First in flat glass industry, China in recent years to keep more than 20% of the country's average annual growth of investment in fixed assets, industrialization, speed up urbanization process, real estate and construction industry booming, every year, urban and rural housing construction area of 2 billion square meters, the new cars and other related industry is growing at more than 20% and residents living standards continue to improve the glass has a huge consumption demand. The total production of plate glass in 2004 was 15.03 million tons, an increase of nearly 20% over the 12.6 million tons in 2003, of which 12.73 million tons were float glass, accounting for 84 of the total production of plate glass. 7%. China's float glass production line grew from 98 in 2003 to 123 in 2004, an increase of 25 a year.

It is estimated that more than 60 float glass production lines will be built in the 3 years (2004, 2005, 2006) during the fourth peak period of China's plate glass production capacity development, with an average of more than 20 completed every year. Plate glass in addition to the rapid growth of production, product quality has also been greatly improved, product varieties have been further developed. Quality float glass from the original 8 lines, accounting for about 10% of the total float, increased to 25 lines, accounting for 23% of the total float; Production line size up to 900 tons/day; Varieties extend from normal thickness to ultra thin (0. 55-1. 1mm), super thick (19-25mm), and online coating (sunshine film and low radiation film), self-cleaning, super white and other new varieties. Growing on its own, China has been the world's largest producer and consumer of glass for many years.