines of US, Japan and Europe. However, according to the market demand, 2/3 production lines are of overplus. Besides, the emerging note paper is growing up rapidly and is of broad market prospect.