Yunfu City in Guangdong Province is called Stone City.

Yunfu City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, south of the middle reaches of the Xijiang River, with a land area of ??7786.64 square kilometers (including an urban area of ??1967.28 square kilometers), and 2 districts under its jurisdiction , 2 counties, and 1 county-level city. Yunfu has a long history of stone processing, so it is known as the "Stone City".

Yunfu stone originated in the Neolithic Age, developed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the early Republic of China, and flourished from after liberation to the end of the last century. In the early 1990s, county-level Yunfu City introduced a series of support measures to continue to develop and upgrade the stone industry, so that the number and scale of stone enterprises continue to expand. The stone industry has become Yunfu's characteristic industry and pillar industry, and Yunfu has been officially established as one of the three major stone building materials bases in the country.

A "hundred-mile stone corridor" that is more than 50 kilometers long in Yunfu is very rare in the world and is famous at home and abroad. The stone industry has also provided Yunfu with a large number of investment opportunities and employment opportunities, becoming a crucial pillar industry for Yunfu's economic development.

The influence of Yunfu stone industry

Yunfu’s stone industry has become one of the largest stone industry clusters in China. Currently, there are more than 4,000 stone companies on both sides of National Highway 324 alone. There are nearly 200,000 employees, and the products cover 13 major series, 23 categories and more than a thousand varieties. The number of enterprises and stone production and sales are still increasing every year. It is known as the "Chinese Stone Base Center", "China Stone Circulation Demonstration Base", "China's Artificial Stone Capital" has huge influence and appeal in the international market.

Yunfu’s stone cutting and repairing, waterjet mosaic, stone carving, handicraft processing and other technologies are at the leading international level, far exceeding some domestic stone production areas and industrial clusters. Especially for waterjet parquet, many of the craftsmanship techniques are uniquely created by Yunfu and are well-known. Every year, a large number of stone companies from all over the country come to Yunfu to learn from their experience. After receiving orders, many stone companies in Fujian, Guangdong and other places entrust Yunfu stone companies to carry out production and processing to ensure the quality and quality of the stone.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yunfu City