Xinhua News Agency in 2004; In addition to Jingdezhen, China also named six other "porcelain capitals": in the first half of 2003, China Arts and Crafts Association held a meeting in Dehua, Fujian, and awarded Dehua as "China Porcelain Capital: Dehua", Zhejiang Longquan as "China Celadon Capital", Henan Yuzhou as "China Jun Porcelain Capital" and Fujian Yongchun as "China Ceramic Lighting Capital" respectively; In September, 2003, China National Light Industry Federation and China Ceramic Industry Association awarded Tangshan the title of "Northern Porcelain Capital of China" at Tangshan Ceramic Expo. In April, 2004, China Light Industry Federation and China Ceramic Industry Association awarded Chaozhou, Guangdong the title of "China Porcelain Capital".
Except Jingdezhen, other "porcelain capitals" are selected by some associations according to their own interests, which is unconvincing, so their popularity is not high. As the saying goes, "the golden cup and the silver cup are not as good as the public reputation." Jingdezhen became the "porcelain capital" because of the good reputation formed by the glorious ceramic history of 1000 years. It is the porcelain capital in the eyes of the masses, not selected by the association. In other words, it is precisely because Jingdezhen has a world-leading ceramic history of 1000 years that the unique word "porcelain capital" came into being. Therefore, "porcelain capital" is the second name of Jingdezhen. Therefore, the title of modern "China Porcelain Capital" was awarded to Chaozhou, Guangdong.
(Update date: 20 10-04-25, click: 34 1 Source: China Information Daily)
There is a short story about China: It is said that a young China man is very curious. Why are English words China and China only capitalized? So the young people got to the bottom of it, and later found that China's ceramics were exported overseas at the same price as gold in ancient times, so westerners called China the country of ceramics.
In China, a "ceramic country", an ancient city has turned this ancient industry and art, which was once equal to gold, into the largest production and export base of craft ceramics and daily-use ceramics in China and even the world, which is the "porcelain capital of China"-Chaozhou, Guangdong.
She was ruled by the state government in ancient times and is now the "East Gate" of Guangdong. 2/kloc-the historical changes of more than 0/00 years have left her a dazzling array of material and intangible cultural treasures. It has the earliest opening and closing bridge in the world and Guangji Bridge, one of the "four ancient bridges in China"; Taiping Road Paifang Street is called "the first ancient Paifang Street in China"; Kaiyuan Temple, the first ancient temple in eastern Guangdong, originated in the Tang Dynasty. Daoyunlou, the largest historical residence in China, is not only a famous national garden city, an excellent tourist city in China and a famous historical and cultural city in China, but also relies on scientific and technological innovation in recent years, making it the porcelain capital of China, the characteristic industrial base of daily-use ceramics in China, the transnational purchasing industrial base of China's clothing, the famous wedding dress and evening dress city in China and the first in China. She is also the "industrial cluster upgrading demonstration zone" for ceramics and food in Guangdong Province. The "Fengxi Ceramics" here has become one of the three pilot units in Guangdong Province to create regional international brands; Gu Xiang Town was awarded the "First Town of Sanitary Ceramics in China" by China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association; Feng Tang Town was awarded "China Famous Ceramic Town" by China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association; Raoping County was awarded "the hometown of daily-use ceramics export in China" by China Light Industry Federation and China Ceramic Industry Association. ...
Porcelain capital manufacturing industry has a long history.
As one of the birthplaces of ancient porcelain and ceramic culture in China, Chaozhou, the capital of porcelain, is famous for its characteristics of "white as jade, thin as silk, thin as paper and bright as a mirror", which has a far-reaching historical origin and the charm of keeping pace with the times.
Chaozhou ceramics production has a long history, and the total amount of porcelain clay resources exceeds 1 100 million tons. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the economy flourished. At that time, the imperial court attached great importance to and encouraged overseas trade. According to historical records, there are more than 50 countries that have trade with the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, one of China's best export commodities was porcelain. According to research, at that time, China exported ceramics, and the products of Fujian and Guangdong kilns accounted for more than half of the country, while in Guangdong, Chaozhou Song kilns accounted for a large share, with the highest quality, and the whole Bijiashan could produce tens of millions of pieces of porcelain a year. At that time, there was a kiln site of15km in Fiona Fang, Chaozhou Prefecture, in which Bijiashan kiln group extended more than 2,000m, and was called "Baiyao Village" by the people. 1922, by chance, Chaozhou discovered four white porcelain Buddha statues and a lotus pedestal in the Song Dynasty, which is unique in China. After investigation and excavation, archaeologists focused on Bijia Mountain in Chaozhou, which was an important ceramic production base in southern China during the Northern Song Dynasty. Since 1953, there have been 1 1 kiln sites unearthed in Bijiashan, one of which is 79.5 meters long, which is the longest kiln site found in China at present.
The rapid development rate is among the best in China.
The spring breeze of reform and opening up has injected new impetus into Chaozhou ceramics, and the ceramic industry has developed vigorously, which is unique with its artistic style of "fresh, elegant, delicate and exquisite". At present, there are more than 4,000 ceramic enterprises in the city, with nearly 10,000 self-employed, manual workshops and supporting enterprises and 400,000 employees. It has many industrial categories, such as craft porcelain, daily-use porcelain, building sanitary porcelain and high-tech ceramics. It is the base with the most concentrated ceramic enterprises, the most complete product categories and the largest export volume in China.
According to statistics, during last year 1- 1, the total value of Chaozhou's foreign trade import and export was $21.90 billion, an increase of 17.3%, ranking first in the province. In recent years, the upgrading of Chaozhou ceramic industry has been greatly accelerated, with more than 20,000 kinds of innovative products every year, and the innovation rate has reached over 40%. At present, Chaozhou ceramics enterprises have 9 famous brand products in China, 26 famous brand products in the province and 3 well-known trademarks in China, ranking first in all major porcelain areas in China in terms of brand number and grade.
After nearly 30 years' rapid development, Chaozhou ceramics has formed a good situation in which Fengxi is the leader and Gu Xiang, Feng Tang and Raoping are competing for development.
Leading effect of southern porcelain capital
Fengxi is a famous ceramic producing area in China and the leader of Chaozhou, the "porcelain capital of China". As early as 1300 years ago, Fengxi people began to produce ceramics. According to historical records, the ceramic brick kilns in Ye Feng Creek in Ming Dynasty stretched for miles, and there were dozens of manual workshops. Traditional production technology has been passed down. By 1960s, Fengxi had become one of the top ten producing areas in China. In 1980s, Fengxi Ceramics seized the opportunity of developing private economy and export-oriented economy, and gradually developed Fengxi Ceramics Industry into an international industry focusing on producing products needed by the international market.
Focusing on the strategy of "rejuvenating porcelain through science and technology", Fengxi District focused on building a public technology platform, closely combined with the actual production of enterprises, and "offered suggestions" at home and abroad to comprehensively enhance the core competitiveness of Fengxi ceramics, timely adjust the product structure to adapt to the market, realize the rise of pillar industries against the trend, and promote the rapid development of ceramic economy. Last year, the gross domestic product was 6.259 billion yuan, an increase of11%; The total value of foreign trade exports was US$ 486.74 million, up by 16.3%, ranking first in Chaozhou.
If improving the ability of scientific and technological innovation is a long-term strategy for Fengxi to develop its economy, then it is an effective measure for enterprises to adjust their product structure in time. Shunxiang here is a wonderful flower of the porcelain capital of South China and a microcosm of the rise of the porcelain capital. The State Banquet Hall of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing uses the "high-efficiency electromagnetic energy-saving lamp" produced by Shunxiang. According to the test, the high-efficiency electromagnetic energy-saving lamp developed by Shunxiang Company saves about 70% energy compared with ordinary incandescent lamps, and its service life exceeds 60,000 hours, which is 10 times that of ordinary energy-saving lamps and 100 times that of incandescent lamps. The "Quanfu" company here reproduces the kiln-changed red glaze that has been lost for more than 800 years. At the "Chaozhou Ceramics and Specialty (Shanghai) Fair in 2009", the giant porcelain dish "Rushengtu" with a diameter of 2.15m, which was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, is even more famous for its 65438. The introduction of "tunnel glaze" into Ye Wei ceramics can recover the waste heat generated in the production process, reduce energy consumption by 30%, greatly improve efficiency and reduce costs. The products of Delang Ceramics Factory attract consumers with their unique style and artistic charm. These products can be appreciated not only as works of art, but also as exquisite daily-use porcelain.
In Fengxi, it is worth mentioning that Ceramic City covers an area of 60,000 square meters, with a total investment of about 65.438+0.2 billion yuan. It has an underground garage Fengxi Ceramic Exhibition Center and a 654.38+03 * * 203 ceramic wholesale market. After years of development, Fengxi Ceramic City has become one of the most important ceramic trading markets in eastern Guangdong and even the whole country. At present, Fengxi products include tableware, tea sets, coffee sets, antique porcelain, gift porcelain, display porcelain, garden porcelain, building sanitary porcelain and more than ten categories. Fengxi products are favored by merchants and consumers all over the world because of their exquisite shape, rich colors, diverse varieties, unique styles and reasonable prices, and sell well in five continents 160 countries and regions. Fengxi has become the largest production and export base of craft ceramics and craft daily-use ceramics in China, and also the main production base of craft ceramics and daily-use ceramics in the international market.
The Pride of Porcelain Capital of Tao Wei Town
As one of the regional central towns in Guangdong Province, Gu Xiang Town has been renowned at home and abroad for its rich ceramic bathroom products, and has now become the largest bathroom production base in China. Ceramic enterprises in Gu Xiang Town aim to build an international brand, and rely on science and technology to pursue high, precise, sharp, excellent and special. In the past 10 years, it has developed rapidly. In 2004, Gu Xiang was awarded "China Sanitary Ceramics Town" by China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association, and was awarded "China Sanitary Ceramics First Town" in 2006. This spring, the "National Sanitary Ceramic Mould Production Base and R&D Center" also settled in Gu Xiang.
During the development of sanitary ceramics industry, Gu Xiang Town has always attached great importance to the word "specialty", taking sanitary products as the leading factor, and has built Gu Xiang Town into a veritable specialized economic town with sanitary characteristics. Increase investment in science and technology, improve product quality, update fancy varieties and develop high value-added products. Strategically adjust the development direction of bathroom industry, actively introduce high-tech equipment, and transform and upgrade the traditional bathroom industry. Products that meet the standards are the basis for opening up the market. In the revision and formulation of the national sanitary ceramics standard, Gu Xiang gained the right to speak: "Meng Jia, Connor, Fan Fei, Changshun and Rong Xin" were elected as members of the National Technical Committee for Building Sanitary Ceramics, and "Konoha, Europe and America" were elected as members of the Technical Committee for Water Efficiency of Aquatic Products and Appliances of the National Industrial Water Conservation Standardization Committee, which became an example to drive the industry to implement the standardization strategy.
The production technology of Guxiang enterprise has advanced to the forefront of China, and the scientific and technological content of its products ranks in the forefront: "Mu Ye" China Honghe Huanghuang Sanitary Bathroom, "Oupai" one-stop production of computer toilets, "Meng Jia" tunnel kiln and high-pressure grouting technology ... and it has also created Abe, Lifa, Knowing You, Peixing and Dongfang.
Chaozhou Feng Tang, the hometown of ceramics.
Feng Tang Town, Chao 'an County, which is adjacent to Fengxi and Gu Xiang Ceramic Economic Zone, also gives full play to its advantages, constantly improves the investment environment, increases investment attraction, further enlarges and strengthens the ceramic characteristic industry, and improves the industrial scale, grade and economic benefits. At present, a complete ceramic industrial cluster with sanitary ceramics, artistic ceramics and daily-use ceramics has been formed. After being awarded the title of "Guangdong Ceramic Professional Town", the town was awarded the title of "China Ceramic Famous Town" by China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association in 2007.
Feng Tang Town has a good industrial base and a good investment environment. Traffic extends in all directions. Chaoshan Road and Zhang Chi Road cross the territory, connect with Zhenlu Road, and are adjacent to Fengxi District, Jiedong County and Chaozhou Railway Station in Jieyang City, forming a "triangle" zone, which is conducive to promoting foreign trade development. With the gradual westward movement of Chaozhou city and the enhancement of the economic radiation of ceramics in Fengxi and Gu Xiang, the location advantage and latecomer advantage of Feng Tang Town are becoming increasingly obvious. Enterprises actively promote management innovation and scientific and technological innovation, constantly improve quality of enterprise, and enhance product quality and competitiveness. Ceramic enterprises are also constantly strengthening the cultivation and introduction of talents, actively learning the management experience and mode of advanced enterprises, boldly introducing and applying advanced technology to transform traditional crafts, updating fancy varieties and improving product quality and grade. At present, almost all ceramic enterprises in this town have adopted advanced shuttle kiln or push plate kiln.
Fengtai Town has built more than 10 famous brands such as Hengjie, Lianfa, Jinaote, Dulong, Calanni, Jindun, Mindong, Changlong, etc. Many enterprises such as Aolitai have passed ISO quality certification and obtained "green environmental protection marks".
Rao Ping is full of energy today.
Raoping is a famous porcelain producing county in Guangdong, with a long history of porcelain production and rich porcelain clay resources. With a history of nearly a thousand years of ceramic production, it is one of the four major ceramic producing areas in Guangdong Province. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties when blue and white porcelain in China was popular all over the world, Jiucun area in Raoping was the main export producing area of blue and white porcelain in eastern Guangdong. Raoping's traditional underglaze blue-and-white craft, the blue-and-white carp plate, was deeply loved by Latin American people, and was selected as tableware in the celebration of 1959 the State Council National Day 10 anniversary. 128 underglaze blue and white tableware produced by Xinfeng Porcelain Factory was sent to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 196 1. Some underglaze Chinese and western tableware, tea sets and coffee sets were exhibited in UAE.
After the reform and opening up, Raoping County actively promoted independent innovation and brand building. Shangrao, Raoyang, Xinfeng, Xintang, Sanrao, Huanggang, Qiandong and other towns focused on strengthening enterprises through science and technology and brand building, and implemented a number of technological transformation and innovation projects, which strengthened the independent innovation capacity of enterprises, cultivated famous brands and patented products with independent intellectual property rights, and improved the overall quality of pillar industries. Among them, Xingfeng was also approved by Guangdong Science and Technology Department as "Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Major".
Nowadays, modern factories have sprung up here, a set of advanced production equipment has settled here, and trucks loaded with porcelain have set off here. Products are exported to Europe, America, Japan, the Middle East, Africa and other countries and regions 100, which is a microcosm of the development of daily-use ceramics industry in Raoping County. There are more than 300 ceramic enterprises in the county, mainly craft ceramics and daily-use ceramics, forming an independent industrial system. The industrial structure has developed from a single daily fine porcelain to three series of daily colored porcelain, artistic porcelain and architectural porcelain; Ceramic products have also developed from the traditional five categories of bowls, plates, cups, saucers and spoons to more than 3,000 varieties of flower-spread art porcelain, western art porcelain, soup pot, fish plate, Christmas products, decorations, Chinese and western tableware, coffee and tea sets, series of building porcelain, etc. 10, making it the largest export production base of daily-use ceramics in Guangdong Province and even the whole country.
It is the unremitting efforts of these "national" ceramic producing areas that make "China Porcelain Capital" brilliant today. Nowadays, the concept of "administrative area" is gradually gaining popularity. Chaozhou people, which is advancing with the "National Gold Business Card", is setting off the development upsurge of "China Porcelain Capital" again and again. A prosperous international city is rising here! Chaozhou, the capital of porcelain, will stand proudly among the world cities with a brand-new attitude!
Chaozhou, a well-deserved porcelain capital of China!
Chaozhou, a famous ceramic base at home and abroad!
Chaozhou, the world porcelain capital is just around the corner!