16 zibospecial SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 CHINA DAILY Something for everyone at ceramics fair

nomics, China Ceramics An important international gathering for Industrial Assoc, China Build- ing Ceramics and Sanitary Events schedule 11th Zibo International Ceramics Exposition Ware Association, and China specialists who want technical • Modern ceramics show, Sept 6-9 Federation of Logistics and Zibo International Convention & Exhibition Center Purchasing. • 2010 Zibo porcelain products auction, Aug 30-Sept 4 exchanges and business opportunities Because of its increasing scale Zibo Rongbaozhai Mansion and large number of exhibits • China Ceramics Hall and “Ceramics Capital” website show, Sept 6-9 By Wang Qian and plenty of opportunities The city is seen as a leader in and participants, it has evolved China Ceramics Hall at an international ceramics China’s porcelain and ceram- into an important international • Zibo ceramics brand promotion meeting, Sept 7 Businesspeople and ceram- exposition in the city of Zibo, ics business so it is expecting gathering of ceramic industry National Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for Ceramics and Refractory Mate- ics industry analysts will find Shandong province, in Sep- folks from around the world, specialists, looking for tech- rials plenty to get excited about tember. for the 11th Zibo International nical exchanges and business • 7th World Ceramic Tile Purchasing Fair, Sept 6 - 9 Ceramics Expo, starting on opportunities. Zibo International Convention & Exhibition Center Sept 6 and running for four Last year’s event reported a • Industrial design and innovation campaign, Sept 6-9 days. business turnover of 3.5 bil- Shandong Qisheng International Hotel The expo is expected to lion yuan, 1.5 billion yuan • Photo show of previous ceramics expos, Sept 6 - 9 attract more than 1,000 lead- of that from on-site transac- Zibo International Convention & Exhibition Center Square ing ceramic manufacturers tion, the local government •Third Zibo Cultural Industry Expo, Sept 6 - 9 at its 300,000-square-meter has said. Zibo International Convention & Exhibition Center exhibition hall. It will have This year’s event will have a • Culture and tourist activities, Sept 5-11 about 20,000 examples of modern ceramics show, fine China Ceramics Science and Technology Town Square and other scenic spots high-tech ceramics, porce- porcelain-products auction, lain for daily use, ceramics a culture industry show, an 10thZibo New Materials Technology Forum for buildings, and colored and investment and trade fair, a • Review of achievements of previous forums, Sept 6-9 glazed pottery. ceramic tile fair aimed at the Zibo International Convention & Exhibition Center The first expo, back in 2001, international market, and a • New Materials Industry Development Trend Summit, Sept 6-7 The Zibo International Ceramics Expo is an important place for was sponsored by the China series of cultural and tourist Shandong Qisheng International Hotel industry insiders from around the globe to meet. Federation of Industrial Eco- activities. • Experts tour of Zibo, Sept 6 - 8 Shandong Qisheng International Hotel and local enterprises One major event for the • Zibo International Science and Technology Investment Fair, Sept 6 - 8 expo, one that will attract Shandong Qisheng International Hotel and Fengjing Huating Business Hotel ceramic artists from Japan, • Launch ceremony of Shandong Committee for New Materials Development Strate- Canada, the United States and gies, Sept 6 Argentina, is the week-long Shandong Qisheng International Hotel “wood fire” festival, begin- • Signing ceremony of cooperative projects, Sept 8 ning on September 1, to create Shandong Qisheng International Hotel works of art on-site. This is China’s only interna- tional event of its kind and is designed to give people a taste 10,000 years. Its ceramics indus- producing 850 million pieces of 20 billion yuan. of traditional kiln-fired ceram- try now covers a wider range, of daily-use ceramics annually, The industry’s development ic making. including daily-use ceramics, putting it in second place in has helped the city’s economy, Zibo is a birthplace of Chi- decorative materials, and high- the nation. with a total output worth 159.5 Photos provided to China Daily nese ceramics, referred to as the tech products, and is worth The city has its wholesale billion yuan, in the first half Zibo’s ceramic products have been used in the Great Hall of the People, the Diaoyutai State “northern capital of ceramics”, about 10 billion yuan annually. markets and is a major trading of this year, a year-on-year Guesthouse, and Zhongnanhai — China’s central government complex. with a history of more than It has at least 150 companies, center, with an annual turnover increase of 11.9 percent. City of Zibo has its eye on new materials

By Zhao Ruixue Research Society, in September resistant products. a wide range, such as the aero- 2010. In the chemical materials space, defense, and nuclear Zibo’s new materials industry Actually, this started much sector alone, it has 188 enter- energy sectors. saw robust growth throughout earlier. Back in 2002, the Minis- prises with various products, The city has cultivated sev- 2010, thanks to the city’s effort try of Science and Technology a number of which have the eral leading brands, including to develop high-tech industries, had already designated the city largest market share for their Huaguang, a leading name in especially new materials. as a new materials commercial- type in China. household chinaware. The sector has 561 related ization and industrialization Some analysts have said that The Great Hall of the Peo- enterprises and had an indus- center. the city’s production capacity ple, on Tiananmen Square, the trial output value of more than Now, after almost a decade for pollution-free refrigerants, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, 181 billion yuan last year. of growth, Zibo has several plastic agents and fireproof and Zhongnanhai — the cen- Thanks to that, Zibo was new material areas focusing fiber are in the lead in Asia. tral government complex declared a New Materials on advanced ceramics, new What is driving the boom in — have used its high-purity City by the Chinese Materials chemical materials and heat- new materials is a large amount quartz products for several of investment in R&D. The city years. has 70 research centers and In addition, low-iron glass enterprise technology centers, products from Zibo’s Jinjing City honors five of them at the State-level Group have been used on Renowned Ceramic City of China and 50 at the provincial-level, Trains on the Tibet line and Chinese Garden City as well as 11 post-doctoral at a number of Beijing Olym- Chinese Hygienic City research sites. pic facilities, such as the Bird’s National Civilized City Leading City in New Materials Industry A number of its companies Nest and the Water Cube. Its History and Culture City and institutions own the intel- window glasses see wide use in lectual property rights to key many landmark buildings. Prominent scientist Shi Changxu (left) presenting a plaque to Zibo’s Party chief, Liu Huiyan, on Excellent Chinese Tourism City behalf of the Chinese Materials Research Society, proclaiming Zibo a ‘New Materials City’. National Model City for Environmental Protection technologies and products. Another contributor to Top 10 Harmonious Development City For instance, in the ceramics Zibo’s new materials devel- Excellent Chinese City in Public Safety industry, companies have at opment is the annual China This is a forum for sharing tional reputation a great boost. from more than 30 countries National Model City for Intellectual Property Protection least 200 patents, three of them (Zibo) International New the latest technological inno- The last nine forums attract- and, witnessed the signing of at the State-level. The products Materials Technological vations and has given both the ed a large number of academ- 5,155 technological project covered by these patents cover Forum, which opened in 2002. city’s economy and its interna- ics and industry professionals agreements.

Thanks to its good environment, Zibo has ranked among China’s ‘garden cities’ for many years now. Hou Heliang / for China Daily