Abstract: The development status of polymer industry in China was summarized, and the existing problems such as similar product structure, low-end product structural overcapacity and insufficient technical support capacity were pointed out. It is necessary to accelerate the research and development of high-end polymer materials. The consumption trend of the three major general polymer materials was analyzed and eleven kinds of high-end polymer materials with fast growth of market demand in the near and medium term and stable market demand in the long term were predicted. A research and development approach for the high-end development of polymer materials was proposed: firstly, both the development of special materials and high-end general materials should be focused on; secondly, a profound study of the relationship between polymer material structure and performance should be made from qualitative analysis to quantitative modeling as soon as possible; thirdly, the optimization and selection of the technology path of high-end polymer materials should be emphasized, achieving low energy consumption, low investment, and low-cost premiumisation; fourthly, the monomer constraints of high-end molecular materials should be broken through; fifthly, the research and development of processing application technology and equipment should be strengthened.

Key words: polymer material, synthetic resin, synthetic fibre, synthetic rubber, monomer