According to the statistics of the basic situation of national mold professional factories compiled by the operation and Management Committee of China mold industry association, China's molds are growing at an average rate of more than 15%, more than double the average value-added of domestic GDP. Among them, casting molds account for about 5% of the total output value of all kinds of molds, with an annual growth rate of 25% and very active development.

The development of China's mold industry gives strong support to the manufacturing industry, and at the same time, the development of the manufacturing industry also promotes the development of the mold industry. China has also become a big country in mold production. The number of domestic mold manufacturers has increased to more than 20000, with about 1 million employees. The annual output value of molds has reached 55 billion yuan. However, China's mold and machine tool industry is still "big but not strong". At present, China's mold industry is known as the world's "manufacturing country" for its huge annual import and export volume, but due to the constraints of technical personnel and other factors, it is relatively concentrated in the middle and low-end fields, so the economic temptation of the high-end market is undoubtedly huge for domestic mold enterprises.

Trade association is an economic association established by relevant enterprises for their own development. Under the condition of market economy, as an important intermediate organization, trade associations have the function of coordinating the interests of market subjects and improving the efficiency of market allocation. Therefore, promoting the construction of trade associations has become a topic that can not be ignored. It is necessary to promote the construction of Mould Industry Association if the mould industry wants to make great progress.

Some high-level molds account for about 40%, and these molds are characterized by complexity, precision, large size and long life. For example, the weight of a single set of some molds can reach 125t? Some precision multi station progressive dies have a service life of 300 million strokes and a precision of 0.001 mm. With the continuous increase of precision requirements in the mold parts industry and the progress of science and technology, the processing accuracy of some parts will reach L μ M or less. The innovation and R & D capabilities of enterprises have been improved, and new technologies and processes have been widely promoted. For example, the self-processing technology of molds, as well as the flexibility and integration technology of molds? Research and development of mold structure design system, large progressive mold, advanced mold manufacturing technology and three-dimensional design technology? Stamping process design system, reverse engineering and body mold digital manufacturing system, etc. These can not be separated from the vigorous development and promotion of digital and information technology.