The upstream raw materials of aluminum precision die casting industry are mainly aluminum, and the downstream are auto parts and smart home parts, industrial automation and robot parts, information transmission equipment parts and other industrial parts.

China's die casting industry began in the mid-late 1940s. By the 1980s, China's die casting industry had a great development. Many large enterprises had a certain scale of die casting workshops, and professional die casting factories were set up successively in Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenyang, Dalian, Ningbo and other large and medium-sized cities. In 2021, China will produce 54.05 million tons of castings.