China Plastics Processing Industry Association, the three Council of the six meeting of the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Plastic Association executive vice president Cao Jian said: in 2012 the plastic processing industry in the international economic recovery slowdown, domestic economic growth fell slightly in the case of the growth rate, return to normal growth trend. Plastic products output overall to maintain growth, but the increase over the same period last year a major decline. 2012 1 ~ December, the cumulative production of plastic products 57818600 tons, an increase of 8.99%, down 13.36 percentage points over the same period last year 22.35% growth. 2012 1 ~ December plastic products more than 13246 enterprises, the total industrial output value of 1675729000000 yuan, an increase of 15.04%. Compared with 2011, the growth rate fell by 12.5 percentage points, an obvious slowdown in growth.
China's plastics industry has developed into a plastic synthetic resin apparent consumption, plastic products production, plastic processing machinery production are among the first in the world.