The birthplace of Pujiang crystal, the capital of crystal

The crystal glass industry in Pujiang County started at 1982, and originated from the family bead grinding workshop in mountain villages. By the end of 1995, the county had more than 0.5 million bead clamping machines and 0.5 million bead grinding machines, with an annual output of more than 800 million beads. 1993 began to produce crystal lamps and develop crystal handicrafts. Since then, it has changed the single low-grade product structure for more than ten years and opened up a new world for the processing industry of thousands of households. 1997 Pujiang crystal lighting city was built at the end of this year, which became a place integrating information, raw material supply, service and external publicity, and played a leading role in the development of Pujiang crystal glass industry. According to incomplete statistics, in 200 1 year, the annual sales of Pujiang crystal glass industry was more than 800 million yuan, with more than 40,000 employees. There are more than 800 production enterprises and business households/kloc-0, more than 40 crystal glass enterprises have registered trademarks, and more than 30 enterprises have websites on the Internet, selling more than 20,000 tons of crystal glass raw materials, mainly to enterprises in the county, as well as crystal glass business households in cities and counties such as Ningbo, Wenzhou, Yiwu and Jiande, and Chongqing, Tianjin, Jiangsu and Guangxi. The main products are grinding series, inner carving and deep carving series, casting series, inner painting series, blowing series of crystal glass crafts and crystal lighting. Among them, the market share of crystal glass beads and crystal glass crafts in China is over 40% and 60% respectively. Products cover major cities and markets in China, and some products are exported abroad. Pujiang County has become the main distribution center for the sales and processing of crystal glass raw materials and handicrafts in China. In recent years, Pujiang's crystal glass industry has been highly valued by relevant state departments, especially state leaders. China Daily Glass Association and Zhejiang Economic and Trade Commission jointly held the first China Crystal Glass Expo in Pujiang.