The downstream industries of plant extracts mainly include food, medicine, health care products and cosmetics. With the improvement of people’s living standards, the concept of returning to nature is increasing. Food, medicine, health care products and cosmetics are increasingly “green”, natural, Non-polluting products make plant extracts have huge development space and market prospects at home and abroad. More food, beverage, cosmetics and daily necessities manufacturers in the world’s mainstream market have gradually entered the stage of research and development and utilization of plant extracts. Their R&D, production and sales capabilities are strong, which will drive the rapid development of the plant extract industry.

As one of the major supply and demand markets for plant extracts in the world, China has some problems in the development of the industry. However, the overall market size has maintained a good growth. The compound annual growth rate in 2007-2015 is over 15%. The growth of the domestic plant extract market is largely due to the increase in demand for plant extracts abroad. According to the statistics of the Chinese Medicine (600056) Import and Export Chamber of Health Products, the plant extract market in China is currently export-oriented. Industry, exports account for about 65% of the total market sales. In recent years, with the continuous growth of demand for plant extracts in foreign markets, especially in the European and American markets, as one of the major exporters of plant extracts, China will benefit from the growth of the international market.