The bio-based materials green and environmentally friendly industry has great potential for development

Bio-based materials refer to materials that use renewable biomass or are produced through bio-manufacturing, including bio-alcohols, organic acids, alkanes, bio-alcohols, organic acids, alkanes, Basic bio-based chemicals such as olefins and sugar engineering products also include bio-based polymers, bio-based plastics, bio-based chemical fibers, bio-based rubber, bio-based coatings, bio-based material additives, bio-based composite materials and various biological Products made from base materials.

After years of development, China has developed into the world’s most important producer and consumer of bio-based materials. Domestic bio-based materials are mainly bio-based plastics, and the representative product is polylactic acid. Although there are many manufacturers in the bio-based materials industry, the industry is still very large due to factors such as technical level, product quality, and production scale. development space.

According to the “2023-2028 China Bio-based Materials Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, In recent years, with the implementation of the “double carbon” strategy and sustainable development strategy, the demand for bio-based materials in the Chinese market has gradually increased. In 2022, China’s demand for bio-based materials will be 2.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of more than 20%.

At present, my country’s bio-based materials industry has many subdivided fields, among which the fields of bio-based plastics and bio-based chemical fibers are developing well, and a large number of production companies have gathered. Representative companies mainly include Shanghai Kaisa Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Anhui Huaheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co., Ltd., Longyan Excellence New Energy Co., Ltd., etc. The above-mentioned companies rely on their strong production capacity and Technical strength occupies a certain market share.

It should not be ignored that although bio-based materials have the advantages of green environmental protection, energy saving and emission reduction, the production cost of most bio-based materials is high, resulting in low cost performance of products, and the downstream industry is less enthusiastic about replacing them. Taking common bio-based plastics as an example, compared with traditional PE and PP plastics, the price of bio-based PLA plastic products is often 50% higher, and some bio-based plastics are even 2 to 3 times more expensive than conventional plastics. The high production costs of bio-based materials have resulted in low cost performance of their products, which has become the primary negative factor limiting the development of the industry.

Industrial analysts said that in recent years, my country has listed biomanufacturing as one of the key development industries and has successively introduced relevant industrial policies to support it. and encourage the development of the bio-based materials industry. Moreover, in the context of the “low-carbon economy” during the 14th Five-Year Plan, bio-based materials are mainly derived from plants. Due to their environmental friendliness, resource conservation and other characteristics, bio-based materials will gradually become another trend leading the world’s economic development and technological innovation. Emerging leading industries have good prospects for industry development.