Introduction Of Porcelain Markets

By the end of November of 2007, total assets of China’s ceramic industry have reached CNY 63.82 billion, up 10.98% year on year. In particular, those of small companies have reached CNY 32.1 billion, accounting for 50% of the industry total, while those of the large companies amounted to only 10% of the total, indicating that in 2007, China’s ceramic industry had a rapid growth, but the concentration degree in the industry was still low. In China, ceramic industry is classified into the following five categories, building ceramic, daily ceramic, ceramic sanitary ware, special ceramic and other ceramics. In 2007, sales revenue of daily ceramic category reached CNY34.2 billion, up 27.13% compared to the previous year and that of ceramic sanitary ware category was CNY 20.2 billion, up 29.5% year on year.

Main Markets of Porcelain Products

Chinese Porcelain Captial£ºJingdezhen Known as "Chinese Porcelain capital" ,Jingdezhen,Jiangxi province.Jingdezhen has been central to porcelain production in China since at least the early Detail... Largest Porcelain Market:Foshan Foshan,located at Guangdong province,is the largest ceramics and porcelain production base in China,which keeps the record of number one in trading vol Detail... Zibo Zibo,located in Shandong province, is one major porcelain producing city in China.Currently, Zibo has six product bases: Export ceramic base, high-e Detail... Liling "The top porcelains are from Liling ." Liling,locates at Hunan province.Early in the late Qing Dynasty, "white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin Detail... Dehua,Quanzhou Dehua,Quanzhou,Located in Fujian Province,is a famous ceramic producing area, is also an important base for export porcelain. Dehua Porcelain has a lon Detail... Tangshan Tangshan,located in Hebei province,has abundant mineral resources,which are best suitable for making porcelains and chinawares. Detail... Fengxi,Chaozhou Chaozhou is one Chinese porcelain capital,located in Guangdong province,has a 1300 years history of producing porcelain.Fengxi porcelain is the leadi Detail... Chinese Purple Sand Teapot:Yixing Yixing,located in Jiangsu Province,has a long history of producing porcelains and ceramics,According to archaeological excavations confirmed,Yixing beg Detail...

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Origin of Chinese Porcelain

Chinese ceramic ware is an artform that has been developing since the dynastic periods. China is richly endowed with the raw materials needed for making ceramics. The first types of ceramics were made about 11,000 years ago, during the Palaeolithic era. Chinese Ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns, to the sophisticated porcelain wares made for the imperial court.                                       Porcelain is a type of ceramic. It is distinct from earthenware (which is fired at about 1100*C, thus the body becomes hard but remains porous), and stoneware (which is fired at around 1200*C like porcelain, thus the body vitrifies).                       Porcelain, also called 'fine china', featuring its delicate texture, pleasing color, and refined sculpture, has been one of the earliest artworks introduced to the western world through the Silk Road.More...