Section 1 Background and Objectives of This Issuance
I. Background of This Issuance
(I) Technical Requirements in the Flat Printing Field Are Gradually Upgraded, and the 3D Printing Market is Growing Rapidly
Currently, the global manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound transformation, and the industrial printing field is facing a period of major strategic development opportunities. With the increasing demand for product refinement, personalization, environmental friendliness, and production efficiency in downstream application fields, inkjet printing technology is gradually replacing traditional printing methods, evolving towards higher precision, faster speed, wider color gamut, lower energy consumption, and stronger intelligence. The market demand for high-end industrial printing equipment and solutions that can meet these upgraded requirements remains strong. Benefiting from breakthroughs in material science, mature printing processes, and optimized design software, 3D printing technology has rapidly penetrated from prototyping to direct manufacturing. Its application depth and breadth in fields such as aerospace, medical devices, automotive manufacturing, consumer electronics, and dentistry are continuously expanding, demonstrating enormous market potential.
(II) National Industrial Policies Encourage and Support the Healthy Development of the Industrial Printing Industry
To encourage independent innovation, break through core technological bottlenecks, and promote high-quality industrial development, the state has formulated a series of industrial support policies. These policies provide a solid institutional guarantee and broad development space for the sustained healthy development of the industrial printing industry. "Made in China 2025" lists "additive manufacturing" as a "frontier and disruptive technology for breakthrough development" and emphasizes its industrialization. The "14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Vision 2035 Outline" explicitly proposes to "develop additive manufacturing" and other emerging industries, promoting the optimization and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. The Ministry of Science and Technology's "14th Five-Year Plan for National High-Tech Industrial Development" and other documents also focus on the research and development of additive manufacturing equipment and processes. In 2023, the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog (2024 Edition)," as an important guide for industrial structure optimization and adjustment and high-quality industry development, for the first time encourages intelligent manufacturing as a major category, with a particular focus on additive manufacturing special materials, key components, equipment, software, integrated solutions, and production services. The additive manufacturing industry will inject new momentum into the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.
(III) The Industrial Printing Field is in a Period of Strategic Opportunity
Facing the urgent demand for technological upgrades in the flat printing field and the strong impetus from national industrial policies, the industrial printing field is in an unprecedented period of strategic opportunity. On one hand, the global flat printing market urgently needs breakthroughs in core technologies such as high-precision inkjet print heads and water-based inks driven by environmental policies and industrial upgrading. On the other hand,
3D printing technology is accelerating its transition from prototype development to large-scale direct manufacturing, demonstrating significant application potential and growth space in high-end fields such as aerospace, mold manufacturing, medical implants, and consumer electronics, becoming a key growth driver for industrial upgrading. China is vigorously building an industrial ecosystem through a combination of national strategic planning, tax incentives, special funds, and demonstration factory subsidies.