Abstract: Based on the value-added trade method and the world input-output database, this paper estimates the trade interests of China’s paper industry in the global value chain from 2000 to 2014. The results show that the value-added rate of China’s paper industry is reducing year by year, and the actual profit is decreasing as well. China’s paper industry has been increasingly integrated into the global value chain, but the proportion of added value of exports has not been increased correspondingly, and there is an obvious gap with the world’s developed countries of paper industry. Based on the present situation and problems of China’s paper industry, this paper puts forward the suggestions to improve the trade interests of China’s paper industry.