Machine tool industry provides equipment for manufacturing industry. Through several years of development after a recession in 2000, China machine tool industry has doubled its total production value and sales revenue. The total industrial production value was RMB 130 billion in 2005, in which RMB 40 billion was created in the metal processing machine tools, increasing by 20% both in the total industrial production value and the sales revenue. China machine tool industry is expected to maintain a growth rate of around 15% in 2006 and the total industrial value will amount to RMB 150 billion, among which metal processing machine will contribute a sales value of RMB 45 billion and the production volume of CNC metal cutting machine will make a breakthrough of 70,000 sets.

Total Production Value of China Machine Tool Industry, 2003-2006

Though both production volume and demand see stable rise, China machine tool industry still rely on imports to a large extent, especially for the high end CNC machine tools and high precision machine tools. As for the overall profit making ability of the industry, it takes on optimistic prospect. But for those medium and small sized enterprises, for the less obviously cost advantage and high marketing expense, the profit making abilities are not that good. Therefore, the enterprises should focus on the input of scientific research if they want to share a place in the market for the future.

Great changes have been taken place in China machine tool industry in the year of 2005. The reform of shareholding system in industrial enterprises, the increasing number of Enterprises with Foreign Investment and the merger and acquisition of enterprises across industries and areas as well as the cooperation among major companies play an important role in optimizing the resources, improving the product quality and enlarging the market share of China's homemade machine tools.

The key points in China machine tool industry are as follows: the industry is tending to develop stably, the medium and high level CNC products will be separated from the low level ones and that the production of high precision and large machine tools will keep rapid growth. The development of CNC machine tools, CNC systems and key functional parts and components have been listed as the major development projects in China's the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, which provides great opportunities for China's machine tool industry. With further improvement of the industrial concentration, both foreign and private capital will continue to enter into China's domestic machine tool industry.

In the next five to ten years, machine tool industry will bear with the most development potential among the sub-industries of machinery industry. Challenges and opportunities coexist in the industrial investment. As for the enterprises, the key is to grasp core technologies to develop high proficient, automatic machine tools.

2 Development of China machine tool industry: challenge and innovation
2.1 Key factors affect the development of China machine tool industry
2.1.1 Research and development of product, innovation and industry scale: key factors to improve competitiveness
2.1.2 Demand for machine tool is still at the high growth period
2.1.3 Effect from support and related industries
2.1.4 Strategies, structure and competition in machine tool industry
2.1.5 Role the government
2.2 Status quo of China machine tool industry
2.2.1 Review on China machine tool industry
2.2.2 Changes of industrial structure
2.2.3 Regional layout of China machine tool industry
2.2.4 Competitiveness shall be enhanced from the respect of technology
2.2.5 Analysis of SCP in current competition
2.3 Competition in China machine tool industry
2.3.1 Competition pattern
2.3.2 Major competition market
2.3.3 Current competition status
2.4 Developing trend of China machine tool industry
2.4.1 Industrial policy and environment trend
2.4.2 Comparison of machine tool industry between China and abroad
2.4.3 Development trend of China machine tool industry
2.4.4 Industrialization of functional components

3 Development of China machine tool industry: comparison by region
3.1 Brief introduction to the regional development of machine tool industry
3.2 Liaoning
3.2.1 General situation
3.2.2 Data of supply & demand and relevant analysis
3.2.3 Advantages in competition
3.2.4 Future prospect
3.3 Shaanxi
3.3.1 General situation
3.3.2 Data of supply & demand and relevant analysis
3.3.3 Advantages in competition
3.3.4 Future prospect
3.4 Shandong
3.4.1 General situation
3.4.2 Data of supply & demand and relevant analysis
3.4.3 Advantages in competition
3.4.4 Future prospect
3.5 Jiangsu
3.5.1 General situation
3.5.2 Data of supply & demand and relevant analysis
3.5.3 Advantages in competition
3.5.4 Future prospect
3.6 Zhejiang
3.6.1 General situation
3.6.2 Data of supply & demand and relevant analysis
3.6.3 Advantages in competition
3.6.4 Future prospect

4 Development forecast of machine tool industry in 2007
4.1 Analysis of the incentives for development in 2007
4.1.1 Evaluation of macro circumstance and the policy
4.1.2 Forecast of the operation trend in upstream raw material industries
4.1.3 Demands supported by four downstream industries
4.2 Development forecast of machine tool industry in 2007
4.2.1 Competition pattern
4.2.2 Regional competition pattern
4.2.3 Product structure
4.2.4 Forecast of industrial economic profits
4.2.5 Forecast of import and export
4.3 Metal cutting machine tool
4.3.1 Development trend of product supply and the market prospect
4.3.2 Development prospect of high precision machine tool
4.3.3 Development prospect of large machine tool
4.3.4 Development prospect of common machine tool
4.4 Development prospect of CNC machine tool
4.4.1 Electric spindle restricts the development of CNC machine tool
4.4.2 Other factors affect the development of CNC machine tool
4.4.3 Status of China CNC machine tool and the industrial development
4.4.4 Problems
4.4.5 Development direction of CNC machine tool in the Eleventh Five-year Plan
4.4.6 Opportunities and key development items
4.5 Metal forming machine

5 Forecast of machine tool industry market in 2007
5.1 Qualitative and quantitative forecast of the demand
5.1.1 Qualitative forecast of consumption trend and market capacity
5.1.2 Quantitative and qualitative forecast of machine tool and the relation to GDP
5.2 Great potential in the demand in five major industries
5.2.1 Development forecast of automobiles and auto parts & components
5.2.2 Development forecast of machinery manufacturing
5.2.3 Development forecast of aerospace industry
5.2.4 Development forecast of shipbuilding industry
5.2.5 Development forecast of farmland and water conservancy industry
5.3 Forecast of the segmented market of machine tool industry
5.3.1 Forecast of the growth in segmented market and the industry contribution
5.3.2 Supply and demand of metal cutting machine
5.3.3 Supply and demand of CNC machine tool
5.4 Forecast of the demand in major consumption industries
5.4.1 Forecast of demand directions
5.4.2 Forecast of the development trend of automobile industry and the relation to machine tool
5.4.3 Forecast of the development trend of die & mould industry and the relation to machine tool
5.4.4 Forecast of the development trend of engineering machinery industry
5.5 Forecast of the balance in machine tool industry in 2007

6 Operation and competitiveness of major enterprises
6.1 Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd
6.1.1 Operation status and financial results
6.1.2 Analysis of competition
6.1.3 Analysis of prospect
6.2 Qinchuan Machinery Development Co., Ltd
6.2.1 Operation status and financial results
6.2.2 Analysis on competition
6.2.3 Analysis on prospect
6.3 Qinghai Huading Industrial Co., Ltd
6.3.1 Operation status and financial results
6.3.2 Analysis of competition
6.3.3 Analysis of prospect
6.4 Kunming Machine Tool Co., Ltd
6.4.1 Operation status and financial results
6.4.2 Analysis of competition
6.4.3 Analysis of prospect
6.5 Dalian Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd
6.5.1 Operation status and financial results
6.5.2 Analysis of competition
6.5.3 Analysis of prospect

7 Investment opportunities and risks in machine tool industry
7.1 Profit assessment and investment opportunities
7.1.1 Industrial life circle
7.1.2 Relation between industrial development and economic circle
7.1.3 Stable and convergence development with great potential
7.1.4 Profit making ability keeps growing
7.2 Opportunities of main downstream industries
7.2.1 Rapid development of aerospace and national military industry
7.2.2 Higher requirements proposed by shipbuilding and automobile industry
7.2.3 Rapid development of common machinery industry
7.2.4 High-tech industries offer development space for machine tool industry
7.3 Opportunities of CNC machine tool
7.3.1 Profit making ability in CNC machine tool is above the average level
7.3.2 Great opportunities offered by macro control policy
7.3.3 Main tasks in the development of CNC machine tool in the next five years
7.4 Risks in machine tool industry and suggestions
7.4.1 Risks
7.4.2 Technical deficiency in China machine tool industry
7.4.3 Favorite turn appears in the market share of China machine tools
7.4.4 Suggestions on investment and strategies