Two closely spaced conductors separated by a non-conductive insulating medium constitute a capacitor. When a voltage is applied between the two plates of the capacitor, it stores electric charge. The capacitance of a capacitor is numerically equal to the ratio of the charge on one conductive plate to the voltage between the two plates. The basic unit of capacitance is the farad (F). In circuit diagrams, capacitive components are typically represented by the letter C.

Capacitors play an important role in circuits such as tuning, bypassing, coupling, and filtering. They are used in the tuning circuits of transistor radios, CD players, and recorders, as well as in the coupling and bypass circuits of color televisions.

With the rapid development of electronic information technology, the pace of upgrading digital electronic products has become increasingly rapid. Consumer electronics products, mainly flat-panel televisions (LCD and PDP), laptops, and digital cameras, have seen continuous growth in production and sales, driving the growth of the capacitor industry.

As one of the main electronic components, capacitors account for about 40% of the entire electronic component production. In recent years, with the rapid development of information technology and electronic equipment, as well as the transfer of international manufacturing to China, the demand for capacitors has shown an overall upward trend. China's capacitor industry has also rapidly developed into a major producer and exporter of capacitors in the world.

Between 2012 and 2017, the global capacitor market size expanded from $17.3 billion to $20.9 billion, with a stable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.84%. During this period, China's capacitor market size increased from 72.6 billion yuan to 98.7 billion yuan, with a CAGR of about 6.33%, higher than the world average. Currently, the global capacitor industry is dominated by Japan, the United States, and China, with Japan leading the way, monopolizing high-end components and possessing the strongest capabilities in industries such as electrolytic capacitors, ceramic capacitors, and thin-film capacitors.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, from January to July 2018, China exported 60,616 tons of capacitor products, with a year-on-year increase of 10.7%, and the export value reached 2,696,733 thousand US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 27.3%. Capacitor products imported 48,363 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 13%, and the import value reached 6,970,046 thousand US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 64%.

The downstream applications of capacitors mainly include: ① military market: applied in aviation, aerospace, ships, weapons, electronic warfare, and other military equipment and weaponry fields.

; ② Civil industrial market: applied to system communication equipment, industrial control equipment, medical electronic equipment, rail transit, precision instruments, petroleum exploration equipment, automotive electronics, and other civil industrial fields; ③ Civil consumer market: applied to laptops, digital cameras, mobile phones, audio and video recording equipment, and other civil consumer fields.

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