According to the forecast of the International Monetary Fund, GDP of developed economies will increase by about 2.4% in 2011, and GDP of developing countries will increase by about 6.6%. It is expected that international market demand will increase, especially in China and emerging economies and developing countries. In the area of ​​economic and technical cooperation, the ASEAN 6 countries have established free trade zones and signed agreements with Chile, Peru, Singapore, and other countries on free trade zones. Therefore, the international economic environment in 2011 is conducive to steady and rapid development of foreign trade in the CNC machine tool industry in China.

The main objective of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee on the economic and social development of the 12th Five-Year Plan pointed out that "smooth and rapid economic development", "significant progress in the strategic adjustment of economic structure" and "income for urban and rural residents are generally faster increase". Luo Baihui, secretary-general of the International Mould & Hardware and Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, believes that the CNC machine tool industry is facing the important task of adjusting the economic structure and transforming the development mode. It is necessary to vigorously develop emerging strategic industries, develop and develop high-end CNC machine tools and their functional components, and complete sets of automation. Production line, intelligent control system, etc. With the adjustment of industrial structure, the product structure is gradually optimized, and the structure of import and export of CNC machine tools is bound to change.

Given that the current global economic recovery is still underpowered, many deep-seated contradictions and problems have yet to be resolved. Coupled with the impact of the European sovereign debt crisis, the US economy has picked up weakly and economic development has become more uncertain. At the same time, the supply and demand of resource products in the international market are still relatively tight, some raw material prices may rise, and the expected appreciation of the RMB exchange rate and the increase in the cost of labor in China will all increase the export costs of CNC machine tools. Luo Baihui reminded us that what we need to pay special attention to is that under the economic downturn, trade protectionism will continue to occur in various countries. All these will have an impact on the expansion of China's CNC machine tool industry.