Pigments are substances that can make objects dyed with inorganic and organic differences.

Inorganic pigments are generally mineral substances, including: titanium dioxide pigment, iron oxide pigment and chrome pigment.

Organic pigments include azo pigments, phthalocyanine pigments and high performance organic pigments.

China is an important contributor to inorganic pigment primary products in the world.

The contribution rates of Chinese made lithopone, iron oxide, chrome pigment and titanium dioxide to the world consumer market are 100%, 38%, 32% and 13% respectively.

China's current production of titanium dioxide is second only to that of the United States.

With the continuous improvement of the capacity and quality of titanium dioxide and ferric oxide, China is expected to become the world's leading inorganic pigment manufacturing center.

At present, there are large scale chlorination titanium dioxide projects under construction in Zhejiang, Shandong and Liaoning, and are expected to be put into operation before and after 2010.

The investors of these projects are from the United States, Japan and Australia.

According to statistics of existing domestic and foreign capital expansion, new construction and construction projects, it is estimated that in 2008, the annual capacity of China's titanium dioxide will increase by 300 thousand tons, and it will increase by about 500 thousand tons before and after 2010.

At that time, China's titanium dioxide production will reach about 1 million 600 thousand tons, which is expected to surpass that of the United States as the world's largest producer of titanium dioxide.

The production capacity of titanium dioxide produced by advanced chlorination process will increase significantly, which will greatly improve the quality of titanium dioxide products produced in China.

The total demand for organic pigments in the world will increase by an average of 4.9% per year, reaching US $10 billion 600 million in 2008. Asia Pacific demand will increase by an average of 6.8% annually, reaching US $3 billion 700 million, which is the largest market for dyes and organic pigments in North America.

The demand for organic pigments in the global market will exceed the demand for dyes. Because organic pigments are more widely applied, they can be widely used in coatings, paints and printing inks besides the application in the textile industry, and dyes are used in the textile industry for the most part.

With the rapid development of China's pigment industry, some problems in the pigment industry are constantly emerging. Such as resource shortage, environmental pollution and blind expansion of enterprises, such a high pollution, high consumption and low efficiency growth mode has become a bottleneck problem for the development of China's pigment industry.

The pigment industry should change its extensive one-way growth mode and go out of a new industrialization road with high technology content, good economic returns, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution, safety guarantee and full advantage of human resources. It is necessary to carry out industry restructuring, grasp the total balance of the industry, carry out product development and technological innovation, and implement differentiated development strategy.

While expanding the business of pigment production enterprises, it is necessary to increase investment in environmental protection and achieve sustainable development.

The relationship between pigment industry and textile and coating industry is very close. With the development of China's textile printing and dyeing industry, the demand for pigment is constantly expanding, and the development prospect of China's pigment industry is very broad.

China will become the main producer and net exporter of the pigment industry.