FM（EPC） has been developed for 33 years in China. In practice

however

a rapid development was obtained just after the Foundry Association Full Mold Casting Committee was founded at the end of this 80’s （at that time only 18 members registered in the Committee）

espccially in the recent years. As shown in an incomplete statistic

at present there are about 110 groups working on the research and application of this kind of new technology

which is about 6 times the figure when the Committee was founded

Among them are 14 high academies or research institutes and 15 companies or plants for raw materials

auxiliary materials

and exclusive facilities. In 1997

the output of EPC castings runs up to 25 800 t in China

as is 2 times as much as in 1995（98% of the output is of ferrous castings） Considering that it is only 16% of the curent throughput

this kind of new lechnology is very promising in China.