Although the Chinese membrane structure construction is late, but the development speed is very fast. Starting from 1995, only a 3300m2 membrane structure was built, 1997 years ago there were only small and medium-sized membrane structures in China; in 1997 Shanghai held the eighth session of the National Games, the main stadium of the grandstand canopy using membrane structure, the canopy area reached 36,000 m2, can accommodate 80,000 spectators. This is the first time in China's large-scale sports venues using membrane structure of the roof, for the use of membrane structure in China opened a new page, the development of membrane-junction structure in China has a significant impact.

According to the data, from 1997 to 2001, the membrane structure of China built up to 370,000 tons in five years, the membrane structure built in 2003 was about 180,000 tons, and the membrane structures in 2005 and 2006 were more than 33 and 400,000 tons. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the Guangzhou Asian Games, as well as the construction of various types of exhibition hall, so that China ushered in the development of membrane structure of the peak, in recent years, the construction scale of China's membrane structure is very rapid expansion.

In the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the membrane structure was widely used, which opened a new page for the construction of membrane structure in China, which has great influence on the development of membrane structure building in China. In the future, the construction of various types of exhibition halls and the different sizes of membrane structures in China will be widely applied with the development of membrane structure technology, and the development prospect of the industry is very broad.

The earliest true membrane structure could be considered the German pavilion at the 1967 Montreal Exhibition in Canada. The United States Pavilion and the Fuji Pavilion at the Expo in Osaka, Japan, in 1970, also caused a sensation in the world's architecture because of the use of membrane construction. Over the next more than 10 years, membrane structure building in the United States, Canada and other developed countries rapidly developed.

At present, the worldwide film structure of the famous production enterprises mainly concentrated in the United States, Japan and Germany and a few developed countries, of which most of the well-known production enterprises are capable of product development, design, production of this industry-wide business chain mode of operation. And as the main material of membrane structure, the current market is mainly PVC film, PVF film, PVDF, PTFE and even the latest ETFE membrane material.