The paper introduces the recent 5 year situation and future development of Chinese foundry industry. It includes 5 parts. Part 1 shows general information of Chinese foundry industry

for example

total output change

total enterprise and employee numbers etc

the total castings output of China in 2005 is 24

420

000 tons

it makes up 28.5% of the global sum.; Part 2 demonstrates different kinds castings output of Chinese foundry industry; Part 3 presents geographic distribution character of Chinese foundry industry

Chinese foundry industry mainly concentrate on 5 regions

that is Liaoning province

Shandong province

the Yangtze River delta

the Pearl River delta and Shanxi province

about half castings output of China comes from the 5 regions ; Part 4 analyses existed problems of Chinese foundry industry ; Part 5 forecasts future development of Chinese foundry industry

in next 10 years

Chinese foundry industry will still grow rapidly.