Tangshan Ceramics Expo Venue
Tangshan Ceramics has a long history. It is the porcelain capital of northern China and one of the major ceramic production areas in China. According to reports, as early as the Warring States Period, the Tangshan area began to produce pottery pots and pottery. Tangshan ceramics in the true sense began in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years.
The emergence of Tangshan ceramics is closely related to immigration. According to historical records, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, residents from Jiexiu in Shanxi Province and Zaozhuang in Shandong Province successively immigrated to the Tang Dynasty, bringing with them cylinder-making technology. They clustered in the east and north areas of Tangshan City today, using local raw materials and fuel to produce cylinders. products, the two places are named Donggang kiln and Xigang kiln respectively. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, coarse bowls with brown glaze began to be produced, and white porcelain with a gray body and a small amount of antique porcelain applied with clay were put on the market. Later, under the influence of modern industry, especially the construction of Kailuan Coal Mine and the entry of foreign capital in the early 20th century, Qixin Porcelain Factory, Desheng Porcelain Factory and Dongxigang Kiln Ceramics Factory successively adopted mechanical equipment and new technologies, and Tangshan Ceramics gradually prospered. stand up. In the 1920s, Qixin Porcelain Factory began to produce white porcelain without makeup clay, and exported various floor tiles and ceramic tiles; in 1935, sanitary porcelain began to be sold to Singapore, Malaysia and other places. With the application of machines and electricity, production efficiency has been further improved, and product output and quality have also been greatly improved. Daily white porcelain, electrical porcelain devices, sanitary ceramics, etc. have been produced, forming the prototype of Tangshan's ceramic industry. Among them, sanitary ceramics are the first in China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tangshan's ceramic industry recovered and formed a comprehensive ceramic production system, entering the ranks of the country's large-scale ceramic production bases.
After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Tangshan Ceramics Industry shifted its focus to strengthening management, improving quality, striving for famous brands, saving energy, reducing consumption, and increasing efficiency. In the structure of daily-use porcelain products, the Red Rose brand bone china, White Jade brand white jade porcelain, Magnolia brand Yulan porcelain and Bailan brand Bailan porcelain, known as the "Four Golden Flowers", have been formed.
Tangshan Ceramics has a series of brilliance: "Red Rose" has become the first brand of daily-use ceramics in China; "Huida" sanitary porcelain also has the three titles of China's Well-known Trademark, China's Famous Brand, and National Inspection-Free Product "Longda" bone china is specially used for the Shanghai APEC meeting; "National Torch Plan Ceramic Materials Industrial Base", Tangshan adds luster; lead-free bone china breaks through technical barriers to international trade and opens up the market for high-end daily-use porcelain world market.
The Tangshan China Ceramics Expo was officially launched in 1998 and has been held annually since then. The expo aims to promote the display and trading of large-scale ceramics, ceramic machinery and related products, and provides an important window for Tangshan Ceramics to go global.