In the future, green packaging will become an important development direction of the packaging industry

The current environmental protection requirements and policy orientation put forward higher requirements for the green development of the packaging industry, and green packaging has attracted more and more attention. With the continuous upgrading of printing technology and the growing popularity of environmental protection concepts, green packaging will become the future packaging industry important direction of development. The current industrial environment promotes the rapid development of green packaging fields such as domestic paper packaging.

Packaging refers to the general name of containers, materials and auxiliary materials used in accordance with certain technical methods to protect products, facilitate storage and transportation, and promote sales during the circulation process. It also refers to the use of containers, materials and auxiliary materials for the above purposes. In the process of applying certain technical methods and other operational activities. Packaging is a sub-process of the logistics process.

1. Market size analysis of China's packaging industry - enterprise revenue analysis

According to the statistics of China Packaging Federation, from 2017 to 2019, the growth rate of main business income of enterprises above designated size in China's packaging industry (all industrial corporations with annual main business income of 20 million yuan and above) showed a downward trend year by year. The accumulated main business of enterprises above designated size in the industry exceeded 1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.06% according to a comparable caliber. As of 2020, the total operating income of China's packaging industry has reached 1,006.458 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.17%; the total accumulated profit has been 61.038 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.90%.

2) Analysis of the number of enterprises

According to the statistics of China Packaging Federation, from 2016 to 2019, the number of enterprises above designated size in my country's packaging industry (all industrial corporations with annual main business income of 20 million yuan and above) showed a steady upward trend. In 2019, the number of enterprises above designated size in China's packaging industry reached 7,916, a year-on-year increase of 1.10%. As of 2020, the number of enterprises above designated size in China's packaging industry has reached 8,183, an increase of 267 over last year. It reflects the gradual increase in the number of entrants in the industry and the increasingly fierce market competition.

2. Analysis of the current situation and characteristics of China's packaging industry

After several years of rapid development of packaging in my country, the total size of the packaging industry has ranked among the world's largest packaging countries. my country has become the world's largest packaging market with the fastest development, the largest scale and the most potential. At present, the development status of my country's packaging industry mainly presents the following characteristics:

3. The rapid growth of China's imported paper packaging

Divided by packaging materials, the packaging industry is divided into four categories: paper packaging, plastic packaging (including plastic film), metal packaging and glass packaging, of which paper packaging has always occupied a major position in the packaging industry.

According to the China Paper Association, the output of packaging paper in China in 2019 was 6.95 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.7%; the consumption was 6.99 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%. Overall, domestic packaging paper relies on the import market to a certain extent.

According to the China Paper Association, the import volume of packaging paper in China from 2015 to 2019 was relatively stable, between 200,000 and 230,000 tons, the export volume increased year by year, and the trade deficit gradually narrowed. 10,000 tons, and the export scale is 160,000 tons.

In November 2017, the State Post Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Coordinated Promotion of Green Packaging in the Express Industry" to increase the supply of green express service products and improve the efficiency of resource utilization in the express industry packaging field. Reduce packaging consumption and reduce environmental pollution.

By 2020, the application ratio of degradable green packaging materials will increase to 50%. The utilization rate of electronic waybill for major express brand agreement customers has reached more than 90%, and the average express packaging consumables have been reduced by more than 10%. The use of transfer boxes, cage cars and other equipment has been promoted, the use of woven bags and tapes has been further reduced, and the express industry packaging management has been basically established system.

With the increasing emphasis on environmental protection by the government, enterprises and individuals, green packaging and environmental protection packaging have gradually become an excellent opportunity for packaging and printing enterprises to achieve differentiated competition and sustainable development. Taking the most concerned environmental protection express packaging as an example, in order to solve the problem of packaging pollution, major e-commerce and express delivery companies are currently testing green packaging.

At present, postal enterprises have completed the distribution of green packaging boxes in 30 provinces, and tried degradable packaging bags in Beijing and Henan; Cainiao Network and SF Express are also developing and using bio-based material packaging bags, tape-free cartons, etc.; Jingdong is in the fresh food business. Zhongtong fully promotes biodegradable packaging bags; Best Express is trialing environmental protection bags in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, accounting for 30% of its plastic bag consumption; Zhongtong Express cooperates with third parties to produce green packaging bags with double degradation of oxidation and microorganisms; Shentong Express plans to put into use environmentally friendly document envelopes that can be recycled 50 to 60 times, and cooperated with the Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsinghua University to develop degradable plastic bags.

In 2022, the national policy level will pay more attention to green packaging, and the proportion of degradable green packaging materials will be further increased. It is expected that the paper packaging industry will enter a new development environment and implement the "green packaging" plan in line with national policies.