Yixing is famous for its rich ceramics, enjoy the “Pottery” said. As early as the Neolithic period of seven years ago, the ancestors of the people began to engage in Yixing pottery industry, it can be said to be the birthplace of the national production of pottery industry, but also the country one of the main bases of ceramic production. Currently has more than 700 types of ceramic production enterprise, family potteries reach thousands, formed from the raw material prospecting, mining, processing, transportation, mold design, production, firing, packaging, sales, marketing, research and education, such as full stop industrial chain. 2012, Yixing ceramics production to achieve 11 billion yuan output value. Pottery production on the basis of retaining the traditional ceramics, with the rapid development of both ceramic art, “five” that Yixing pottery, fine ceramics, pottery, porcelain, pottery America, another Dow Chemical, industrial ceramics, all kinds of daily art pottery, garden pottery and other types of construction can be roughly divided into five categories: household ceramics, architectural ceramics, arts and crafts ceramics, industrial ceramics and pottery purple. Which is still the largest daily amount pottery, which includes tableware, tea, wine, flower pots, tanks, about 40% of the altar, etc.; followed by industrial ceramics including electronic, electrical, textile, chemical machine, refractory supporting ceramic products, accounting for about 25%. Construction ceramics, including tiles, flower pots, about 20 percent; again is ceramic arts and crafts, including purple crafts, wall, hanging plates, vases and other accounts for about 15%; Zisha pottery which is a major feature of Yixing ceramics (a business cards), in addition to a large number of enterprises production, mainly in the production of individual family workshop about 10%.
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Yixing Ceramic Industry Status
Yixing ceramics industry has been a good development. Mainly as follows: First, the large number of enterprises ceramics, ceramic products manufacturing enterprises with more than 700. Second, relatively complete product, has 12 gates class over 8000 varieties. Third, the relative concentration of corporate layout, in addition to most of the existing businesses located in the industrial area outside the village, provincial ceramics industrial park and gather a considerable amount of large-scale ceramic production enterprises.
Key enterprises supporting role is obvious. In recent years, Yixing City, actively support and nurture key enterprises focus on ceramics, making it bigger and stronger, become the country’s ceramics industry, “Dumbo” and “flagship” companies, as the city’s industrial economy has played a relatively fast development large supporting role. Rich Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu thanks to innovation as the driving force to serve the purpose, and actively founded two foreign enterprises, the “worship the rich” brand to obtain the title of China Famous Brand, business was named the national high-tech enterprises, the production of lead-free, zinc-free frit ceramic products for daily use at home and abroad to fill the gaps. Yixing Ceramics Co., Ltd. rely Group goldfish advantage, flying in the fierce market competition, rapid development of enterprises, increasing the strength of a solid, ceramic bottles come out on top in the peer. 2012, the output value reached 800 million yuan bottle, top level quality in the nation. Yixing Orient Petroleum proppant Ltd. adhere to the industry, academia, research combining the road, developed a low density and high strength, medium density high strength, high density and high strength ceramic proppant, 2012, the output value reached 600 million yuan , the domestic market coverage of more than 95 percent of the Chinese domestic manufacturing ceramic proppant products larger (third World in the same industry) scale, the highest degree of automation, supply species than the whole, optimum product quality and more stable businesses.
Contribution to increasing the share of the ceramic industry. As in recent years, eliminate backward production capacity and industrial ceramics constantly upgrade and gradually form the ceramic industry cluster, and gradually improve the planning of the ceramic industry, ceramic industry total economy increased steadily increasing share of the contribution. Contribution from taxation perspective, in 2007 the contribution of the ceramics industry 250 million yuan, through industry consolidation and restructuring of the past five years, the share of contribution to the end of 2012 reached 500 million yuan, an increase of 100%; From the perspective of the level of employment to look, ceramics production enterprises are labor-intensive industries, to date, there are more than 70,000 residents and 30,000 migrant workers engaged in Yixing ceramic production, sales and employment for the community to effectively address the problem of maintaining social stability.
Improve the technological level of enhanced competitiveness. Yixing always put the development of new ceramic materials industry in an important position in technological innovation, firmly grasp the fundamental development of the real economy, to promote strategic emerging industries and ceramics characteristic industry “wheeled” to specialization, brand into the guide, in-depth implementation of innovation-driven strategy, develop technical ceramics and industrial ceramics, to build functional ceramics, structural ceramics industry Heights, started the non-metallic materials industry base in Yixing specialty brands. While actively developing school-enterprise cooperation, to introduce high-end talent Ceramic Technology, engaged in functional ceramics, structural ceramics, special ceramics and a number of the leading role of common, critical, forward-looking technology research and development, and promote the industrialization of high-tech achievements process. So far, 15 have ceramic high-tech enterprises, R & D institutions above the level 11, the provincial engineering technology research center 8, 2500 with a variety of patents.
China Pottery Ceramic City highlight features. East China is now becoming the largest ceramic arts, culture and commerce platform for Chinese professional Pottery Ceramic City, close to 104 National Road, the overall construction area of 580,000 square meters, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan, has a ceramic Culture Street, Tea Culture Street and antiques culture Street. Ceramic City overall planning rational layout, ceramic cultural themes positioning prominent tourist attractions tasteful, full-featured business management. It colorful Chinese ceramic culture features, melting exhibition, shopping, dining, online transactions in one, is a large modern collection, leisure and cultural tourism trade city. Where the total area of 23,000 square meters of “Pottery Ceramic Art International Exhibition Center”, has won the “China Arts and Crafts Society Yixing International Ceramic Art Exchange Center” award.
Yixing ceramics industry development advantages
In addition to pottery production has a long history, but with the reform and opening up, the baptism of the market economy, the development of ceramic industry so far, both the number of ceramic enterprises, size or product brand, grade, total economy have a greater development and increase, coupled with Yixing held for many major international and domestic large-scale pottery activities to further enhance the reputation of Yixing pottery, secure the “Pottery” status. After years of unremitting efforts, the ceramics industry restructuring and development is growing. 2010-2012, glazed tile production completely shut down more than 300 enterprises, complete the “glazed tile production enterprises in Wuxi City, three-year action plan for remediation” task, for industrial restructuring and development of open space.
First, the establishment of provincial ceramics industrial park platform for further development of Yixing ceramics industry, for the bigger, stronger, doing fine ceramics industry to expand and create more space and a unique condition.
The second is more abundant and unique natural resources. Local rich clay resources, space development and utilization of great depth, purple clay, is among unique, unique properties of precious resources, “Yixing” won reputation.
Third, reform of property rights already in place. Has completed the state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises, establish a market economy in line with the requirements of a large number of independent, self-financing, property rights, clear responsibilities of economic entities, and enhance the vitality of enterprise development, and promoting a new round of the ceramics industry large development.
Fourth, the development environment is becoming increasingly optimization. Yixing City adopted a series of effective measures to develop a “work comments on the development of ceramic industry” to improve the support policies, continue to the ceramic industry was established as the traditional industries and pillar industries of the city. Wuxi Municipal People’s Congress has specifically approved the “Regulations on the Protection of Wuxi City Yixing” for regulating and promoting the development of Yixing played a good role in promoting.
Five is quite obvious talent advantage. In the long-term development of ceramic industry, creating and training a group of skilled workers and high level of technical talents of a large number of ceramic production, Yixing addition to Chinese Arts, Chinese ceramic artist, Jiangsu Province Master of Arts, arts and crafts hundreds of teachers outside, whether it is purple, fine pottery or pottery, painted pottery masters are distinguished leader, plus tens of thousands of pottery workers, they developed the ceramic industry, reinforces the “Chinese pottery” status .
Six is the level of technical equipment in continuous improvement. In addition to all kinds of daily ceramics production handmade pottery, arts and crafts ceramics, the rapid development of industrial ceramics production enterprises, from raw material processing, product manufacture kiln firing to adopt more advanced production equipment, particularly the use of advanced, new furnace and gas and other clean energy sources, which greatly enhance the product’s quality grade and skill levels, such as goldfish company, based machine Group, thanks to the rich company, Eastern Company, the new Galaxy ceramics, fine pottery, Morgan the higher the company, the letter billion in ceramics, dark Star companies such equipment level, the strength of firm size is also larger. To the end of 2012, more than 50 million yuan sales of ceramic products companies have 21, of which there are 11 billion enterprise.
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Yixing ceramics industry trends
According to Yixing ceramics industry cluster development planning, the overall objectives are: Yixing ceramics industry will remain as traditional industries, and priority to the development of special industries, the total number of its corporate 调减 controlled at about 600, nurturing leader in all types of ceramic products, such as industrial ceramics, household pottery, craft art pottery, architectural pottery etc have scale enterprises as the backbone of the vanguard, with a feature of a brand name continues to increase awareness, to expansion and qualitative improvement to develop a greater amount of domestic and foreign markets . Play the purple specialty brands, the Yixing potter a world center of the world system of pots (ceramic pots) center and the World underglaze color ceramic tableware manufacturing center. “Twelve Five” end of the ceramic industry total sales reached 20 billion yuan. Focus on the development direction is: around ceramic products more special features, advantages and better goals, “Twelve Five” period, will focus on the development of Yixing pottery as the main characteristics of the product, will this benefit the people of enriching industry Yixing get long-term development, specifically to achieve doing fine Yixing tea, big purple flower pots, so gifted Yixing purple clay sculptures and various art pottery, so that “Yixing” This gold card even more brilliant, more awareness, to stimulate the development of the whole cluster of ceramic products .
In order to accelerate the increase in the total amount of the ceramic industry in the economy, will accelerate the development of export-oriented fine pottery tableware, tea. Expanded to goldfish, pottery, Dark Star (Morningstar) based ceramic bottle production scale, to seize more, the high-end wine containers and packaging market. Expansion of the machine to the prince, Morgan, should just, Haldenwanger party, nine wing, DOCERAM based industrial ceramics, refractory production capacity, its industrial advantage, increasing its entire ceramic the proportion of industry output. Should expand to Taiwan, Sino million Huafeng based ceramics for daily use, with a new Galaxy, Fu Tao Branch, Vientiane, moon, Jiahui, Dekor, Tao Yuan Jinlong based architectural ceramics to Yixing purple, Chen Yang, Tang Han, Universal-based garden ceramics, and actively introduce Yixing ceramics fill gaps and enhance other Yixing ceramic grade ceramic items to appropriate investment grade. Ceramic Industrial Park will take this opportunity, the amplification effect, attracting more and better projects located in major ceramic.
For fostering the growth of ceramics characteristic industry, Yixing City will take the following major measures:
Around the industrial character, active investment selection, and always adhere to the ceramic industry as traditional industries, specialty industry, to develop industries with local characteristics, in recent years, given the key projects included in the City of ceramic production projects over 20 only, investors were the United States, Germany, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and other countries and regions. Jiangsu Yixing Ceramic Industrial Park has become the focus of the city’s industrial park distinctive, closely around the “build one hundred billion of ceramic and metallic materials industry base,” the objectives, the next step will be to continue to increase the pace of investment, foreign investment grapes enlarge string effect, selective introduction of high input, high output, high-grade products into the area of ceramic production enterprise park.
Intensification around the industry, foster-scale enterprises. Currently, the existing 50 million yuan sales of more than 17 ceramic backbone enterprises, enterprises billion yuan sales above 11. “Twelve Five” period, will continue to increase support for efforts to foster the ceramic-scale enterprises, industry sales of 15 billion yuan of scale formation, accounting for 30 percent of the total economy, which reached over 10 billion enterprise 2-3 at home, over a hundred million enterprises reached 20, the real amount of the ceramics industry expansion and qualitative leap.
Around the industry gathering, and accelerate industrial bases. Jiangsu Yixing Ceramic existing industrial parks, national non-metallic materials industry base, China Pottery Ceramic City as the basis, the effective integration of resource elements, establish reasonable zoning, the formation of dislocation development trend, rising ceramics industry gathering capabilities and platforms. First, the rapid eastward expansion of the ceramic industrial park by the road during the construction of beauty, open the hinterland, and expand development, resolve land constraints, to lay the foundation for the admission of the project. Second, the use of the combined effect of the national non-metallic materials industry base, the rapid construction of R & D centers, the introduction of new ceramic materials, new equipment, new technology, boost the development of ceramic industrial park space and input-output capability. Third, focus on the development finance commerce, culture, tourism, leisure, convention and one of the Chinese Ceramic Pottery city exchanges and cooperation platform, increasing construction and management of follow-up projects, improve the supporting function, economies of scale, making Yixing Pottery radiation a major highlight at home and abroad.
Around the industrial scale, expand domestic and foreign markets. Currently, Yixing ceramics industry scale enterprises less than normal, the existing well-known brands at home and abroad influence is also not big enough, restricted the rapid expansion of the ceramic industry. “Twelve Five” period will focus on the following aspects of work to do: First, to support the existing backbone enterprises bigger and stronger; second is to actively implement the brand strategy to improve quality, and striving for the main direction of brand name as a new round of development; Third, do operate Chinese pottery ceramics trade city, learn from the successful experience of other areas of the market of ceramic construction, promote the establishment of three production capacity to three, with two production led to the development of the concept of tertiary industry to attract more domestic and foreign ceramics distributors to invest in business, and strive to build distribution center in the world trade city of ceramic products. Fourth, the development environment around excellence, perfect service system. As the ceramic industry base, accelerate the construction of Yixing city of excellence environment, it is particularly important to the development of pottery. Fifth, strengthen policy support, strengthen guidance, management and service, give full play to the ceramic industry association services, coordination, self-discipline, the role of supervision and management, particularly in the development of industrial planning, science and technology information exchange, industry technical training, regulate trade order, promote enterprise and self-discipline to stop disorderly competition, accelerating personnel training, and expanding foreign exchanges, etc., play a greater role.
Meanwhile, according to Yixing natural resources, industry characteristics, culture and other factors, the development and improvement of urban development Yixing detailed planning, increase capital investment, improve the urban infrastructure, complete the relocation of urban enterprises, improving the ecological environment, and the protection of historical and cultural relics work to improve urban management, urban landscape Yixing has greatly improved, and create a favorable regional environment for the ceramic industry.
