The industrial gas industry is developing rapidly, but my country is highly dependent on imports.

Industrial gases refer to products that are gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures in industrial production. According to different application fields, industrial gases can be divided into two types: bulk gases and special gases. Bulk gases refer to industrial gases with purity requirements lower than 5N and large production and sales, including air separation gases mainly composed of oxygen and nitrogen and synthetic gases mainly composed of ammonia and methane; special gases refer to the purity, Industrial gases with special requirements in terms of varieties and properties, including high-purity gases, standard gases, electric light source gases and electronic special gases, etc.

According to the “2022-2027 China Industrial Gas Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Trend Forecast Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, my country is a major industrial country, and the development scale of the industrial gas industry is closely related to the level of my country’s industrial development. At present, my country’s industrial innovation-driven development has achieved remarkable results, and its competitive advantages are gradually forming. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of industries above designated size in my country will increase in June 2022. The value actually increased by 3.9% year-on-year and 0.84% ​​month-on-month. As a basic raw material for industry, the scale of my country’s industrial gas market continues to expand. In 2021, the size of my country’s industrial gas market will reach 182.36 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.7%. Driven by economic development, it is expected that the size of my country’s industrial gas market will exceed 400 billion yuan by 2026.

There are many types of industrial gases, mainly used in metallurgy, petroleum, chemical industry, machinery, electronics, glass, ceramics, construction, food processing and other fields. In the field of chemical industry, oxygen can be used to oxidize raw material gas to strengthen the process and increase fertilizer output; nitrogen can be used as protective gas, replacement gas, and scrubbing gas to ensure safe production in chemical plants; carbon dioxide can be used to make urea and salicylic acid. Acid and other chemical products; hydrogen can be used as raw material gas for the synthesis of ammonia, methanol, and petroleum refining.

Although my country’s industrial gas industry is developing rapidly, there is still a large gap compared with some countries, such as Air Liquide of France, Linde Gas of Germany, BOC of the United Kingdom, Air Chemicals of the United States, Praxair of the United States, Messer of Germany, AGA of Sweden, Japan Taiyo Nippon Sanso is a leading global industrial gas company. At present, my country’s industrial gas import dependence is high and the trade deficit is large. According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China, my country’s industrial gas import volume will reach 820,000 tons in 2021, with an import value of US$770 million.

Industry analysts said that the industrial gas industry plays a strategic leading role in the development of the national economy. As my country’s industrial development level continues to improve, The industrial gas market demand will become increasingly strong, which will have a positive impact on the development of the industry. my country is a major industrial country. In recent years, the output of industrial gases has continued to grow and its application fields have continued to expand. However, at present, there is still a large gap between the development of my country’s industrial gas industry and that of some countries, and it needs to rely on imports for a long time. The lack of market competitiveness and voice is the main problem facing the development of the industrial gas industry.