1.  China’s annual output of packaging & printing industry has already totaled 400 billion RMB with East China accounting for 220 billion RMB

2.  With the output of packaging & printing industry totaling 20billion RMB, Shanghai ranks first among big cities throughout China.

3.  Neighboring provinces: the packaging & printing industry output of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province respectively ranked first and fourth. With the intensive cooperation between Shanghai and the two provinces, the layout of large regional market has taken shape.

4.  The overall industrial output of China’s packaging & printing industry grows at a rapid annual rate of 18%. Each year it undertakes the task of packaging industrial and agricultural products worth $3 trillion as well as the export products totaling $1000 billion.

5.  Such a prosperous market needs badly a Shanghai-based, large-scale integrated industrial base with the fusion of production and sale as well as central business district, professional CBD exerting impact on East China Region, the whole country and international community at large.

6.  In Shanghai’s latest industrial plan called “ one district centering on one industry”, “paper packaging” has been listed the leading industry of Putuo District, which undoubtedly gives great support to the project in terms of policy orientation, investment environment, etc.

7.  In view of all the aforementioned, CPTA, SHPTA, together with other powers in all circles, initiated grandly SIPPC, the project of the century in China’s packaging & printing industry. It has been placed on the list of key construction projects undertaken by people’s government of Putuo District