At present, the equipment level of China's packaging printing plants is uneven, which has obviously formed a polarization: there are not only a variety of high-speed, high-end, world leading imported printing presses in the market, but also a variety of low technology and low-quality printing equipment. In particular, most small and medium-sized packaging printing plants, due to lack of funds, mostly use low-grade printing equipment. Many packaging and printing plants buy second-hand imported printing equipment. Many small-scale enterprises use old-fashioned printing machines. The production equipment for post press process is also relatively backward. Some printing equipment is nearly aging. Compared with these small and medium-sized enterprises, the equipment of some large packaging and printing plants is relatively advanced, with complete functions, high degree of automation, stable performance, and the ability to print various high-end packaging and printing products. This situation shows that the overall strength of China's packaging printing industry is insufficient.

Packaging printing has the functions and functions of increasing the added value of goods, improving the product grade, and enhancing consumption. However, compared with developed countries, the total output value of China's packaging and printing industry is still very low. And the labor efficiency of China's packaging and printing industry is also low, even less than one tenth of that of developed countries. On the one hand, it depends on the technological innovation and transformation of enterprises, on the other hand, it depends on the overall improvement of the quality of employees. But from the reality of China's packaging printing industry, it needs to go through a relatively long process.

In terms of layout, China's packaging printing plants are relatively scattered, which is not conducive to the daily supervision of the printing industry. From the perspective of enterprise scale, the packaging printing plants in developed areas such as coastal areas are relatively large, while those in inland areas are relatively small. From the perspective of business structure, only a few enterprises have sufficient supply, while most enterprises are short of supply. It is precisely because of the large number of small packaging plants, low-grade, repeated construction and other phenomena that many enterprises do not have their own characteristics, and the proportion of high-tech application in these packaging printing plants is still low.

The development of packaging and printing industry is inseparable from the development of regional economy, which is determined by the industrial characteristics. It is noteworthy that the unbalanced regional development of the national economy has directly led to the uneven distribution of China's packaging and printing plants. For example, the eastern coastal areas, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta have developed rapidly, and the packaging and printing industry is booming, while the western inland areas are relatively backward in economic development, and their packaging and printing industry is relatively sluggish.

In China's printing industry, packaging printing industry is known as urban industry, which is one of the most growing industries in recent years. However, after careful analysis of the current situation of China's packaging printing industry, there are still some problems that must be solved. These problems have become the bottleneck hindering the healthy development of China's packaging printing industry. Therefore, facing the future, the industry should focus on solving the four major problems and promote the healthy development of China's packaging and printing industry with the spirit of scientific development.