In recent years, China's cosmetics market has maintained an average annual growth rate of 15%, with annual sales volume reaching nearly 50 billion yuan. It is predicted that the total sales volume will hit 800 billion yuan by 2010. As major packaging materials for cosmetics, both plastics and glass will also have considerable market potential. However, data shows that in recent years, plastic packaging has accounted for more than 80% of the cosmetics packaging market, thus becoming the dominant material for cosmetic containers.

Following the implementation of the three major environmental directives—WEEE, RoHS, and EUP—in the EU, a more impactful and far-reaching "green compliance test" is set to take effect. The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (hereinafter referred to as the REACH Regulation) will be enforced in the EU on June 1, 2007. By then, over 10,000 types of chemical products, as well as downstream products that involve the use of chemicals and are intended for export to the EU, will have no alternative but to comply with the regulation.