China’s packaging and printing industry includes basic packaging and printing products industry and packaging and printing equipment manufacturing industry. The former is a labor-intensive industry with low technology content and small barriers to industry development, which is easy to be at a disadvantage in the competition with capital; The latter is a capital-technology-intensive industry with independent technology ability, the ability of development and innovation and the ability of capital concentration will determine the competitive advantages of the industry. China’s packaging and printing industry lacks technological innovation ability, low capital concentration, no competitive advantage, and will be in a disadvantageous position in the competition due to the impact of capital. Therefore, after China’s entry into WTO, the domestic paper packaging industry has huge business opportunities and fierce competition.

At present, the development of paper packaging printing technology presents the following new features: single-layer materials develop towards multi-layer materials; Offset printing, gravure printing, flexo printing, screen printing and other printing methods coexist and flexo printing will grow fastest; single sheet of paper develops towards roll paper and single machine to on-line production; Comprehensive application of various related new technologies (such as computer design, digital technology, laser processing technology and new materials, etc.) constantly optimizes the whole production system.

In recent years, with the rapid development of the packaging industry, people’s demands are constantly diversified, and higher demands are put forward for the packaging market. Therefore, the ingredients of raw materials must be very stable, the thermal parameters of kiln with melting quality should adopt digital control system to realize the optimal control of the whole process and improve the production concentration.

It is expected that circular economy will become the main mode of the development of the packaging industry in the future, the recycling and utilization of waste packaging resources will realize industrialization, green packaging materials will be vigorously developed and developed, and the basic packaging industry will also accelerate its development.