Guangxi Wuzhou revitalizes Wuzhou artificial products and makes the gem capital shine in the world.

Chen Lihua, Vice Mayor of Wuzhou City, Guangxi

With the strong support of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, Wuzhou's artificial products have developed rapidly, and have become the world's largest artificial products processing and distribution center integrating trading, distribution, quality supervision, training and research and development.

At present, the annual output of cubic zirconia produced in Wuzhou for synthesizing red and blue corundum and spinel in artificial products reaches 3,600 tons, about 654.38+0.2 billion grains, accounting for about 80% of domestic output and more than 70% of world output. The annual output value of major gemstones and related industries is about 2.5 billion yuan, and Wuzhou's position as "the world's capital of man-made products" is more prominent.

First, the motivation for the rapid development of Wuzhou's artificial products industry

(a) with the strong support of the municipal party committee and the municipal government.

The development of Wuzhou artificial products is not a natural development, but the result of the strong support of the municipal party Committee and municipal government. Our city has successfully held three consecutive Wuzhou International Gem Festivals, and the fourth Wuzhou International Gem Festivals will be held this year. The municipal party committee and municipal government tried their best to raise a large amount of funds, and introduced various preferential policies to support the artificial products industry, so as to make it develop continuously, become better and stronger, and the industry developed rapidly in a short time.

(two) has a huge industrial technology and trade talent group support.

After more than 20 years' development, the number of professional technicians and skilled workers of artificial products in our city is growing day by day, and the processing technology is becoming more and more mature, which has supported the sound and rapid development of this industry. Wuzhou Gem Technical Training School was established in 2000, which is a professional school focusing on grinding, cutting, grinding, stone testing and technical training and teaching. In 2006, Wuzhou University established the laboratory of artificial product design, R&D and testing, which was listed as the key laboratory of Guangxi universities and became the training base of industrial R&D and artificial products talents in Wuzhou.

It is worth pointing out that Wuzhou's gem industry has attracted tens of thousands of people at home and abroad to participate. Businessmen, technicians and craftsmen from Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian, Hongkong, Taiwan Province, Thailand, India, the United States, Italy and Russia have gradually become the pillars of Wuzhou's gem industry. They struggled silently for their own cause and contributed to the development and growth of the gem industry in our city. "Wuzhou Gem" shines all over the world. It is not a narrow concept of local industry, but has a wide geographical meaning and has become a professional vocabulary of the world gem industry.

On September 28th, 2006, Ren Xiekang, secretary of Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee, announced the opening of the third Wuzhou International Gem Festival.

(3) It has the largest trading and distribution center of artificial products in the world.

According to incomplete statistics in 2006, there are 346 self-employed households and 28 enterprises engaged in gem trading, processing and machinery in Wuzhou. Among them, there are 3 collective enterprises, 75 private enterprises, 50 foreign-invested enterprises (registered capital of 9.89 million US dollars, mainly wholly-owned enterprises), with 6.5438+0.2 million employees and more than 50,000 stone grinders. Many retail investors with less than 5 stone grinders are not registered in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Wuzhou's main gemstones and related industries have an annual output value of about 2.5 billion yuan, making it the largest trading center for man-made products in the world. As far as China is concerned, as long as it is artificial products, no matter where the raw materials come from, most of them are processed and traded in Wuzhou.

(4) Having relatively perfect local standards for quality inspection of artificial products.

Wuzhou artificial product quality inspection standard is the first artificial product product specification and product quality standard in the world. Make the production of artificial products step by step on the road of standardization, and establish the international brand of Wuzhou artificial products. There is a saying that "first-class industrial production standards, second-rate industrial production technologies and third-rate industrial products", and Wuzhou's artificial products industry can be guaranteed by the quality standards of "the world's artificial products capital". At present, Wuzhou has become a center for quality inspection and technical certification of artificial products.

Second, the problems existing in the development of Wuzhou man-made products industry

(A) the low level of enterprise management, lack of modern management level.

Most of the GEM enterprises in Wuzhou are small and medium-sized enterprises, so they can't jump out of the family management mode. The quality of managers is uneven, the education level is not high, small wealth is safe and easy to meet, and it is difficult to make enterprises bigger and stronger without modern management concepts.

(B) mainly low-end products, lack of high value-added products.

At present, there are many semi-finished products, few finished products, many crude products and few fine products in Wuzhou gem products, and the enterprises are extensive in operation and inefficient. There are not many mid-range products, and there are even fewer high-end products mainly based on mosaic technology, lacking deep processing and high-end products. This makes it difficult for Wuzhou artificial gem industry to compete effectively in the international high-end market.

(3) The industrial chain is not long, and relevant supporting industries are not yet perfect.

Wuzhou's artificial products industry is still in the stage of production and processing and low-end finished product trade. Because the conditions for introducing mosaic industry are not mature, there are still few local enterprises, and the relevant industrial supporting chain has not yet formed. This is the development direction that should be paid attention to in the future.

Third, the strategic plan to revitalize Wuzhou's man-made products industry.

In order to further implement the strategy of opening to the outside world and project-driven, encourage and support artificial products enterprises to become bigger and stronger, attract new gem industry projects into our city, cultivate a number of superior enterprises, and truly build the artificial products industry into one of the five pillar industries, thereby increasing the total industrial output, realizing the accelerated economic and social development of Wuzhou supported by industry, and accelerating the pace of building a well-off society in an all-round way.

(1) Accelerate the construction of "one base and three centers" and optimize the industrial layout.

1. Artifact industry is one of the five major industrial industries in our city. The overall strategic goal is to build Wuzhou into a global artifact deep processing base and artifact trading center, an artifact product quality supervision and testing center in China, an artifact talent training and R&D center in China in three to five years. Promote the transformation of the production mode of artificial products from low-end to high-end, from rough machining to deep processing, from manual grinding to automatic mechanical inlaying, realize the mutual promotion of gem research and development, gem processing and circulation, gem culture and tourism, promote the development of gem industry to a higher level, and strengthen our position as an important production base and distribution center of artificial products in the world.

At the opening ceremony of the 3rd Wuzhou International Gem Festival, from left to right, Huang Dahua, honorary president of Hong Kong Gem Manufacturers Association, Yang Sisan, deputy secretary general of China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, Yu, mayor of Wuzhou, Zhang Chongren, vice chairman of Guangxi, Ren Xiekang, vice chairman of Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee, vice chairman of Guangxi, Liang Jiazhi, chairman of Wuzhou, and permanent president of Guangxi Friendship Association.

2. Give further play to the pulling role of gem city and processing park, and build a gem deep processing base. Further accelerate the construction of industrial carrier of artificial products. First, speed up the construction of Gemstone Building, and strive to complete the main podium in September 2006. Strive to build Gem City and Gem Building into China Wuzhou (International) Gem City with strong radiation, drive the surrounding areas to form artificial products processing and production bases, and consolidate Wuzhou's center and leading position in the field of gem processing at home and abroad; The second is to speed up the planning and construction of gem industrial park. Gem industrial park should focus on introducing famous enterprises in gem deep processing enterprises and jewelry processing industries at home and abroad, and build a deep processing base for artificial products; Third, encourage counties (cities, districts) to develop artificial products industry in combination with the actual situation, make full use of the existing rural labor resources, develop artificial products processing professional villages around the gem industrial park in our city, make full use of local small hydropower resources to develop gem raw material production, and build the artificial products processing base in our city in combination with urban and rural areas.

Yu, Mayor of Wuzhou City and Director of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Wuzhou International Gem Festival, delivered an opening speech.

3. Give full play to the advantages of GEM trading distribution and build a world-class GEM trading platform and logistics distribution center. First, to build a "Wuzhou Gem Business and Cultural Tourism Street", with China Wuzhou (International) Gem City and Gem Park as the center, Bubu Road and Xihuan Road as the main body, to form a gem logistics trading center with the wholesale and retail of raw materials, finished products, semi-finished products, ornaments and processing equipment as the main body, and to develop the cultural tourism industry of artificial products; Second, the computer network information center of China Wuzhou (International Gem City) will be established, and the information and market situation of the global artificial products industry will be widely collected and published by using modern network technology, so as to build a one-stop service and information network system for the production, supply and sale of artificial products and gemstones and jewelry, develop an online trading platform for artificial products, and actively expand the futures trading and auction market of artificial products on the basis of spot trading; Third, actively develop the logistics industry that adapts to the trade of artificial products, and give play to the advantages of Gem City and Gem Building in our city as distribution, trading and information centers. Quality supervision, customs, industry and commerce departments should set up designated service agencies to provide a series of supporting services for the trading, identification, transportation, tax payment and customs clearance of man-made products. In view of the characteristics of low quality, high value, convenient carrying and strong commercial confidentiality of artificial products, the customs, postal services and transportation departments of our city are encouraged to establish fast, convenient, safe and confidential artificial products trading and transportation channels, expand the express delivery business of artificial products, and truly build Wuzhou into a world-class artificial products trading center.

4. Improve the gem testing standard system and establish the national artificial products testing center. Relying on the technical strength and testing equipment of the quality and technical supervision department of our city, combined with the scientific and technological strength of Wuzhou University's "Artificial Products R&D Testing Laboratory", Wuzhou Artificial Products Quality Testing Center takes the lead, and works closely with the Municipal Economic Commission, Gem Chamber of Commerce, Jewelry Research Institute and other relevant departments and enterprises to further study and improve the product specifications and product quality standard system of artificial products according to the existing Wuzhou artificial products quality testing standards. Actively declare national standards and international standards, formulate operating rules for the production, inspection, delivery and trading of artificial products, gradually realize the standardization and standardized management of the production of artificial products in our city, and build Wuzhou artificial products quality testing center into a national testing center.

5. Give full play to the role of Wuzhou University in R&D and training, accelerate the research and development of new products, and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Give full play to the role of jewelry research institutions in our city, increase the research and development of new products, carry out systematic and high-level research, and promote the design, manufacture, marketing, research and appraisal of jewelry and jade products, so as to make our city a well-known gem talent gathering training and product research and development center at home and abroad.

Implement the talent gathering strategy, form a strong talent incentive mechanism, actively cultivate and introduce high-quality talents, and build a small highland and five continents for artificial products talents. First, make full use of the existing artificial products training base, give full play to the training role of Wuzhou University, Wuzhou Vocational and Technical College, Wuzhou Gem School and other institutions, carry out multi-level and diversified gem science and technology education and personnel training, and train professionals at different levels for the gem industry; Second, vigorously introduce artificial product R&D institutions and high-end talents to create independent innovation R&D institutions for artificial products. Senior gem professionals who apply for or bring their own patented technology to work and start businesses in our city enjoy the special treatment stipulated by our city's policies.

Wuzhou gem yuan

(2) Cultivate and support leading enterprises, and make the GEM industry bigger and stronger.

1. Support a number of leading enterprises and implement key protection. Select a group of GEM enterprises with strong strength, advanced equipment, great contribution and good prospects as leading enterprises to give key support and enjoy the most preferential policies for industrial enterprises in our city in terms of enterprise registration, water and electricity prices, business administration, taxation, export and technological transformation. Leading enterprises shall be protected by listing, and no unit or individual may interfere with the normal production and independent operation of enterprises. In the near future, we will focus on cultivating 20 leading enterprises focusing on deep processing and raw material production of gemstones, support them to expand their production scale, and radiate, demonstrate and promote the accelerated development of the entire gemstone industry.

Gemstone grinding and carving

Jewelry promotion of man-made products

2. Encourage leading enterprises to develop new products and increase investment in fixed assets. Encourage gem enterprises to introduce advanced production equipment and technology and rely on scientific and technological innovation to upgrade the gem industry. Cooperate with experts from China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association to develop new gem products, focusing on deep processing and marginal industries. For gem leading enterprises that develop gem processing nearby in our city, promote the construction of gem specialized villages and towns, and increase farmers' income, the government will implement loan discount or subsidy for their new fixed assets investment (including fixed assets investment in technological transformation projects), and give appropriate incentives.

3. Implement brand strategy and encourage leading enterprises to strive for brands and well-known trademarks. In the future, a part will be set aside from the municipal transformation fund every year to support the industrialization development of key projects, new product development and artificial products enterprises. Encourage 20 leading enterprises to apply for patents and build gem brands. Relevant departments should organize special forces to help enterprises declare patents. Before 20 10, enterprises that have won provincial famous brand products or famous trademarks will be rewarded with 300,000 yuan, and enterprises that have won national famous brand products or well-known trademarks will be rewarded with 500,000 yuan.

4. Implement an export incentive system to encourage leading enterprises to expand the international market. Encourage GEM enterprises to expand their import and export business and constantly explore the international market. For the export of leading enterprises, we should help them to win various financial support from the state and the autonomous region; Enterprises that export gem products at the port of this city will earn US$ 65,438+000 for each export, and be rewarded with RMB 2 yuan; For the terminal products processed and exported with artificial products as the main body, RMB 100 USD will be awarded for each export earnings; The government will give appropriate incentives to GEM enterprises that have made outstanding contributions to foreign exchange earning through export.

5. Further expand the gem processing extension industry and lengthen the industrial chain of artificial products. The focus of attracting foreign investment to host the artificial products processing enterprises in our city is to further expand the gem deep processing and downstream industries, increase the investment attraction for gold, silver and gem inlay processing enterprises, and vigorously introduce supporting enterprises such as gold, silver and jewelry processing equipment, raw material production and gem deep processing to form a gem and jewelry processing industrial chain.

(3) Make full use of flexible policies to optimize the development environment of gem industry.

1. Increase support, implement preferential policies and encourage development. First, reduce administrative fees and support enterprise development. All gem industry projects can enjoy the preferential policies and incentive policies stipulated in the Opinions of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government on Further Accelerating Industrial Development (Ufa [2004] No.60) and the Post Responsibility System on Further Attracting Foreign Investment to Promote Economic Development, and all of them are exempted from municipal administrative fees, and the surcharge for urban utilities in electricity charges is returned by the municipal finance in equal amount. Preferential measures of fixed-point pricing power supply and appropriate financial subsidies shall be implemented for leading gem enterprises; The second is to implement preferential industrial and commercial tax policies. Industry and commerce and taxation departments should make full use of existing preferential policies and support the gem industry with the most preferential policies within three to five years. The third is to focus on ensuring the land for gem deep processing projects. The land for new gem deep processing projects (including enterprise expansion) is sold at the lowest price stipulated by the state and the autonomous region, and enjoys the most favorable industrial land policy in our city.

2. Provide high-quality, convenient and efficient export services. Efforts should be made to create conditions for the customs electronic customs declaration terminal system to settle in Gem City and handle the import and export customs declaration business of gem processing enterprises nearby. Assist leading enterprises to apply for A-level credit enterprises granted by the customs, communicate with Wugang through train, and strive for Wuzhou gem processing and export enterprises to file and cancel their contracts. In Wuzhou Customs, the import and export inspection of goods can be handled through Wugang through train or transported to Hong Kong and other places through other channels.

Wuzhou gem building

(4) Increase investment attraction and promote the sustained growth of the GEM industry.

1. Establish the artificial product industry investment project library. The key to extend the industrial chain of man-made products is to extend the gem raw materials, gem machinery manufacturing, gem inlay, jewelry industry and craft gift industry. To focus on the Municipal Economic Commission and China Merchants, the Bureau of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Planning Commission, the Land and Resources Bureau and other relevant departments should jointly do a good job in the preliminary work of gem industry investment projects and establish a gem industry investment project library. Counties (cities, districts) should determine a number of mature projects, do a good job in the construction of investment platforms and carriers, improve the functions of facilities, and attract a number of large enterprises with high technology content, high industrial relevance and strong driving role to invest in the gem industry.

2. Give full play to advantages and entrust investment promotion. Mainly implement the entrusted investment promotion system, and promote the GEM industry to make new breakthroughs in attracting investment. Through the market-oriented operation mode, give full play to the professional advantages of Gemstone Chamber of Commerce, entrust Gemstone Chamber of Commerce to set up an investment team, win the support of major chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, Taiwan Province Province and Guangdong Province, attract investment, focus on introducing a number of projects or production enterprises with a certain grade and scale, and take gold, silver, jewelry and jade jewelry processing and inlaying as the leading products to attract foreign investment to participate in the development of Gemstone industry in our city. We will further build the investment advantage of our city, make use of the stable supply and production base of gemstone raw materials, reduce the cost of water, electricity, factory buildings and land, and promise to provide "one-stop" service for merchants to invest and operate, and maintain sufficient and cheap labor force, thus forming our outstanding advantage in attracting investment in gemstone industry. In particular, through the contact with the surrounding labor-rich areas and universities and technical secondary schools, we will help gem enterprises to contact and recruit and train employees, so as to gather the advantages of skilled gem workers and sufficient senior professional and technical personnel and attract foreign-funded enterprises.

3. Strengthen the responsibility and establish an assessment and incentive mechanism for attracting investment. The first is to implement the target responsibility system for attracting investment. In the annual investment task, each investment subject should undertake more than two GEM projects with a total investment of more than 5 million yuan. All relevant departments should strengthen the follow-up service for imported projects, so that foreign capital can "attract, stay and do well"; The second is to reward those who have contributed to attracting investment. The responsible units that have completed or exceeded the annual investment promotion task of GEM projects will be rewarded according to the Opinions of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government on Further Accelerating Industrial Development (No.60 [2004] of Wu Fa) and the Notice on Further Improving the Assessment and Incentive Measures for Investment Promotion Targets (No.6 [2005] of Wu Fa/KLOC-0), and the reward will be increased by 20%. Gemstone inlay, jewelry, gem raw material production projects, the introduction of the formation of fixed assets investment100000 yuan of gem industry projects. At the end of the year, the finance will actually form a one-time additional investment promotion business fund with fixed assets investment of 654.38+0 ‰; The third is to set up an information award for attracting investment and an introduction award for attracting investment. Those who provide investment information for GEM projects will be rewarded at 0. 1‰ of the amount of funds in place after the project funds are actually in place; Foreign-funded projects with an investment of less than US$ 5 million recommended by the first introducer will be rewarded at 2‰ of the amount of foreign capital in place; Those who have made outstanding contributions to the introduction and promotion of projects that have a significant impact or play a strategic role will be rewarded separately.

4. Encourage existing enterprises to increase investment or seek partners to expand production and operation. Tax incentives will be given to newly-established enterprises for new investment or independent introduction of cooperative capital, and enterprises with capital increase will be rewarded with reference to the measures for attracting investment; Give local GEM enterprises the same treatment as foreign-invested enterprises in policy.

(5) Give full play to the role of industry management departments in man-made products, strive to improve the service level and promote the healthy development of the gem industry.

1. Strengthen service awareness and improve management level. Governments at all levels and departments should attach great importance to the development of the artificial products industry, give full play to the functions of the competent departments of the gem industry, and earnestly strengthen the planning, guidance and macro-control of the gem industry. The Municipal Economic Commission's Artificial Products Industrial Branch and Dieshan Gem Industry Development Administration, as the management departments of the two-level gem industry in our city and urban areas, should further improve the management level and service quality, strengthen the development planning and business guidance of the artificial products industry, and coordinate all relevant departments to support the development of the gem industry. All departments should work together to create a good environment for the gem industry to become bigger and stronger.

2. Give full play to the independent role of the GEM Chamber of Commerce and strengthen industry self-discipline. City Gem Chamber of Commerce should further play the role of industry self-discipline, guide gem enterprises to follow market rules, pay taxes according to law, operate legally and develop healthily.

3. Create a unique culture of Wuzhou gem industry and expand the social and economic benefits of the gem industry. Adhere to the "Wuzhou International Gem Festival", attract gem merchants from more countries to come for negotiation, purchase and sightseeing, and promote the interaction between Wuzhou gem industry and tourism culture characteristic industries. The annual Gem Festival should be innovative in content and form, highlighting local characteristics and fashion themes. The established office of the Organizing Committee of Wuzhou International Gem Festival, as a fixed and permanent operation organization, should further play the role of macro-control, hire professionals to participate in planning and organizing implementation, introduce large consortia, large companies and media organizations to participate in activities, implement market-oriented operation, continuously expand the attraction and influence of Wuzhou International Gem Festival, and continuously expand the economic and social effects of gem exhibitions.

In the future, we should strengthen publicity and cultivate the market for the development of Wuzhou artificial products industry. By inviting in and out, we will publicize the gem brand, expand Wuzhou's popularity and show the charm of Wuzhou's gem industry. Through the successful holding of a series of activities through market operation, the publicity effect of secondary communication will be formed, and a good atmosphere will be created to serve, support and guide the healthy development of the industry. We firmly believe that the future of Wuzhou artificial products industry will be better.

Panorama of Hedong in Wuzhou City