Recently, the ministry officially announced the light industry development plan (2016-2020), plastic industry is one of the mentioned chunk, among them about plastic industry planning content is as follows:

Technical renovation projects in key industries
Plastic products: steel lining polyester PVC alloy profiles, large diameter, high strength stiffness plastic tubing fitting, high strength stiffness PVC micro foaming building templates and sheet, multi-layer co-extrusion film of high performance, large plastic products, fully biodegradable materials and products, and photovoltaic polyvinylidene fluoride membrane.
The development and industrialization of key generic technologies
Plastic products: new optics, high efficiency filter, lithium batteries, high barrier packaging such as high performance film, biodegradable plastic, high photosynthetic efficiency function and synchronous agricultural life, industrialization of supercritical CO2 foamed plastics, engineering plastics modification, alloy industrialization technology.

New material development and application engineering
Plastic products: polymer alloy Quito function, three-dimensional (3 d) printing, the flexible screen material, low cost high performance engineering plastics, biodegradable materials and products, and all weather resistance of high impact plastic deformed material, new environmental protection PVC, medical plastic, high barrier composite container.
Basic innovation platform construction projects
Plastic products: recycled plastic core, key technology and innovation system of PVC products green alternative technology system, food contact plastic products and safety construction system, water-based synthetic leather key technology innovation system.

Key equipment manufacturing level improvement projects
Plastic machinery: volume pulse precision efficient injection molding equipment, continuous high tensile rheological filling mixing granulating device, high efficiency, energy saving, precision and stability of plastic processing equipment.
We will promote energy conservation and emission reduction technologies
Plastic products: intelligent energy-saving film, composite film industry organic waste gas efficient purification treatment recycling, water-based pu synthetic leather, polymer materials as CO2 foam molding technology reform.
Intelligent development of the propulsion project
Plastic machinery: food packaging equipment based on Internet of things, leather industry, manufacturing automation equipment, a new efficient intelligent plastic machinery, central control and remote monitoring of large environmental protection intelligent central key equipment washing factory, high accuracy intelligent weighing equipment.

The direction of major industry development
We will promote the development of the plastics industry in the direction of function, light, ecological and miniaturization. We will accelerate the development and application of high value utilization technology and complete biodegradable land membrane and water based polyurethane synthetic leather.
We will focus on new products, multi-functional and high performance plastic materials and additives in new energy, biomedicine and information. Focus on developing optical film, a new flexible/LCD display, high barrier multi-layer composite co-extrusion film functional membrane materials and products, such as high performance, large diameter PVC pipe profile high-strength plastic pipe stiffness, bio-based plastics, special engineering plastics and modified materials, high performance and efficient wastewater treatment, dust removal with fluorine plastic products, 3 d printing plastic material etc.
Develop the subminiature, ultra-high precision, high-speed, intelligent control of high-end processing equipment, plastic to plastic processing equipment motors, intelligent control, to speed up the high precision plastic testing equipment and instrument development and application.

