Lotte base located in Jingdezhen in Jingdezhen City Ceramic porcelain sculpture

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Sky blue, spring boil noodles. May 1, Lotte Jingdezhen in Jingdezhen City Ceramic base porcelain sculpture was officially established. Master of arts and crafts of China Liu long porcelain in Jingdezhen City Council, porcelain sculpture, pottery Lotte and other relevant agency heads to attend the inaugural ceremony. Liu announced the establishment of ceramic base and at the same time opening the third market Lotte creative.

Lotte sculpture ceramics in Jingdezhen porcelain base is located in the back door, is a studio with offices and speak to one large space LOFT style. “51″ period, the base will be the site for pottery pottery patterns show fans, decorative ceramics, glaze painting, blue, handmade pottery, traditional hand-made brush, bamboo, etc., can also experience the casting, Green flowers and clay figurines. Let the side of pottery can learn to master Jingdezhen ceramics production techniques, the side of Topsy Jingdezhen this “Ceramic History”, to share the fun of ceramics bring.

Lotte’s creativity in the market in the third that the 120 stalls of creative works to the three-meter-large, small fingernails, there are fashion or nostalgia, and daily or leisure, plane or space, there are worn on the body Ceramic necklace, earrings, vases of practical devices, it hung on the wall porcelain pottery, lamps, ornaments and so on are purely decorative, silver, everything is very fine. In particular vegetables covered with bamboo accessories cover, filled with decorative ornaments five bean frame, it is attracting tourists and Taobao’s eye, and even there are many foreign tourists come to visit, browse.

According to Lotte Tao agency responsible person to open up the creative market is young potters hope to provide students with a small stage, to encourage them to not only the freedom to create ceramic art, but also intervene in the market as soon as possible, the combination of creativity and the market, the creation and re-writing the continuation of operations in practice possible. At the same time, the opening of innovative small market can also Jingdezhen ceramics culture brought about by the development of the vitality and creativity of young people active in the cultural atmosphere of the Millennium porcelain to bring fresh supplies and energy. To establish a base for ceramic art ceramics and the vast majority of those who love ceramics, pottery making and to provide to appreciate the art of pottery making the exchange of space, to “Lotte stage, singing the public art, art exchange, together with promoting” the promotion of ceramic culture.

Straits Chinese Arts & Crafts Fair in Jingdezhen potters wins six golds

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Straits Chinese Arts & Crafts Fair in Jingdezhen potters wins six golds

By the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, China Light Industry Federation and the Fujian Provincial Government jointly organized the fourth China (Putian) Channel Craft Fair held in Putian, Fujian, Jingdezhen City, organized by 13 ceramic artists of the exhibition and the exhibition forms, participated in the Expo. Jingdezhen Ceramic exquisite art, this fair has become a major bright spot. Works in Jingdezhen City, won a total of six gold, 10 silver.

Jingdezhen porcelain traditionally HKADC modern sensation in Hong Kong

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Jingdezhen porcelain traditionally HKADC modern sensation in Hong Kong

From the University of Hong Kong Museum of Art and co-sponsored Jingdezhen City Department of Cultural Affairs, “Jiang Kiln” Paul Jiang Qing, founder of the contractor’s “One to review the past to the new - the modern tradition of Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Exhibition” in April from the Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong has been carried out, visits to the people of Hong Kong and foreigners flocked to the visitors a fresh, exciting feel. In Hong Kong to attend the Jiangxi Province in 2009 (Hong Kong) Week, deputy director of the Municipal People’s Congress, Sau Ming, vice mayor in high spirits to visit the exhibition.

A total of 135 sets of modern works of traditional pottery exhibition. These works have not only carrying forward the tradition of innovation, not only as antique porcelain, but also different from the general sense of the antique porcelain, the court through traditional painting and a combination of three-dimensional objects, into the modern aesthetic elements into “the cleverest learned new” expression of a new, fully demonstrates the breadth and depth of Jingdezhen, the south-pointing carriage, full of vitality and creativity of the ceramic culture. The exhibition also displayed the painting tools and more than 40 kinds of paints. These exhibits have been to the Russian State Tretyakov Museum and Art Gallery, Bahrain National Museum, Liu Haisu Shanghai Art Museum, Dalian is Chuan Museum, Museum of Jiangxi Province, one in each, are caused by an unusual reaction with wood. The exhibition in Hong Kong has been on display in July of this year.

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute Open for International Applicants Online

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　Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute has opened to international applicants on China’s largest online admission platform: CHIWEST  this week. To go in line with MOE’s guideline-“China education towards the world”, more than 95 universities have joined in Chiwest online application system and opened to the overseas applicants from all over the world. The applicants can apply online through the new platform and enjoy the convenience of one-stop services and real-time application online tracking system.

online admission platform: CHIWEST
　　Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute

　　Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China’s only institutions of higher ceramic learning, was founded in 1958 in a Millennium Town Jingdezhen.  It is one of the thirty-one national universities which has the authority to offer art bachelor degrees and is one of the ninety-four universities that has the authority to offer Chinese Government scholarship to international masters and bachelors.  Nowadays, the institute consists of eleven sub-ordinary schools and departments: School of Material Science and Engineering, School of Art & Design, School of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, School of Business Administration, School of Information Engineering, Department of Thermal Engineering, Department of Foreign Language, Department of Social Science and Physical Education Department, adult education school and a sub-institute — Science & Technology and Art Institute.  At present, the institute has 32 undergraduate programs, 23 postgraduate programs. The institute focuses on regular college courses, and it’s entitled to master degrees, high professional education and international students’ education.

　　The institute is a professional, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary higher education institute for ceramics, devoting mainly in ceramic science as well as science, liberal arts, business administration, economics, natural science, education and law.  The institute is now well-known in the national and international ceramic, natural science, the national and international ceramic area as important teaching, researching and culture exchanging base in the ceramic art design and ceramic engineering area.

　　The institute always attaches great importance to international exchange and co-operations, and has established friendly cooperation relationship with over twenty colleges in U.S.A, French, Japan, South Korea, England, Canada, Finland, Norway and many professional associations such as IAC, ECS, NECECA, ACS, JCS, KCS,. And it had already enrolled more than thousand international students from Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa since 1958 when the institute was established.

　　Through the convenient online application service offered by CHIWEST, the institute is expecting to provide a hassle free application service and pass this precious heritage to everyone around the world.

Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land

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Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land
Lotte Tao Agency. Established in Hong Kong in 1985 for the purpose of potters and those who love pottery and production space to enjoy. Lotte Tao agency today by the famous Miss Zheng Yi potters command, has become Hong Kong’s largest pottery center. In order to expand the exchange of ceramics, in 2002, Lotte Tao founded the agency in Shanghai, the new studio and showroom; Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency was set up in 4 years ago; Tao Lotte 2007 Beijing formally established agency. As Lotte Tao Yi Zheng Club annual travel to Hong Kong, Beijing, between Shanghai and Jingdezhen. Very Coincidentally, Ms Cheng at a press conference the day before the interview went just arrived at Jingdezhen. Thus, the reporter had the privilege and the Lotte Tao’s head as she talked about the effort to build the “Kingdom of creativity.”

“Jingdezhen is a very spiritual place, a lot of people would like pottery hereմմ’Aura’.” Miss Zheng Yi is a pleasant person, born optimist, even the talk is the exultant. Lotte Jingdezhen pottery before the creation of social organizations, she has been abroad many times to view the exchange of potters, but every time there regret - do not have a specialized Jingdezhen potters for foreign exchange and creative place. Of course, this place can also provide related services such as catering accommodation, which needs the creation and exchange continue for some time. Are based on this, May 1, 2005, Ms Cheng choose to establish a sculpture of Jingdezhen porcelain pottery Lotte agency, to assume the foreign exchange and creative potters base functions. “Chose porcelain sculpture, is very optimistic about where the ceramic culture.” Zheng Yi said.

Zheng president of the success of a number of foreign countries have come here especially for potters.

Interview the same day, journalists in Lotte’s foreign pottery art room to see the five foreign potters. University of Hawaii from the United States teachers Miss Chen Songli accepted an interview with reporters. This reporter has learned that this is the second time Ms Chan came to Jingdezhen, and is prepared to stay here for six weeks. Back to the United States, she is also prepared to come with their own students.

Last year, Ms. Chen first came to Jingdezhen, the city felt the strong atmosphere of ceramics, “but this kind of environment in other parts of the world’s unparalleled.” She also cited examples reporters, “In the United States, it is very difficult to buy ceramic glaze-related, but in Jingdezhen, these are not problems.” To go back after listening to a lot of students in her introduction, it is thought of Jingdezhen to. Conversation, she opened a small paper, showed reporters not long ago to do her a pair of small porcelain shoes. She said that she take it back to the United States, sent his best friend. Mountains can be seen here, she is very happy.

Lotte social event of pottery not only in foreign countries, “Phoenix” Jingdezhen as its impact on the expansion of the local community, gradually, more and more young people to gather together here. Zheng Yi found that many of these young people, such as ceramic College students in institutions of higher learning, they create works Lotte Lotte to sell on. The reporters found that these young people do not have a fixed work patterns, more like a whim, but very popular with visitors welcome.

The development of the past few years, today’s Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency has air-conditioned studios, pilot plant, galleries, shops, cafes and artists homes, canteens and so on. Here is not only the artists and young students to exchange and creation of the stage, more like a big family of potters. “I would be happy to Lotte as a pilot plant, more specifically, a ceramic factory creative experiment.” Zheng Yi Tao this to their own social positioning. The people here are willing to put it than for the 798 Art District in Jingdezhen.

Lotte Tao agency has its own “reserve program”, for example, are held every Friday evening in a lecture ceramics. For instance, every Saturday or during holidays or Porcelain Fair, Lotte Jingdezhen pottery agency would provide the college students a venue to enable them to put a stand to sell his pottery works, a fine-sounding name on “creative fair” .

June 28, this reporter went to “creative fair” interview. Liu is on the third time to give them the platform Lotte was very pleased, she said: “Only in Jingdezhen, in Lotte have such an environment. In here that can not only make the cost of living is more important is access to practical experience and recognition of their work. ”

Jingdezhen Ceramic History of the development spoke of the prospects for the creative industries with the confidence of Zheng Yi. In her view, not lack of Jingdezhen ceramics culture, and not missing very edge industry in Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen current lack of creativity is, “Of course, such shortcomings are not unique in Jingdezhen, China’s ceramic industry is the existence of this phenomenon. It is gratifying that the local government of Jingdezhen is attention to this matter, there are a lot of people doing this thing. ” Zheng Yi Jingdezhen were each to want to leave, she said, whether it is in Hong Kong or in Beijing and Shanghai, ceramic art is not very strong atmosphere, with which it is difficult to carry out related work, but not the same as in Jingdezhen, surrounded by so ceramics who are expert, good atmosphere, and easily communicate.

Lotte Tao agency is an “art space” is also a business, the Tao of Lotte’s the next stage of development, Zheng Yi has his own ideas. She said that she is an artist, but also the Tao Lotte’s operators, as a business, the economic benefits that must be considered, otherwise, it would be difficult to survive and develop. Lotte Tao On the main objective of the current agency, said she was very calm and the word Hill - to make money. She played a very vivid metaphor, founder of Lotte Tao agency, just as in the revised Highway, a few years ago the task is to repair, and now the road has been repaired, it is necessary to start charging fees, it is to the benefits.

Today, Lotte Tao agency also set a porcelain sculpture of two large plants, to expand the exchange of artists and venues. Zheng Yi very confidently told reporters that she read the relevant leaders in the planning and operation of these notions, have expressed sincere appreciation for the mountain. “I want to Lotte Tao Jingdezhen Ceramic Society into a model of cultural and creative industries so that more people involved so that more of the ‘ceramic people’ to see the creative industries’ money ‘King.” Zheng Yi still enraptured when they talk.

Jingdezhen porcelain manual transmission skills base to protect the opening

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Jingdezhen porcelain manual transmission skills base to protect the opening
The morning of July 4, Jingdezhen porcelain hand the protection of heritage skills base and skills of Jingdezhen porcelain representation of the traditional heritage of people in the Demo Center ceremony held Ceramics Expo history, the town of Kiln maintenance works at the same time also held a groundbreaking ceremony. Municipal Standing Committee, Vice-chief Lu Zhengda City, City Hall and the city Department of Cultural Affairs of the leadership and the first batch of 10-bit representation of the old skills of traditional porcelain artists participated in the opening ceremony. Unveiled, such as Lu Chia.

Jingdezhen porcelain is both Chinese and foreign well-known, the Millennium kiln fire porcelain left a superb artistry, creating a large number of porcelain with a rich tradition of ceramic production skills of workers, “Jingdezhen porcelain hand skills” and other projects have been included in the respective countries, provincial, municipal list of intangible cultural heritage protection. Provincial and municipal leadership attaches great importance to the traditional porcelain artists old and traditional art heritage protection work, in September last year, Jingdezhen Municipal People’s Government issued the “traditional porcelain in Jingdezhen City heritage skills were identified with the representation of Interim Measures for the Administration”, through established procedures to assess the city have had a tradition of the first batch of 10 porcelain arts veteran representative to promote the city of ceramics of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection of heritage, and achieved gratifying results.

Expo area porcelain history of the town to retain the traditional kilns and workshops, bringing together a large number of old porcelain artist, is the largest city of the 4A level scenic areas, hand-built porcelain heritage skills base and the protection of traditional Jingdezhen porcelain representation skills Demo Center inheritance were fully explore the use of cultural resources, protection of cultural heritage in our city to promote a strong tradition of work initiatives. To the “base” and “Center” building, is of great significance and far-reaching consequences. The town of 300 tam kiln is a city the size of firewood kiln remains only to protect the kiln room building will be the furnace, “such as repair of old old”, while maintaining the protection of productive ways to protect the kiln built heritage, traditional skills kiln , and its practical significance and far-reaching impact of the ceramic to porcelain heritage cultural heritage and continuously push forward the work.

Jingdezhen Ceramic read up the development of market trends

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Recently, the city of Jingdezhen Porcelain Bureau released 1-6 months in 2009 the city’s major economic data ceramic industry. Ceramic industrial output value 5,020,000,000 yuan, 3.02 billion yuan year-on-year growth of 66.23 percent year-on-year; ceramic exports 85,926,000 U.S. dollars, an increase of 189.96 percent; Ceramic 1.02 billion yuan of investment in fixed assets, representing 30.77 percent increase over the same period last year; Ceramic 46,590,000 total tax revenue yuan, up 37.56 percent.

The face of the global spread of financial crisis, trade in China’s economy has shrunk dramatically background, Jingdezhen Ceramic why did not the impact of the weak by the market, but production and exports to create the best results? Jingdezhen Ceramic exports are up against the market trend of how to achieve? Growth of exports in what? As related to management, porcelain in Jingdezhen City Council made a specific work which propelled the development of the industry?

During the interview, the city of Jingdezhen porcelain Board agreed that relevant staff: “All have hit an all-time high of Jingdezhen ceramic industry, the hard-won.”

It is reported that the investment in Jingdezhen ceramics industry working as a revitalization of the city’s ceramics industry breakthrough. Delta in recent years, there have been, Franz, East Jing, evergreen, such as Taiwan-funded flight God and Zhejiang, Leroy set up the city, such as domestic enterprises, these enterprises are set up not only capital, but also bring new technologies and new management mechanism effectively promote the ceramic industrial restructuring, for the Jingdezhen ceramics industry bigger and stronger impetus.

It is understood that a ceramic floor to the beginning of the project is the economic effectiveness, it normally takes 2-3 years cycle. After a few years ago a lot of hard and fruitful work of the investment, the city’s ceramics industry sustainable development of the power savings, and now is gradually showing strong staying power, while increasing the resilience of the market on the magic ability to resist risks.

Investment in large enterprises located in Jingdezhen, the Jingdezhen Ceramic local private enterprises are competitive and learning by leaps and bounds in the development and growth. As the first half of 2008, the city-wide annual sales above five million yuan Total Ceramic 69-scale enterprises, to 77 in the second half to June 2009, the number increased to 101.

With the city’s ceramics industry bigger and stronger, the first half of 2009 to achieve export growth of 189.96 percent year-on-year, in addition to the national introduction of export tax rebates, tax incentives and other things, the size of ceramic enterprises in the city this year, growth in production and export of ceramic to achieve high growth provided sufficient conditions.

It is understood that the city’s export sales of ceramics to high-grade daily-use porcelain mainly concentrated in Europe and the United States market area. Daily-use porcelain major trade show, “Art of daily-use porcelain and artistic porcelain for daily use” features, beautifully designed, excellent quality, in the international market with a strong brand competitiveness. Ceramic products of excellent quality and good reputation, but also exports Jingdezhen Ceramic important reasons for continuing higher.

The city’s ceramics industry to obtain the investment performance, benefiting from the City party committee and government attach great importance at the same time, and porcelain in Jingdezhen City Council of this “gold service teams” are inseparable. Porcelain in Jingdezhen City Council, the investment projects have been established for each item linked to point of service accountability, personnel tracking, full-service, and effectively for the enterprise, the project to resolve the practical difficulties, in order to lift the worries of enterprise development, and then build up this team brand and credibility.

Reporter, that the first half of 2009 the city of Jingdezhen porcelain in investment projects and made progress in many new, Fujian Chinese businessmen to invest Menshov color printing packing items, ceramic items Menshov Chinese city have been settled, the Japanese love and Jingdezhen ceramics will also invest in the first half of the new contract this year 13 projects, of which 2 billion project, the contract total amount of 1.025 billion yuan, 2.2 million U.S. dollars of foreign capital, the actual domestic investments 827,700,000 yuan.

At the same time, the city of ceramic-related industries in the project also achieved new breakthroughs in the declaration. Porcelain in Jingdezhen City Ceramic enterprises has played an active role to help the country to declare the project, focusing on SME Innovation Fund to declare the country, the state’s key new products and Torch Program projects, national projects for the development of ceramic industry funds, the first half of a total of 58 ceramic items to declare.

Among them, Tonghui Electronics Co., Ltd. “shear modulus used in high-frequency resonant piezoelectric ceramic materials and components in the test” project with the Powder Technology Co., Ltd. and Kawasaki’s “Preparation of low-temperature pressure hydrolysis optical powders with nano-zirconia “project in the city of Technology Bureau and other relevant departments of the great assistance of the Ministry of Science and Technology were given the first batch of 2009 Innovation Fund for small and medium-sized 800,000 yuan and 70 million yuan to support; Jingdezhen City geological team,” the exploration of ceramic raw materials “and” goose Jian-Wei Town, china clay mining exploration “project by the Land and Resources Office at 11 million yuan and 210 million; owned factory in Jingdezhen city of the founding of the” Ceramic Industrial Design Service Platform “project with the pottery village of Sambo’s” creative services platform Ceramic Art “project by the National Development and Reform Commission at 1.2 million yuan and 150 million; Jingdezhen Ceramics Co., Ltd. Wang Lung’s “traditional features exquisite ceramic ware production line transformation” project commissioned by the State Public Works letter dated 4.32 million yuan of special funds.

At present, in order to speed up the implementation of brand strategy ceramics, porcelain in Jingdezhen City Council is active in the declaration registered “ Emperor Factory” trademark, certification mark the four traditional porcelains, this new “South-chang” in Jiangxi province, such as 6, a registered trademark of the work of also speed up the on-going.

At present, the city has 60 ceramic ceramic products business has its own registered trademark, there are 21 “China Well-known Trademark”, “Chinese famous brand”, “Jiangxi brand name”, “famous” trademarks and other brands.

Designed to cultivate the market for ceramics, ceramics for daily use to increase the city’s industrial competitiveness, Jingdezhen City Ceramic Board also actively guide companies to set up conditional ceramic design companies, to enhance product design and innovation capabilities. At the same time, actively explore the establishment and integration of online marketing platform to build online sales platform for the city’s ceramics, ceramic production enterprise for the city to open up new sales channels. To build a logistics base, and improve support to enhance the competitiveness of industry.