The 2007 China International Die show this month 11 days in the New International Expo Center began. It is reported, at present China has become the biggest production country, the total production behind Japan, after the United States, ranking third in the world. Last year our country mould sales of 72000000000 yuan, to directly drive the implementation of industrial output value of 2.4 yuan. However, executive vice chairman of the China Die & Mould Industry Association and the Secretary-General Cao Yanan to score did not intoxicated, he believes that although China for mould production big country, but there are quite a distance from the mold power.

In recent years, China's mold industry at an average annual rate of 20% rapid growth. The development of mold industry in China, directly to the automobile, motorcycle, electronic information, electrical appliances, light industrial products, agricultural machinery, food machinery, building materials and other dozens of the prosperity of the industry. But this progress is not adapt to China's economic development needs, a number of high profile mold is still dependent on imports, last year China's imports mold 2047000000 US dollars, ranking first in the world, and the exit of the die just over $1000000000.

In developed countries, the mold industry known as the "driving force" the affluent society, is an important symbol of a national innovation capacity. According to accepted standards, mold production and drive the implementation of industrial output ratio of 3:100, every 3000000 yuan value of the mold can be driven to achieve industrial output value of 100000000 yuan. In turn, the development of other industries, also put forward higher requirements to the mold industry. With the information industry as an example, last year our country realize sales income 3.4 yuan, grow 27% compared to the same period. Unfortunately, mould production in China to meet the needs of development of information industry, information industry needed to die in short supply, can only be imported from abroad.

Sharp tools make good work. Mold industry development and progress, manufacturing level depends largely on the mold processing equipment, software and cutting tool. Now, people on the mobile phone, computer, automobile, watches, digital electronic products demand a little also not lower than that of developed countries. But on the other hand, the level required for manufacturing the mould production in China these goods are the workhorses of the mold processing equipment, from on the whole is still relatively low. There is a strange phenomenon, these years of advanced processing equipment, required our mould manufacturing software and the cutting tool imports more and more. Last year, China's machine tool import about $6000000000, which is used for mould production accounted for 1/10; last year our country mould needed for the production of hard alloy and ceramics, superhard tool sales of about $1200000000, of which 90% dependent on imports.

Mould steel also has weakness. At the exhibition site, the reporter found that many enterprises to show high quality die steel developed country enterprise production, such as high purity steel mold, Japanese Shanyang company of French Aoboduwa company ADC3, SMV4S special mold steel. It is reported, the international steel development direction is to improve the cleanliness of steel, die steel is widely used in vacuum degassing, ESR and other advanced technology to ensure quality, but the mould production in China steel is difficult to do, this will stimulate the steel import mold. In recent years, China's imports of high-grade die steels with more than 20% annual rate of rapid growth. With the development of China's high-end mold demand continues to increase, the high-grade mold steel imports will increase.