The paper industry is a kind of paper products manufacturing industry. It is an important industry closely related to the development of national economy. It involves forestry, agriculture, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, electrical automation, transportation, environmental protection and other industries. At the same time, the paper industry is also a technology intensive, complex process, large resource consumption, producing more pollutants industry. The product range of the industry includes pulp, machine-made paper and paperboard, processing paper, handmade paper, etc.

Paper industry is an important industry closely related to the development of national economy and the construction of social civilization.

In the developed countries, the growth rate of paper and paperboard consumption is synchronized with the growth rate of GDP. The paper industry has become one of the ten pillar industries in the national economy in developed countries such as the United States, Canada, Japan, Finland and Sweden. The characteristics of modern paper industry are different from those of ordinary consumer goods industry. It is a basic raw material industry with intensive technology, capital, resources and energy, remarkable scale benefit, continuous and efficient production. In the total amount of products, more than 80% are used as means of production in news, publishing, printing, commodity packaging and other industrial fields, and less than 20% are used for direct consumption by people. The paper industry is highly related, involving forestry, agriculture, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, heat and power, transportation, environmental protection and other industries, which plays a certain role in promoting the economy of upstream and downstream industries. Nowadays, the production and consumption level of paper and paperboard has been regarded as one of the important marks to measure the modernization level and civilization level of a country.

Industry products range: pulp, machine-made paper and paperboard, processing paper, handmade paper, etc. In order to adapt to the fierce market competition and realize the modernization of pulp and paper industry, it is necessary to reduce pollution, reduce consumption and protect the environment in the production process while improving economic benefits.