Chitosan has a wide range of applications and the industry has broad room for future development.

Chitosan, also known as chitosan, is the product of N-deacetylation of chitin. Chitosan has the characteristics of non-toxic, harmless, good biodegradability and biocompatibility, high safety and strong bacteriostasis. It is widely used in food additives, chemical industry, textile, agriculture, water treatment, biomedicine, medical materials, etc. It is widely used in cosmetics and other fields. Chitosan production methods mainly include chemical methods, biological methods, enzymatic degradation methods, hydrothermal deacetylation methods, acid-base titration methods, etc.

The upstream of the chitosan industry chain is raw material suppliers, and the main raw materials include shrimp shells, crab shells, caustic soda, glacial acetic acid, chitin, concentrated alkali, etc.; the midstream is chitosan manufacturers, and the main companies include Primex, KitoZyme, BIO21, Fuda, Fengrun, Haixin Biological Products, Boyite Biotech, Weikang Biotechnology, Yunzhou Biotechnology, Golden Shell Pharmaceuticals, Aoxin Biotechnology, etc.; downstream is the application field, mainly including medicine, food, chemical industry, agriculture, textile and other fields .

From the upstream of the industrial chain, chitin is currently one of the key raw materials of chitosan, and chitin is mainly extracted from crustacean aquatic products. At this stage, my country is rich in aquatic product resources. In 2021, the domestic aquatic product market sales will be 42.352 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%. Among them, the crustacean aquatic products market performed better. In 2021, its domestic market sales were 5.911 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The sufficient supply of upstream raw materials has laid a good foundation for the development of the domestic chitosan industry.

From the perspective of the application market, medical treatment is one of the main application fields of chitosan. Chitosan has the functions of lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, hemostasis and coagulation, immune regulation, strengthening liver function, regulating the endocrine system, etc., and can be prepared into nanometer Chitosan, chitosan-based hydrogel, chitosan hemostatic dressing, chitosan adsorption suppository and other medicines are widely used in gynecology, anorectal and other medical fields. At present, domestic companies in the field of chitosan drugs mainly include Shenyang Dekang Medical Technology, Jiangxi Tengfei Pharmaceutical, Tianjin Taikang Biological, Hunan Yian Biological, etc.

In recent years, with the sufficient supply of chitosan raw materials and the rapid development of its application fields, the domestic market demand for chitosan has continued to increase. According to the “Chitosan Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, my country’s chitosan output in 2021 will be 1,745.5 tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%. In the future, as its application fields continue to expand, domestic chitosan production is expected to maintain a sustained growth trend, and the industry has broad prospects for development.

Industrial analysts personnel said that chitosan has unique functional effects and special physiological activities. It has many functions and is widely used in medical, It is widely used in food, chemical industry and other fields. In recent years, against the background of the rapid development of the upstream and downstream of its industrial chain, my country’s chitosan market demand has continued to increase, production has continued to increase, and the industry development prospects are good. At present, my country has become the main producer of chitosan in the world, and the domestic market has a high level of localization. In the future, as the application fields of chitosan continue to expand and the research field continues to deepen, the industry still has huge room for development.