China's mold industry has developed rapidly in recent years. Between 1996 and 2002, the average annual output value of China's mold manufacturing industry grew by about 14%. It increased by about 25% in 2003, reaching 45 billion yuan, or about 5 billion US dollars, ranking the world's No. three. However, according to the current situation of China's mold industry, the product structure is not reasonable, most products are low-value products, and molds with high technological content still need to be imported. In 2002, China imported molds of 1.272 billion US dollars, which shows that although China's mold industry has developed, Rapid, but still in short supply compared to demand, the main gap is in precision, large-scale, complex, long-life molds.

According to Luo Baihui, a member of the Shenzhen Mould Technology Society and a member of Die & Mould Network, the current Chinese mold manufacturing companies must focus on improving product quality and lowering manufacturing costs, and realize a strategic shift from a mold country to a mold powerhouse. Luo Baihui analysis pointed out that the mold industry should vigorously develop high value-added products, take the fine, specialized and strong lines, and create new growth points in the Blue Ocean. In the future development, the mold industry must first pay more attention to the strategic adjustment of its product structure, so that high-grade molds with complex structures and high precision can be developed faster. China's mold industry must closely follow the needs of the market to develop. There is no product demand, product replacement, there will be no technical progress in the mold industry, there will be no mold product on the scale, on the grade. For example, more than 90% of parts and components in automobile production must rely on molding. In the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, the output value of the molds for the automotive industry has increased by about 40%. The level of mold technology, to a large extent, determines the product quality, efficiency and new product development capabilities. Has become an important symbol to measure the level of manufacturing of a country's products.

The development of the mold industry must not rely solely on the industry because it involves issues such as national policies, corporate mechanisms and production materials. However, the development of the mold industry in recent years is enough to make people believe that China's mold level will soon be able to reach the level of advanced molds in the world.