According to the statistics of China Die & Mould Industry Association, in 2018, China's Die & mould exports reached US $6.085 billion, an increase of 10.8% over the previous year, accounting for a quarter of the total global die & mould exports. The top five export markets were the United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Mexico. The import of Die & mould reached US $2.14 billion, an increase of 4.3% over the same period last year, accounting for about 200 countries and regions in the world The top five import markets are Japan, South Korea, Germany, Taiwan and the United States.

Mold is known as the "mother of industry". According to the research of China Die & Mould Industry Association, the consumption of 255.5 billion yuan of China's Die & mould industry in 2018 can support 28 trillion yuan of industrial finished products in China. It is an important part of "made in China" and plays the role of "behind the scenes hero" from "a big power" to the improvement of people's life. Taking the automobile industry as an example, the dependence of automobile manufacturing mold has exceeded 90%, and more than 95% of the mold enterprises in China are involved in automobile mold.