1 Executive Summary

2 Future Growth Potential of Packaging in China

2.1 Chinese Packaging Industry Overview
2.1.1 The packaging industry has grown in line with China's economy and population
2.1.2 Rapid growth in China's pharmaceuticals market is driving the packaging industry
2.1.3 The financial crisis in the West is expected to benefit China's packaging industry
2.1.4 Urbanization is driving the packaging boom
2.2 Chinese Packaging Industry Future Outlook
2.3 Chinese Packaging Material Size
2.4 China Packaging Material Market Size by Category
2.4.1 Paper and board packaging
2.4.2 Flexible plastic packaging
2.4.3 Rigid plastic packaging
2.4.4 Metal packaging
2.4.5 Glass packaging
2.5 China Packaging Machinery Market Size

3 China's Packaging Market Benchmarking

3.1 Ranking in the Global Packaging Space
3.2 Global Packaging Market Growth Potential
3.3 Market Shares in Paper and Board Packaging
3.4 Market Shares in Flexible Plastic
3.5 Market Shares in Rigid Plastic
3.6 Market Shares in Metal Packaging
3.7 Market Shares in Glass Packaging

4 Market Environment, Growth Drivers and Challenges

4.1 Macroeconomic Factors
4.1.1 GDP growth
4.1.2 Annual disposable income
4.1.3 Inflation
4.2 Regulatory Environment
4.3 Key End-user Market Drivers
4.3.1 Industry growth
4.3.2 Market drivers - food and beverages
4.3.3 Market drivers - pharmaceuticals
4.3.4 Market drivers - PET bottles
4.3.5 Market drivers - retail
4.4 Emerging Business Strategy Trends
4.4.1 Robust economic growth to drive the packaging industry
4.4.2 Urbanization and the aspiring middle class are fueling the packaging boom
4.4.3 China's economic reconstruction removes government subsidies
4.4.4 New environmental regulations to bolster growth in the packaging industry
4.4.5 Reforms and foreign investment set to drive China's packaging industry
4.5 Key Challenges
4.5.1 Intellectual property regulations
4.5.2 Longer-term returns on investment
4.5.3 Ineffective advertising and media management
4.5.4 Complicated currency
4.5.5 Environmental pollution

5 Chinese Packaging Trade Dynamics

5.1 Trade Dynamics - Overview
5.2 Packaging Imports and Exports: Category Analysis
5.2.1 Paper and board packaging
5.2.2 Flexible plastic packaging
5.2.3 Rigid plastic packaging
5.2.4 Metal packaging
5.2.5 Glass packaging
5.2.6 Packaging machinery

6 Industry Structure and Competitive Landscape

6.1 Competitive Landscape: Overview
6.1.1 Key operators in the industry
6.1.2 Metal packaging is highly fragmented with several domestic companies
6.1.3 Flexible plastic packaging category set to consolidate
6.1.4 The beer bottles sub-category is dominated by foreign investors
6.1.5 A large number of domestic businesses are present in paper and board packaging
6.1.6 Rigid plastic packaging is moderately fragmented with domestic dominance
6.2 Industry Dynamics: Five Forces Analysis
6.3 Five Forces Analysis: Paper and Board
6.3.1 Bargaining power of supplier: low to medium
6.3.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.3.3 Barriers to entry: medium
6.3.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.3.5 Threat of substitution: low
6.4 Five Forces Analysis: Flexible Plastic
6.4.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium to high
6.4.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium to high
6.4.3 Barriers to entry: low to medium
6.4.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.4.5 Threat of substitution: low
6.5 Five Forces Analysis: Rigid Plastic
6.5.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium
6.5.2 Bargaining power of buyer: high
6.5.3 Barriers to entry: low to medium
6.5.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.5.5 Threat of substitution: low to medium
6.6 Five Forces Analysis: Metal Packaging
6.6.1 Bargaining power of supplier: high
6.6.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.6.3 Barriers to entry: medium
6.6.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.6.5 Threat of substitution: medium
6.7 Five Forces Analysis: Glass
6.7.1 Bargaining power of supplier: medium
6.7.2 Bargaining power of buyer: medium
6.7.3 Barrier to entry: low
6.7.4 Intensity of rivalry: high
6.7.5 Threat of substitution: medium

7 Appendix

7.1 About BRICdata
7.2 Methodology
7.3 Definitions
7.4 Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Chinese Packaging Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 2: Chinese Packaging Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 3: Chinese Paper and Board Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 4: Chinese Paper and Board Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 5: Chinese Flexible Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 6: Chinese Flexible Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 7: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category by End-user Market (% Volume), 2011
Table 8: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category Market Size by End-user Market (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 9: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 10: Chinese Metal Category by End-user Market (% Volume), 2011
Table 11: Chinese Metal Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 12: Chinese Metal Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 13: Chinese Glass Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 14: Chinese Glass Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 15: Chinese Packaging Machinery Market Size (US$ Million), 2007-2011
Table 16: Chinese Packaging Machinery Market Size (US$ Million), 2007-2011
Table 17: Chinese GDP at Constant Prices (US$ Trillion), (Base Year 1999-2000), 2007-2016
Table 18: Chinese Annual Disposable Income at Constant Prices (US$ Trillion), (Base Year 1999-2000), 2007-2016
Table 19: Chinese Inflation (%), 2007-2016
Table 20: Chinese Packaging Market Size by End-User Market (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Table 21: Chinese Packaging Market Size by End-User Market (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Table 22: Chinese Packaged Drinking Water Production (Million Tons), 2007-2011
Table 23: Chinese Packaged Drinking Water Production Forecast (Million Tons), 2012-2016
Table 24: Chinese Packaging Industry: Investments by Key Companies
Table 25: Chinese Paper and Board Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 26: Chinese Flexible Plastic Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 27: Chinese Rigid Plastic Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 28: Chinese Aluminum Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 29: Chinese Glass Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 30: Chinese Packaging Machinery: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Table 31: Chinese Packaging Machinery: Exports and Imports Forecast (US$ Million), 2011-2016
Table 32: Chinese Packaging Industry: Competitive Landscape by Category

List of Figures

Figure 1: Chinese Packaging Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 2: Chinese Packaging Market Size by Category (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 3: Chinese Paper and Board Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 4: Chinese Paper and Board Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 5: Chinese Flexible Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 6: Chinese Flexible Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 7: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category by End-user Market (% Volume), 2011
Figure 8: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category Market Size by End-user Market (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 9: Chinese Rigid Plastic Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 10: Chinese Metal Category by End-user Market (% Volume), 2011
Figure 11: Chinese Metal Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 12: Chinese Metal Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 13: Chinese Glass Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 14: Chinese Glass Category Market Size (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 15: Chinese Packaging Machinery Market Size (US$ Million), 2007-2011
Figure 16: Chinese Packaging Machinery Market Size (US$ Million), 2012-2016
Figure 17: Benchmarking with Key Global Markets (US$ Billion) 2011 vs 2016
Figure 18: Emerging Global Markets by Future Packaging Industry Growth (%), 2007-2016
Figure 19: National Paper and Board Packaging Markets as a Percentage of the Global Market (%), 2011
Figure 20: National Flexible Plastic Packaging Market Sizes as a Percentage of the Global Market (%), 2011
Figure 21: National Rigid Plastic Packaging Market Sizes as a Percentage of the Global Market (%), 2011
Figure 22: National Metal Packaging Market Sizes as a Percentage of the Global Market (%), 2011
Figure 23: National Glass Packaging Market Sizes as a Percentage of the Global Market (%), 2011
Figure 24: Chinese GDP at Constant Prices (US$ Trillion), (Base Year 1999-2000), 2007-2016
Figure 25: Chinese Annual Disposable Income at Constant Prices (US$ Trillion), (Base Year 1999-2000), 2007-2016
Figure 26: Chinese Inflation (%), 2007-2016
Figure 27: Chinese Packaging Market Size by End-User Market (US$ Billion), 2007-2011
Figure 28: Chinese Packaging Market Size by End-User Market (US$ Billion), 2012-2016
Figure 29: Chinese Packaged Drinking Water Production (Million Tons), 2007-2011
Figure 30: Chinese Packaged Drinking Water Production Forecast (Million tons), 2012-2016
Figure 31: Chinese Paper and Board Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 32: Chinese Flexible Plastic Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 33: Chinese Rigid Plastic Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 34: Chinese Aluminum Foil Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 35: Chinese Glass Packaging: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 36: Chinese Packaging Machinery: Exports and Imports (US$ Million), 2006-2010
Figure 37: Chinese Packaging Machinery: Exports and Imports Forecast (US$ Million), 2011-2016
Figure 38: Chinese Packaging Industry Dynamics - Paper and Board Packaging
Figure 39: Chinese Packaging Industry Dynamics - Flexible Plastic Packaging
Figure 40: Chinese Packaging Industry Dynamics - Rigid Plastic Packaging
Figure 41: Chinese Packaging Industry Dynamics - Metal Packaging
Figure 42: Chinese Packaging Industry Dynamics - Glass Packaging