Combining with the rapid development of plant extract industry in recent years, this paper makes a detailed analysis of the current situation, development history, upstream and downstream industry, industry characteristics and future development trend of plant extract industry.

　　I. Development status of plant extract industry

　　Plant extract is a kind of product which is made of plant as raw material, according to the needs of extracting products, through physical, chemical extraction and separation processes, and directional acquisition and concentration of one or more active ingredients in plants without changing the structure of their active ingredients. Plant extracts can be divided into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids and other categories according to their components; according to the different product characteristics, they can be divided into vegetable oils, extracts, powders, lens and other categories.

　　Plant extracts are abundant and diverse. At present, more than 300 kinds of plant extracts have been extracted in industry. They are a very important intermediate product. They can be used not only in pharmaceutical raw materials, but also in health products, nutritional supplements, food additives, cosmetics and other industries.

　　II. Development of Plant Extract Industry

　　In the early 1980s, developed countries such as Europe and the United States, which have basically completed industrialization, set off a trend of returning to nature. People gradually paid more attention to and rejected chemical synthetic products with side effects. They liked and respected natural and safe plant extracts, and the industry emerged as the times require. In 1994, the United States promulgated the Dietary Supplementary Health and Education Act, which formally recognized the acceptance of plant extracts as a food supplement, and the plant extract industry developed rapidly.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in China. Medical professionals have attached great importance to the analysis of plant properties and medicinal properties since ancient times. By the 1970s, some domestic pharmaceutical factories began to use mechanical equipment to extract plant ingredients, but as a production link of pharmaceutical manufacturing, it did not develop into an independent industry. After the mid-1990s, with the deepening of opening up, foreign trade began to flourish, and the plant extract industry, which was less restricted by policy, began to develop.

　　Since the 21st century, the plant extract industry has entered a golden period of development. On the one hand, the improvement of living standards and the enhancement of health awareness have stimulated people's strong demand for plant extract products; on the other hand, it has benefited from the application of more advanced plant extraction technologies (such as enzymatic extraction, ultrasound extraction, supercritical extraction, microwave extraction, membrane separation technology, etc.), which greatly improved the production efficiency. Rate.

　　3. Upstream and downstream analysis of plant extract industry

　　The object of plant extraction is plant resources, the upstream of the industry is mainly planting industry; the downstream of the industry is pharmaceutical industry, health care products industry, food additives industry, cosmetics industry and other industries. Industry upstream. China's vast territory, spanning more than 60 degrees longitude, 49 degrees vertical dimension, diverse climate and different altitudes, has bred a rich variety of plant resources, which can be used for industrial extraction of more than 300 species of plant varieties. As the income of economic crops is usually higher than that of food crops, which is conducive to increasing farmers'income and upgrading the agricultural industry, in recent years, the government has given strong support from tax, finance, land and other aspects. In this context, China's planting industry has a good momentum of development.

　　Industry downstream. With the improvement of living standards and the popularization of health knowledge, consumers'demand for natural and healthy plant extracts products is continually expanding. In conclusion, the upstream and downstream operation of the industry is conducive to the development of plant extract industry.

　　IV. Characteristics of Plant Extracts Industry

　　1. Economic Cycle

　　One of the main applications of plant extracts is health products, which have a positive correlation with the state macroeconomic situation. In the period of economic recovery and prosperity, the economy is active, commodities are selling well, enterprise production is rising, unemployment rate is decreasing, disposable income of people is increasing, and demand for health products is more vigorous. In the period of economic recession and depression, the market is cold, the order is insufficient, production is shrinking, unemployment rate is rising, and disposable income of residents is shrinking. The shrinkage restricts the demand for health products.

　　2. Technical

　　The plant extraction industry has high technical requirements. In the development stage of new products, profound theoretical knowledge and long-term practical experience are needed as the basis; in the production stage, the use of advanced extraction technology and equipment can not only greatly improve the quality of extracts, but also improve the utilization rate of raw materials, reduce waste of raw materials and reduce production costs.

　　3. Industrial concentration

　　Plants are the object of plant extraction, and areas rich in resources are more conducive to the development of industry. Shaanxi, Hunan and Sichuan are the three main producing areas of plant extracts in China. The plant extracting industry in these three provinces started early, and the resources of medicinal plants are relatively rich. At present, they have formed a certain scale advantage. After more than 30 years of development, Shaanxi plant extract industry has nearly 600 related enterprises and more than 1000 products, which has gradually become the vane of domestic industry development.

　　IV. Industrial Barriers to Plant Extracts

　　1. Barriers to Market Access

　　Plant extracts are a kind of very important intermediate products. Their quality directly affects the quality of downstream medicines, health products and other products. Therefore, downstream enterprises, especially foreign customers, usually stipulate corresponding standards on the content of active ingredients, total bacteria, pesticide residues and so on. In addition, the national standards include GB 4789.2-2010 National Food Safety Standard, Food Microbiology Testing, Total Colony Number Testing, etc.