China has now become the world's fourth largest ink producer, there are more than 400 small and medium-sized enterprises distributed across the country, but none of the production and sales can reach 10% of the total national output. At the same time, there are more than 200 water-based ink manufacturers, and no more than 10 water-based ink manufacturers with an annual output of more than 1,000 tons. The distribution of China's ink industry is uneven, the difference between east and west is very obvious, the main ink enterprises are mostly concentrated in southern China, mainly in Guangdong, followed by Shanghai and Tianjin.

East China: ink demand has increased in recent years, of which offset ink and flexographic ink growth tends to be stable, plastic ink to maintain a high growth rate, market competition is becoming more intense, product prices fluctuate, enterprises to high quality, low price, excellent service to win the market.

South China: Ink demand has increased than in previous years, but due to the contradiction between oversupply and demand, prices continue to decline, and competition will be more intense.

Southwest region: Emerging small and medium-sized ink manufacturers continue to emerge, quality standards are uneven, and the problem of squeezing the market at low prices is prominent. Due to the constraints of price factors, it is difficult for production enterprises to develop new products, which has an impact on the improvement of the overall grade of the printing industry.

North China: The ink market presents three major characteristics - water-based flexible relief plate, UV series ink development is fast; Offset printing inks are mainly the leading products in the region; Solvent-based inks will gradually withdraw from the market, and water-based inks will gradually occupy a larger proportion.

Western region: due to the relatively backward regional economic development, the grade requirements for ink are not very high, and the market potential is large.

Industry experts believe that the domestic market for offset printing ink, screen printing ink, flexographic ink special inks and other products demand will show an upward trend, and with the strengthening of our people's environmental awareness, advanced alcohol-soluble and water-based ink and other environmental protection inks will show rapid growth momentum.