Wuzhou Municipal People's Government

Gem Capital

artificial products industry is a comprehensive industry covering luxury goods, chemical industry, light industry, machinery manufacturing, creativity, packaging, tourism exhibition and other fields. It has the characteristics of high technology, high added value and fashion, and it is a sunrise industry with higher income and greater demand. After 3 years of continuous development, artificial products industry in Wuzhou has become the most distinctive characteristic industry in Wuzhou.

1. The industrial situation in artificial products, Wuzhou City

1. There are many gem enterprises with large total production capacity, and the number of industrial workers has decreased

The guests of the 7th Wuzhou International Gem Festival are visiting gems

At present, there are more than 7 self-employed individuals engaged in gem trading, processing and machinery in Wuzhou City, with more than 15 enterprises and raw materials. With the development of industrial upgrading, artificial products production in Wuzhou has completed the technological upgrading, and the production of octagonal machine has been replaced by more efficient automatic numerical control machine. The annual processing, distribution and trading volume of artificial products has reached more than 12 billion capsules, accounting for 8% of domestic production and 7% of world production, with a total value of 2.5 billion yuan. Due to the promotion of automated machinery production, the number of employees has been reduced from more than 1, a few years ago to about 4, to 5,.

2. Initial establishment of gemstone inlay enterprises and gemstone brands in Wuzhou

Among the gemstone operators, there are certain scale inlay enterprises such as Xuping Jewelry Co., Ltd., Wuzhou Wangfa New Crafts Co., Ltd., Wuzhou Zhongtian Jewelry Co., Ltd. and Wuzhou Shangmei Gem Co., Ltd.. In terms of brand building, Xuping Jewelry Co., Ltd. founded Xuping Jewelry, Wuzhou Wangfa New Crafts Co., Ltd. has its own "Limeng" jewelry brand, and some enterprises are trying to explore and extend the direction of jewelry deep-processing products with gem inlay as the main part by increasing investment in science and technology.

3. The tax revenue of gem enterprises is gradually increasing

Most artificial products enterprises in Wuzhou City are small in scale, and there are many enterprises below the scale, and the processing is scattered, so the output value is difficult to count. Coupled with the high mobility of the industry, the tax threshold has been raised. In 211, the total tax revenue of the whole industry was 15.84 million yuan. At present, the largest taxpayer in Wuzhou gem industry is Xuping Jewelry Company, which paid 5.85 million yuan in 211, 1.97 million yuan in Guangxi Zhongtian Jewelry Co., Ltd., 1.36 million yuan in Zhanxin (Cangwu) Gem Industry Co., Ltd. and 36, yuan in Wangfaxin Crafts Co., Ltd. There are more than 1 enterprises and self-employed households that pay more than 1 thousand yuan a year.

4. The gem cluster effect in Wuzhou has begun to show

Wuzhou is known as the "artificial products Capital of the World", and Wuzhou International Gem Festival has become one of the loudest brands in Guangxi. The world-famous brand Swarovski has begun to enter Wuzhou, and several listed companies producing gems in China have set up branches or offices in Wuzhou. The government has specially set up the Municipal Gem Office, the Gem Industry Management Section of the Municipal Industry and Information Committee, and the Gem Bureau of Dieshan District. The industry has also set up private organizations such as Gem Chamber of Commerce, Jewelry Society and Gem Online Merchants Chamber of Commerce. Gem City and Gem Building are the world's largest trading and distribution centers in artificial products, and the first professional testing center in China has been established. Wuzhou University has set up a specialty of gem design, the industrial chain has been gradually expanded, the production raw materials and production machinery have been basically localized, and the prototype of the integrated cluster model of production, learning and research has emerged.

Second, the problems existing in the industrial development of artificial products in Wuzhou City

1. There is a mismatch between profits and taxes and the gross output

The annual output of artificial products in Wuzhou is large, reaching more than 12 billion grains, with a total value of 2.5 billion yuan, accounting for 8% of the domestic output and more than 7% of the world output, but the profits and taxes have been hovering around more than 1 million yuan for many years. The main reason for this situation is that most gem enterprises only set up offices or agencies in Wuzhou, and only use Wuzhou gem trading platform for negotiation and trading. Because the company is not registered in Wuzhou and does not participate in industrial and commercial and tax activities in Wuzhou, these companies issue tax bills at the place of registration when buying and selling, which not only leads to the fact that profits and taxes have nothing to do with Wuzhou, but even transaction data are not included in the statistics of commodity sales in Wuzhou.

2. The lack of industrial parks and production bases greatly restricts the development of gem industry.

Wuzhou does not have a formal gem processing and production base and park with a certain area and scale, which greatly restricts the development and growth of gem enterprises. Wuzhou gem processing enterprises are mostly below the scale, mainly due to the lack of processing and production plants. In order to carry out production, most enterprises are scattered in residential buildings in urban areas and rural areas in suburbs, and some small enterprises in industrial parks rent factories for processing. Such production conditions make it difficult for enterprises to have room for expansion, the industry to form economies of scale, and the functions of covering tourism exhibitions are also difficult to achieve, and the comprehensive benefits are low. At the same time, because it is scattered in residential buildings, the huge noise has a negative impact on residents' lives and brings many hidden dangers such as fire fighting and social security. Moreover, due to the small and scattered enterprises, it brings a lot of inconvenience to the government in supervision and statistics, and it is also difficult to put forward targeted guidance.

3. The industrial chain is not perfect, and the added value of products is low

The complete gem industrial chain is divided into cubic zirconia production in the upstream, semi-finished gem processing in the middle, jewelry inlay, ceramic products, military nuclear power supplies production in the downstream, etc. Among them, the upstream and downstream industries make more money.

(1) Lack of upstream production enterprises

Upstream industry mainly refers to the production of cubic zirconia. Wuzhou city consumes about 462 tons of cubic zirconia every year to produce semi-finished gemstones, and the annual consumption of artificial products such as synthetic red and blue corundum and spinel reaches 6 tons. However, most of these products come from outside Wuzhou, with nearly 69% provided by Dongfang Zirconium Industry and nearly 3% provided by other upstream enterprises such as Jiangxi Jing 'an.

because there are almost no upstream production enterprises, Wuzhou lacks the right to speak about the supply and price of raw materials, and the semi-finished gem processing enterprises in Wuzhou are easily influenced and controlled by upstream enterprises, and often need to work hard on interpersonal relationships to maintain a good supply relationship, which greatly increases the cost of Wuzhou enterprises and wastes the energy of Wuzhou gem entrepreneurs.

Schematic diagram of gemstone industry chain

(2) There are many manufacturers of intermediate products in the middle reaches, and the price competition is fierce

In the past p>3 years, Wuzhou gemstone industry has started from grinding and processing gemstones, and has developed into an industrial system with raw material accessories, machinery and equipment, cutting and grinding, receiving and dispatching, trading and producing almost all kinds of artificial products products. The annual processing, distribution and trading volume in artificial products has reached more than 12 billion. At the same time, however, the product series of artificial products in Wuzhou failed to promote the development of deep processing products such as deep grinding, jewelry inlay and comprehensive processing, and the whole gem industry is still at the low end of the international industrial chain, and there are signs of "hollowing out" the industrial base.

The 7th Wuzhou International Gem Festival Jewelry Fair

Due to the large-scale application of fully automatic numerical control machines with higher efficiency, new situations have emerged in Wuzhou gem processing industry: First, there are many producers. Because the semi-finished gem processing industry has the characteristics of low investment, low technical content, low technological requirements and less market access restrictions, some investors buy machines and produce them scattered in residential areas. There are many unregistered and unregulated producers, with an estimated number of more than 5 households. Second, the output of fully automatic numerical control machines is amazing. The output of one person operating six machines is equivalent to the output of 1 people operating octagonal machines in the past, reaching 15, capsules a day; Third, the price of gem particles is low. Because of the huge production capacity, enterprises push down prices to win orders, which leads to very low prices, even to the point of taking orders at a loss, and also leads enterprises to try not to pay taxes or even evade taxes; Fourth, the environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, the noise of fully automatic numerical control machines is louder, and the three-shift production mode has a great influence on the surrounding residents; Fifth, the manual use is greatly reduced, which leads to the unemployment of industrial workers and affects social stability.

(3) The number of downstream products manufacturers is small, and the scale is small, and the brand needs to be strengthened.

The downstream industries mainly refer to the production of jewelry inlay, ceramic products and military nuclear power supplies. At present, there are four mosaic enterprises with a certain scale in Wuzhou. Compared with the number of gem intermediate production enterprises and the output of 12 billion gem intermediate products, the number of gem jewelry production enterprises is small, and the output is not large, so the scale needs to be further improved. However, the production of ceramic products and military nuclear power supplies is still blank.

There are only a handful of artificial products brand enterprises belonging to Wuzhou, and they have little influence at home and abroad. Many small and medium-sized enterprises are old-fashioned and lack enterprising spirit. They have never even thought about making their enterprises stronger and bigger, and their brand awareness is basically absent. Without brand, lack of innovation and strong motivation, small enterprise structure transformation ability and weak driving force, it is difficult to have well-known enterprises and famous brands, which makes this industry with superior resources unable to form advantages.

4. The industry is not standardized and lacks sustainable development mechanism and motivation

First, the industry is full of inferior machines. Some foreign CNC machines with unlicensed operation and poor quality occupy the market at low prices, which leads to a decline in the quality of semi-finished products produced in artificial products, which directly affects foreign sales and the reputation of Wuzhou gems.

the second is disorderly competition in the industry. In recent years, due to the global financial crisis and the European debt crisis, the whole gem industry is relatively depressed, and orders have been greatly reduced. On the other hand, the upgrading of machinery and equipment has greatly improved productivity, but due to the lack of effective industry management, blind production has led to overcapacity, and many gem operators have sold at a loss, which has greatly damaged the interests of the industry.

thirdly, there is a lack of standards in the industry. At present, every business owner sets his own standards, and the products sold have no uniform quality and specification marks. Wuzhou artificial products Product Quality Testing Center has not been tested by customers for a long time. The uneven quality of products has affected the reputation of the industry and is also an important reason for the price decline year by year.

Fourth, there is a lack of professionals in the industry. According to incomplete statistics, technicians in the gem industry (including "local experts" trained by themselves) only account for about 4.3% of the total number. Wuzhou University has set up "Jewelry Design and Manufacture" and other related majors since 25. Since 27, there have been more than 2 graduates and no more than 2 jobs in Wuhan. Due to the lack of high-quality managers, business personnel and technicians, unfamiliarity with international trade rules, international market competition and low familiarity with jewelry industry, Wuzhou Gems lost many good development opportunities.

5. Platform built by the government and management

Wuzhou International Gem Festival is an advantageous platform built by Wuzhou government with great investment and remarkable effect. The success of the eighth Gem Festival not only promotes the cluster and large-scale development of gems, but also promotes Wuzhou Gem brand to go global. However, after eight sessions of excitement, the participation and enthusiasm of gem enterprises are declining. How to make the Gem Festival always new, how to further develop the platform promotion function of the Gem Festival, and how to promote the clustering and scale of the gem industry have become a major issue at present.

the government's guidance and management of the gem industry has been difficult to meet the development needs of the gem industry. On the one hand, gem cutting and polishing enterprises have been scattered in residential areas for many years, and the number of enterprises without business licenses is large, and there are many employees, so it is difficult to supervise. In addition, the tax contribution of gem industry is small, and the enthusiasm of local governments is not great; On the other hand, there is no unified management organization. In August, 21, Wuzhou City set up a leading group for gem industry development, which is responsible for coordinating and solving the problems in the planning and construction of gem industrial park and formulating relevant policies to support the development of gem industry. However, judging from the operation of the leading group for more than one year, due to various objective reasons such as weak personnel strength and personnel changes, the effect is not obvious and it has not played its due functional role. At present, the management departments related to the gemstone industry in Wuzhou are scattered in the Municipal Gem Office, the Municipal Industry and Information Committee and the Dieshan Gem Bureau, and there is no organization for overall management of the gemstone industry. As a result, the relevant decisions of the main leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government have not been implemented by the corresponding units, and a large number of good demands of gem enterprises cannot be reflected to the municipal leaders in time.

The staff of the 8th Wuzhou International Gem Festival Jewelry Fair introduced jade to the guests

3. Some measures to promote the industrial development of artificial products in Wuzhou

1. Change the traditional concept and attach importance to the value of the gem industry

The gem industry is a sunrise industry with high-tech nature and high added value, but there are still many departments, units and individuals who hold negative ideas about artificial products industry. It is considered that artificial products industry is a "chicken-rib" industry with high energy consumption, high pollution, low added value and low contribution to fiscal revenue, and it does not attach importance to, pay attention to, support or even belittle and exclude, which directly or indirectly becomes an artificial factor that hinders the industrial development in artificial products. In fact, a regular gem enterprise is a big profit and tax collector. Take WuZhou Cangwu Xuping Jewelry Co., Ltd. as an example. Xuping Jewelry Co., Ltd. rents a delivery room in Cangwu for production. In 211, it paid taxes of 5.8 million yuan. In the first half of 212, the tax payment has exceeded 4 million yuan, and the annual estimate is 1 million yuan. In addition, according to research and analysis, a park that can accommodate 1 large and medium-sized gem and jewelry enterprises can generate more than 1 million yuan in fiscal revenue a year.

2. Establish gem industry management organization

jewelry exhibition hall

(1) Give further play to the role of the leading group for gem industry development, readjust the members of the leading group, enrich the personnel strength of the leading group and its office, guide the development of gem industry from strategic planning, layout, positioning and other aspects, clarify the division of responsibilities, and do a good job in supervision and implementation.

(2) Integrate the functions and resources of the Municipal Gem Office, the Municipal Commission of Industry and Information Technology, and the Dieshan Gem Bureau, set up the Municipal Gem Industry Development Office, co-located with the Municipal Gem Office, specifically responsible for the planning, layout, positioning, guidance and support of the Gem Festival and Gem Industry, guide industry associations to strengthen self-discipline, promote the construction of Gem Industrial Park, step up the standardization and rectification of the gem trading market, and establish a reasonable government supervision system and market access supervision mechanism. Strengthen the establishment of gem standards, strengthen the supervision over the implementation of standards, strengthen the access to gem machinery industry, establish a rational flow and training mechanism of talents, create multi-platform services conducive to the development of gem industry, and truly make gem industry a characteristic pillar industry in Wuzhou City.

Panorama of Wuzhou Gem City

3. Grasp the development opportunity, adjust the layout, and accelerate the formation of a new situation in the gem industry

(1) Seize the opportunity to promote the gem industry to the high end. Seize the opportunities such as the construction of Guangdong-Guangxi cooperation demonstration zone, the expansion of domestic market demand, the acceleration of industrial structure adjustment in China and the promotion of industrial transfer in the east, actively adjust the industrial structure, promote the development of gem industry from intermediate product processing to upstream and downstream high value-added products, from rough processing to deep processing and manual grinding to automatic mechanical inlay production, from decentralized processing to centralized processing, and promote the interactive development of gem research and development and production, gem processing and circulation, gem culture and tourism to a higher level.

(2) Build a global gem trading center and bring the headquarters of gem enterprises in. Give full play to the advantages of Gem City, Gem Building Distribution, Trade and Information Center, and promote Gem City,