In 2017, the total usage of the Asian helium market, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China, reached 52.8 million cubic meters. According to the US Intelligas Consulting Company, the global market size is 168 million cubic meters (about 6 million cubic feet), and the Asian market accounts for about 30% of the market share. Among them, China is the most powerful growth engine.     In the past five years, the amount of helium used in China has grown at a rate of 5% to 13% per year, reaching a market size of 21.6 million cubic meters in 2017. The three major applications in the Chinese market are semiconductors, optical fibers, and MRI. The market