Chaobei people are famous for being good at handicrafts and business. Traditional handicrafts have a long history, private economy is developing rapidly, and industrial clusters are growing day by day. The jade stone carving industry in Chaobei started early, developed rapidly and had a large group. It is the first pillar industry in the town, an important support point of the "One Belt and Six Points" in the experimental zone of jade culture reform in the county, and a key town in the experimental zone of jade culture reform and development in the province.
Start early and develop quickly. Chaobei is the origin of stone carving technology in zhenping county. 1990, Li Jinxiang, a villager from Liangtang Village, Chaopi Town, introduced the stone carving processing technology from Quyang, Hebei Province to our county, and established a stone carving processing factory, which mainly processed white marble, beige jade, marble and other stone carving animals, figures, memorial archways, etc. Under its influence, people in Liangtang, Jialin Village, Zhang Ying, Luan Ying and other villages also started to set up stone carving processing plants, forming a tidal skin stone carving community, processing more than 70 varieties in 6 categories, and the products are exported to large and medium-sized cities across the country. At present, there are more than 2,600 jade carving processing households (enterprises) in the town. There are 8 jade carving professional villages along the 3 12 National Road in the east and Zhaiziyang * * in the west, with more than 25,000 employees, producing more than 28.5 million jade carving products annually, achieving an annual output value of 550 million yuan. The jade sleeping mats, Luohantou and jade carriages produced in Liangtang Village enjoy a high reputation in China, and the production and sales of Afghan jade bracelets account for more than half of the national output.
There are many talents and great influence. The town-run and village-run jade factories in Chaobei Town flourished in the 1970s, with standardized management and strict quality. They successively trained a large number of skilled jade carving processing talents, such as Zhang, Liu and Zhang Hongzhe, and trained a large number of China arts and crafts masters and jade carving masters, which promoted the continuous improvement of the county's jade carving processing level. Many inventions of jade carving in Chaobei, such as low-speed pedal jade carving car, iron pen carving, jade fitness ball, wood grain stone, jade tea set, etc. It has had a great impact on the development of jade carving industry in the county and spread to the county and even the whole country.
The industrial system is complete and there are many successful people outside. The town has formed Jia Lin Liang Tang stone carving production and marketing area, Liangtang jade bracelet production and marketing area, Yangfangchun jade carving processing area and Luo Ying, Wang Lou, Luying and other village pendants and ornaments production and marketing areas, which can produce more than 230 varieties in 9 categories. Most jade stone carving processors have formed mature technology, accumulated certain funds, and have a complete supply, processing, production and sales system. The sales network of jade carving has expanded to large and medium-sized cities in China, and a large number of successful people such as Yang Ziyao, Tian Guozeng and Wang Yuanji have emerged. Zhou Lian of Guanluhe Village has been engaged in jade carving in Shanghai for many years and was elected as the president of Zhenping Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
There are many people buying jade materials, and the scale is large. Chaopi has a large number of jade purchasers, who travel around Xinjiang, Qinghai, Russia, Pakistan and other places all the year round. When the amount is large, many companies participate in stock trading, and the purchase scale reaches tens of millions and hundreds of millions of yuan. Their purchasing situation can often affect the production scale and quantity of a certain type or several new products in the processing of jade carving products. Luo Ying Village has become the largest white jade raw material trading market in the county.
There are many jade carving processing enterprises with high grade. In recent years, a number of jade craft gift manufacturers have emerged along the 3 12 national road from Liangtang to Zhaiziyang. Some produce commemorative gifts for large-scale festivals in China, and some become jade jewelry processing bases of well-known domestic jewelry companies. For example, Jade Supreme Craft Factory in Liangtang Village is the largest supplier and processing enterprise of Korean materials in the county, green camp Pinghai Jade Carving Factory is the largest purchasing and processing enterprise of Russian materials in the county, and the natural craft factory at the intersection of Zhang Ying has become the largest jade purchasing and processing enterprise in the county. This year, many gold inlaid jade processing enterprises are ready to gather and develop in this area.
In the development of jade carving industry, Chaobei strictly follows the development plan of county jade carving industry and takes the road of differentiated development in combination with the reality of Chaobei. First, make use of the advantages of many salespeople, many storefronts and a wide market, intensify publicity and promotion, improve the popularity of jade carving with tidal skin, and attract more foreign merchants to purchase and cooperate. The second is to develop a small professional jade market by taking advantage of the raw material procurement of Chaopi. Third, near the intersection of Zhang Ying in the east of Chaopi, a group of enterprises with gold inlaid jade, standardized ornaments, jade carving handicrafts and jade carving packaging have settled in, actively developing new varieties, expanding into the field of daily necessities on the basis of existing ornamental, playful and collection, realizing standardized, factory and industrialized production and creating a new bright spot in the industry.