China could gradually move from one of the world’s largest buyers of imported wood raw material towards a more self-sufficient forest industry and eventually a major competitor to traditional producing countries. Expanding domestic wood supply, processing capacity and the development of technologies and standards in Asia could substantially change China’s position in international forest industry value chains. A new study by Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre examines possible development paths for the forest industry through 2050. The scenarios are not forecasts, but explore how changes in raw material supply, investment, technology and international markets could ...