In order to promote the development of the cultural industry of Jiangjin selenium jade, from October 28 to 29, 2021, Qin Min, then member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangjin District CPC Committee and director of the Publicity Department (currently deputy secretary of the Jiangjin District CPC Committee), led a team to Shenzhen to investigate and study the jade cultural industry, and relevant units such as the District Commission of Commerce, the District Cultural and Tourism Commission, the District Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, the District Federation of Social Sciences, the Chongqing Industrial and Commercial School, Baisha Town, Zhongshan Town and the Jiangjin District Selenium Jade Culture Research Association participated in the inspection.
During the period, Qin Min and his party successively went to the studio of Pan Zhaoliang, a national amber master in Shenzhen, Songgang International Amber Trading Center, Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center and other places, and learned from the experience and practices of the development of jade culture industry from Experts in Shenzhen through visits, conferences and discussions.
▲Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center
Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center
Founded in 2004, Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center is the most influential and largest jewelry professional trading market in China. The center is located in The Shuibei Industrial Zone, Luohu District, Shenzhen, known as the "City of Jewelry", with a total of 10,000 square meters of business area on 3 floors, operating silver jewelry, pearls, jadeite, gemstones, precious metals, etc., integrating product display and trading, information and business, jewelry culture and international industrial exchanges, concentrating more than 100 well-known jewelry companies and brands from Many developed countries and regions of the jewelry industry such as China, the United States, Italy, Thailand, etc., and is the most important transaction and culture in the Shenzhen gold and jewelry industry agglomeration base 3. Information exchange platform.
Cultivate jade carving talents
"Pan Zhaoliang Master Studio" will be stationed in Jiangjin
In the studio of Pan Zhaoliang, a national amber carving master, Qin Min and his party visited the process of amber carving creation and learned about the development process of the studio. As the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Chinese amber intention carving, the master of Chinese amber carving, the Chinese jade carving artist, and the director of the China Arts and Crafts Association, Pan Zhaoliang's evaluation of Jiangjin selenium jade is "playability, creativity, plasticity are good, people love it, whether as ornamental stone or jade has a very high value".
▲ Qin Min (front row, second from left) and his party inspected Pan Zhaoliang's studio
▲ Pan Zhaoliang (first from the right) introduced the amber carving creation process to Qin Min
It is reported that in order to promote the development of Jiangjin selenium jade cultural industry, Pan Zhaoliang has reached a cooperation agreement with Chongqing Industrial and Commercial School located in Jiangjin District, and the "Pan Zhaoliang Master Studio" will be stationed in the school to cultivate more jade carving talents for Jiangjin.
Pan Zhaoliang, originally from Jiangjin, Chongqing, graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, studied at Chongqing Industrial and Commercial School, founder of Pan Zhaoliang Studio, Master of Chinese Amber Carving, Chinese Jade Carving Artist, Director of China Arts and Crafts Association, Director of Amber Art Committee of Guangdong Arts and Crafts Association. Has been engaged in Shoushan stone carving, jade carving, in 2011 transferred to amber carving, personal works in the national major competitions have won many awards, is the current domestic amber works can be in the same year "Tiangong Award", "Hundred Flowers Award" and "Shengong Award" in the appraisal, in one fell swoop have won the highest amber award.
▲Songgang International Amber Trading Center is located in Songrui Road, Songgang, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, integrating "raw materials, manufacturing, wholesale, trading, display, culture", and is the largest amber trading market and expo center in China (picture source network)
▲Visit the Shenzhen Century Amber Museum
"Support" Jiangjin selenium jade industry development
Listen to what the "big coffee" in the shenzhen jewelry and jade industry say?
At the Songgang International Amber Trading Center, Qin Min and his party held discussions and exchanges with Kong Fanli, director of shenzhen century amber museum and executive vice president of the amber branch of China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, Lin Ruyun of Shenzhen Linlang Amber Co., Ltd., Bi Qingming, secretary general of the Amber Art Committee of Guangdong Arts and Crafts Association, and other industry experts on the development of regional jade cultural industry.
▲The scene of the symposium
▲The scene of the symposium. From left to right, Pan Zhaoliang, Lin Ruyun, Kong Fanli, and Bi Qingming are in order
Kong Fanli introduced in detail the development process, industrial scale and operation management of the amber industry in Songgang area, as well as the experience and practices of the trading center in expanding amber sales channels through Internet live broadcasting in recent years. Kong Fanli, Lin Ruyun and Bi Qingming all affirmed Jiangjin selenium jade, saying that they had the opportunity to go to Jiangjin to investigate selenium jade on the spot, and put forward views and suggestions for promoting the development of The selenium jade industry in Jiangjin from the aspects of finding out the advantages, excavating culture, formulating standards, mining management, industrial guidance and publicity and promotion.
Curator of the Chinese Century Amber Museum
Holes are fertile
Kong Fanli: There is still a long way to go in the development of Jiangjin selenium jade cultural industry, the government should optimize the business environment, invite industry associations such as the Zhongbao Association and Gongmei to assist in promotion, attract powerful and affectionate enterprises to jointly build, through the formulation of local standards, holding a series of forum events, new museums, etc., to continuously improve the taste of Jiangjin selenium jade, improve visibility.
Secretary General of Amber Art Committee of Guangdong Arts and Crafts Association
Bi Qingming
Bi Qingming: The development of new jade species is inseparable from the support of local governments and industry associations, and Jiangjin selenium jade has a lot of room for development and utilization. After the formulation of local standards, through packaging and series planning, increase external publicity and increase consumer recognition.
▲Qin Min and his party investigated the Shenzhen Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center
Industry insiders are optimistic
Jiangjin selenium jade is expected to enter the Shenzhen jewelry and jade trading market
Finally, Qin Min and his party went to Shuibei Industrial Zone in Luohu District, Shenzhen to investigate and investigate the Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center. Shenzhen Shuibei Area gathers more than 500 jewelry enterprises, which is the largest jewelry processing wholesale gathering place in China. Shuibei International Jewelry Trading Center occupies a dominant position in the jewelry industry in Shenzhen and even the whole country, and has formed a complete industrial chain.
For the development prospects of Jiangjin selenium jade, Ye Wanchun, the person in charge of the trading center and chairman of Shenzhen Chow Bhow Fuk Group, expressed great optimism and reached an intention with the Jiangjin District Selenium Jade Culture Research Association on Jiangjin Selenium Jade to enter the Shenzhen jewelry and jade trading market.
Chairman of Guangdong Chow Pak Fook Jewelry Co., Ltd
Ye Wanchun
It is reported that Shenzhen Chow Pak Fook Group has begun to invest in the construction of the largest jewelry city in western China - Western China Jewelry City in Jiangjin Binjiang New Town. At present, the construction plan of Western China Jewelry City has successfully passed the approval of the Jiangjin District Planning Committee and started construction, and is expected to be completed in 2024 and put into use in 2025.
▲Western China Jewelry City (renderings)
JiangJin Selenium Jade
Jiangjin selenium jade is a kind of rich color, with scaly skin pattern of cryptocrystalline quartz seed material found in Jiangjin District, Chongqing in recent years, its Mohs hardness, relative density, refractive index and other indicators are excellent, reaching the gem light level, great appreciation value, because of its different degrees of selenium elements, so the name "Jiangjin selenium jade".
Mineral deposits are abundant. According to the survey of Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Jiangjin selenium jade is distributed in the Tanghe, Sunxi River, Qihe River and other river basins south of the Yangtze River in Jiangjin, originating from the pebble layer of the alluvial sediment deposit of the ancient river in the Cretaceous period (about 150 million years today), and there is a large amount of quartz jade river grinding seed material in the pebble layer. After the end of the Earth orogeny, some of the quartz jade river grinding seed material washed into the creek with the flash flood, and then widely spread to the pebbles of the surrounding river basin through the creek, with high jade density and large storage.
Excellent material. After the National Jewelry and Jade Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, the National Geological Experiment Testing Center, the Chongqing Mineral Resources Supervision and Testing Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources and other authoritative institutions, it is unanimously determined that Jiangjin selenium jade is a very rare secondary river grinding seed jade, and its material belongs to cryptocrystalline quartz jade, which is the same as the composition of chalcedony, agate and crystal, with a hardness of 7-8.5 on the Mohs scale, a relative density of 2.66, a refractive index of 1.54 (point measurement), and the indicators are excellent, reaching the gem level standard. Its warm and smooth, rich color, white as mutton fat, transparent as glass, a jade multi-color, etc., the epidermis generally has a delicate and rich scale superimposed red arc texture, like dragon scales also like osmanthus flowers, becoming a distinguished from other jade types of obvious features, unique aesthetic value.
Healthy wellness. Jiangjin selenium jade is not only solid and warm, delicate and round, but also rich in selenium elements, which is a healthy jade. After random sampling and testing by the National Geological Experiment and Testing Center, Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources and other institutions, Jiangjin selenium jade generally contains selenium to varying degrees, which can reach 0.07 (mg/kg), which is the unique selenium jade that has been found in the country so far, which is an important symbol of Jiangjin selenium jade distinguishing jade from other regions. Selenium is an important element needed by the human body, with the prevention of cancer, beauty and anti-aging, protection of the liver, immune regulation and other important roles, often wear Jiangjin selenium jade is conducive to good health.
Industry acclaim. Li Chunke, representative inheritor of ivory carving of the national intangible cultural heritage project and a master of Chinese arts and crafts, believes that Jiangjin selenium jade products are considerable and rewardable, and also add a new material and new vitality to the arts and crafts industry, and selenium-containing jade materials will have immeasurable value for health, appreciation and collection. Huang Yanghong, senior arts and crafts artist, Chinese jade carving master craftsman and Chinese jade carving master, believes that Jiangjin selenium jade has a round and full appearance and delicate flesh, which is suitable for carving exquisite jade crafts. Pan Zhaoliang, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Chinese amber intention carving and a Chinese jade carving artist, believes that the new jade species of Jiangjin selenium jade, after thousands of years of river water washing, jade is crystal moist, delicate in texture, warm in the hand, almost invisible structure, has a very high value. Yang Ling, director of the Jewelry Office of the Chongqing Mineral Resources Supervision and Testing Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources of the Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, believes that Jiangjin selenium jade belongs to quartz jade, has a mohs hardness of 7 and above, rich in color, and its jade structure is a fine crystal - cryptocrystalline variable crystal structure, after polishing there is glass luster, the surface has a delicate dragon scale texture, and the discovery of Jiangjin selenium jade fills the gap that Chongqing does not produce exquisite jade.
Source: Chongqing Jiangjin selenium jade
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