350 billion! The industrial automation instrument market has exploded.
National market size: It is estimated that the industrial automation system market will exceed 350 billion by 2030.
National market size: RCC predicts that in the near term (2025-2027), the growth rate of the industrial automation market will remain at an average of 3% per year, and in the long term (2028-2030), it will maintain at 8%. It is estimated that by 2030, the market size of industrial automation systems in China will reach 351 billion yuan.
Analysis of product growth rate breakdown: RCC predicts that by 2027, the market sizes of control valves, flow meters, and pressure transmitters will reach 59.9 billion yuan, 14.4 billion yuan, and 7.2 billion yuan respectively, with average growth rates of 7.4%, 7.7%, and 4.7% over the three years.
Take the chemical industry as an example to observe the changes in downstream demand: Large-scale projects such as refining and coal chemical industries have experienced weak investment, with the number of new projects decreasing. The reduction in industry investment directly lowers the demand for automation instruments. RCC predicts that the average decline rate from 2025 to 2027 will be 5.1%.
From the perspective of dynamic tracking in specific fields, the RCC Ruida Heng Research Institute has proposed strategic suggestions: In the field of industrial automation instruments, the leading domestic manufacturers should assume the role of industry leaders. They should precisely determine the research and application directions based on the downstream scenario-based demands, and promote the two-way breakthrough of deep penetration and upgrading of the traditional industrial supply chain. Small and medium-sized enterprises should focus on the vertical industry fields, strengthen their own ability to provide customized solutions in the industrial chain, accelerate the process of domestic substitution, and thereby unleash the growth potential of China's industrial automation instrument industry.
National market size: It is estimated that the industrial automation system market will exceed 350 billion by 2030.
· Dual-driven by emerging fields and renovation demands, equipment renewal will eliminate subsidies for industries with excess capacity.
In 2025, the funding will be upgraded, and the large-scale equipment renewal will be transformed from "fiscal subsidies" to "ultra-long-term special government bonds", thereby establishing a relatively stable fund pool for it.
In September 2025, when various cities released relevant documents on equipment updates, it was discovered that they would further specify key areas and eliminate subsidies for sectors with overcapacity, such as cement, glass, photovoltaics, and lithium batteries.
③ Equipment demand in key future sectors: On one hand, there is the demand for equipment renovation in the process of building industrial clusters that focus on employment-intensive traditional industries. On the other hand, with the rapid development of industries such as oil and gas storage and transportation, smart mines, new energy materials, and bio-based materials in China, they will jointly bring new growth opportunities for automation products in our country.
Based on the above policy backdrop, RCC predicts that the growth rate of the industrial automation market will remain at an average of 3% in the near term (from 2025 to 2027), and will maintain at 8% in the long term (from 2028 to 2030). It is estimated that the market size of industrial automation systems in China will reach 351 billion yuan by 2030.
Product end scale: Taking control valves, flow meters, and pressure transmitters as examples
01 Product end: The three categories of control valves, flow meters, and pressure transmitters have continued to expand, reflecting the steady upward trend of demand in the industrial automation instrument industry
As an important component of China's automation instrument industry, pressure transmitters, flow meters, and control valves are similar to the "senses - nerves - limbs" of an industrial automation system. Therefore, RCC selected these three types of products as the entry points for market size analysis in the "Report on the Development Trends and Potential of China's Industrial Automation Instruments Industry (2025)".
According to RCC's forecast, the market size of control valves, flow meters and pressure transmitters will reach 59.9 billion yuan, 14.4 billion yuan and 7.2 billion yuan respectively in 2027, with average annual growth rates of 7.4%, 7.7% and 4.7% over the three years.
