Shanxi Shuozhou Ceramic Import and Export Fair has recently been held in 
Yingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province.

At the fair, participants reached intentions of cooperation on 20 investment 
projects. Among them, eight projects with a total investment of more than 1.6 
billion yuan will be set up in Yingxian County, including a high-end ceramic 
decoration production line and a ceramic stained paper production line.

In recent years, Yingxian County has accelerated economic transformation and 
quickened the pace of building itself into an important ceramic production base.

At present, the ceramic products produced in Yingxian have been sold to major 
cities in China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, as well 
as more than 40 countries and regions in Europe, America and Southeast Asia.

The ceramic industry in Yingxian has already formed an industrial pattern 
featuring daily-use ceramics, architectural ceramics, and export-oriented 
ceramics. At present, the county is home to 21 ceramic enterprises and 32 
production lines, with the annual production capacity of daily-use ceramics 
reaching 1 billion pieces and the architectural ceramics reaching 33 million 
square meters. The ceramic products have covered more than 2,000 varieties of 
over 60 series, according to Ding Yu, deputy secretary of the Yingxian County 
Party Committee and Acting County Magistrate.

Rich in ceramic raw materials such as kaolin, quartz, clay and porcelain stone, 
Yingxian enjoys favorable advantages in the ceramic production, enabling the 
local ceramic enterprises to focus on the ceramic R&D.

At present, the ceramic enterprises in Yingxian have boasted 13 provincial and 
municipal ceramic technology R&D centers.

To promote healthy development of the ceramic industry, in January 2019, an 
economic and technological development zone highlighting the production of 
daily-use ceramics and architectural ceramics was approved.

Ding said that this year, Yingxian will further increase the infrastructure 
construction of the development zone and also introduce the factory production 
enterprises involving coal-to-gas, moulding, decoration firing, color printing 
and packaging, to provide ceramic enterprises with professional services.


SOURCE: Yingxian County