Shelf industry in our country has benefited from the following conditions.

Firstly,technology transfer:the foreign shelf technology, mainland China's reform and opening up policy constantly attract foreign investment in China,capital and capacity, bring the growing demand for shelves.The first batch of shelf companies cultivate a group of local technicians and shelves of sales staff members.

Secondly,Industry demand: after China's accession to the WTO, all walks of life have to be in line with international standards.The provisions of the state GMP certification to the pharmaceutical industry,is the warehouse management standardization,must use shelves, pallets warehouse facilities, to ensure the health, safety and efficiency.All walks of life are in different degree,realize the enterprise's third profit source---logistics.

Finally,technology promote: all walks of life in the process of the implementation of the information need to hardware facilities.

The rise of automated stereoscopic warehouse is storage management software and shelves,pallets,forklift and other logistics equipment integrated use.

Distribution industry is entering the 21st century, our country's shelf industry is gradually into scale. For example,the company located in Nanjing city,it is only one or two factories in the 1990’s, but in 2004,The number of shelf enterprise is up to 30 to 40,It is conceivable that the development is so rapid.

The rapid development of the industry presents the following features.From the shelves of production scale,high degree of concentration.In the domestic market, about 70% of the shelves is made in Nanjing,20% of the shelf made in Shanghai, 5% of the shelf produced in Guangdong,the other 5% from around Beijing, Tianjin and other industries and imported shelves. 

From the perspective of a shelf industry enterprise scale, medium scale trade type enterprise is majority. In Nanjing, only three shelf company is large-scaled. They have their own production engineering, sales,production,packaging,transportation system.