Opening Ceremony of 2024 Hebei Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics Expo (photo by CCTV reporter Wang Weiqian)
CCTV News from Shijiazhuang on August 19 (Reporter Wang Weiqian) On August 18, the 2024 Hebei Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics Expo and Trade Fair opened in the light industry town of Gaoyi County.
With the theme of "New Ceramics, New Industries, New Future", this year's Ceramics Expo comprehensively and multi-dimensionally demonstrated the progress of Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics Industry in recent years in equipment upgrading, environmental protection transformation, technological innovation, product iteration, and branding. Achievements in construction and other aspects. At the exhibition, more than 3,000 exhibits were on display.
Meet friends in the name of porcelain
The regional brand of "Gaoyi Building Ceramics" continues to be polished
The ceramics industry in Gaoyi County has a long history, with a development history of more than a thousand years. It was an important branch of the "Xing Kiln" in the Tang Dynasty. The development of the modern ceramics industry started in the early 1990s and has gone through 30 years. The remaining years.
In recent years, Gaoyi County has accelerated industrial transformation and upgrading, resource integration, mergers and reorganizations in accordance with the principles of "enterprise groupization, brand name branding, and product differentiation" to create a "leading enterprise" in the construction and ceramics industry. It continues to grow and develop. At present, there are 17 ceramic construction companies in the county, 28 ceramic production lines, and an annual production capacity of over 200 million square meters. The main products include floor tiles, high-grade rock slabs, interior wall tiles, exterior wall tiles, floor paving stones, and ancient building tiles. The series of six categories of products has formed a ceramic industry cluster with Huili Ceramics, Eryou Ceramics, Fulong Ceramics, Xinci Group, Yuzhu Ceramics, Huide Ceramics and other enterprises as the core.
The reporter learned that Zanhuang County, which is adjacent to Gaoyi County, has accelerated the process of greening, high-end and branding of the ceramic industry in recent years. At present, a ceramic industry cluster has been formed with seven large-scale ceramic companies as the core, including New Boer Ceramics, Haorui Ceramics, and Huize Ceramics. The production covers porcelain tiles, polished tiles, medium plates, large plates, marble tiles and other specifications. Complete wall and floor tile products with various designs, colors and craftsmanship.
Exhibition scene (photo by CCTV reporter Wang Weiqian)
According to reports, this Ceramics Expo attracted more than 200 upstream and downstream enterprises and brands in the ceramic industry chain from more than ten provinces and regions including Hebei, Guangdong, Shandong, Beijing, Henan, Liaoning, Shanxi, Jiangxi, and Guangxi. , radiating into Beijing, Tianjin, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other regional markets, affecting 400 million potential consumers.
It is worth mentioning here that Gaoyi County Light Industry Town is the main exhibition area of this Ceramics Expo, covering an area of 476 acres, with a total construction area of 400,000 square meters, and 20 standardized factory buildings, 10 1 apartment, 1 restaurant, 1 convention and exhibition center. This is Gaoyi County’s commitment to optimizing the development environment and targeting high-quality light industry manufacturing.An open service platform created by enterprises and trade export companies, it is also the preferred venue for grand exhibitions.
The reporter learned from the organizer that this Ceramics Expo is grand in scale, with an exhibition scale of more than 10,000 square meters, attracting tens of thousands of buyers from more than ten countries around the world to Gaoyi, and comprehensively demonstrating the new era of Gaoyi. The new upgrade and new start of the ceramic industry highlight the vitality and unlimited potential of Gaoyi's ceramic industry. It is also a vivid explanation of the business environment of Gaoyi County that "comes to Gaoyi and you are satisfied".
"Strengthening the dry port and revitalizing Gaoyi"
Shijiazhuang International Dry Port accelerates the "going overseas" of Gaoyi regional ceramics
One of the highlights of this exhibition attracted attention: Shijiazhuang International Land Port located in Gaoyi County co-organized the exhibition to help Gaoyi regional ceramics "go overseas".
Shijiazhuang International Dry Port located in Gaoyi County (photo by CCTV reporter Wang Weiqian)
In June 2018, Shijiazhuang International Dry Port opened its first international train. Since then, the number of international trains has continued to increase. Especially since 2023, Gaoyi County has insisted on taking the modern trade logistics industry as the leading industry in the county and established the leading position of Shijiazhuang International Dry Port. The county's key work focuses on the development of dry ports. In this chapter, the construction and development of dry ports has been comprehensively improved in quality and speed, and its leading and driving role has become increasingly prominent. Currently, 24 trains per month are scheduled to operate on a scheduled basis, passing through 8 exit ports including Manzhouli, Erenhot, Horgos, Alashankou, Pingxiang, Mohan, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang. The business scope covers more than 50 countries and region, sea-rail combined transport reaches more than 200 ports around the world, realizing the seamless connection of the "Land-Sea Silk Road" and global cargo transportation, and has become the inland region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei with "the fastest customs clearance, the lowest cost, and the best service" port.
At the same time, Gaoyi County vigorously promotes the development of Shijiazhuang International Land Port chain cluster, opens up the upstream and downstream industrial chains of modern trade and logistics, creates a full industry chain ecosystem, and forms a warehousing logistics industry cluster and a railway-friendly port processing industry cluster. , foreign trade export industry cluster, building the core support that leads the county's economic development.
The person in charge of a ceramics company in Gaoyi County said that under the background of "going overseas" becoming a trend, the convenient logistics channel advantages of Shijiazhuang International Dry Port have reduced the time and transportation costs for ceramic tile products to go abroad, and various comprehensive The cost can be reduced by more than 20%. This will not only help Gaoyi regional ceramic enterprises expand the international market, but also further enhance the international competitiveness of Gaoyi regional ceramic industry.
Gathering the wisdom and power of the ceramic industry
Provide suggestions for Gaoyi Zanhuang regional ceramics to move towards new quality productivity
How will the future Gaoyi ceramics industry achieve sustainable, high-quality development through new productivity? How to implement green intelligent manufacturing, brand building, channel expansion, and influence improvementUpgrade again in terms of upgrade?
During this Ceramics Expo, the 2024 Hebei Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics Industry Development Summit Forum, the 2024 Hebei Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics New Quality Productivity Development Seminar, and the 2024 Hebei Gaoyi Zanhuang Ceramics New Productivity Development Seminar will also be held simultaneously. Ceramics Expo and trade fair results conference and a series of themed activities.
Attendees extensively exchanged industry experience, learned from each other, and learned from each other's strengths. Relevant experts and relevant leaders of leading companies were also invited to conduct in-depth discussions on the current status, challenges, and future development ideas of the ceramic industry.
A series of themed activities invite well-known experts and scholars in ceramics and related fields across the country to provide the most cutting-edge ideas for Gaoyi Zanhuang regional ceramic enterprises, sort out future development directions, and also provide high-level ceramic industry solutions for Gaoyi Zanhuang region. Quality development empowerment helps the local ceramic industry adapt to new quality productivity.
