Guangdong Increases Four Local Standards for Jewelry

At the annual meeting of the Guangdong Provincial Gems and Jewelry Industry Association held recently, Fan Chengyu, secretary general of the Guangdong Provincial Standardization Technical Committee for Jewelry and Jewels, disclosed: “This year, the Provincial Jewellery Standards Council will also work with provincial jewellery and jade associations to complete four projects and jewelry. The drafting and formulation of relevant local standards in Guangdong Province.” These four standards include “Taishan Jade”, “Provisions on Quality Allowance for Jewellery and Precious Metal Products”, “Requirements for Quality Assessment of Light Body Jade Products,” and “Light Body Jade Products Quality Evaluation requirements.

It is reported that Guangdong has just formulated four provincial-level local standards such as the General Rules for Certification of Jade Carving Artwork, Guangyu Green, K Gold Jewelry and the Process Standard of Chain-like Precious Metal Jewelry. It has been applied first in the selection of the “Yuhun Award”, the highest award for the Guangdong jade carving industry, and it has begun to have a substantial impact on the development of the entire jade industry. The "Taishan Jade" and other four standards are actually the second batch of provincial local standard development plan projects led by the agency. "As the country's leading jewellery and jade jewelry processing and distribution base, Guangdong Quality Supervision Department has always attached great importance to the industry's standard issues." Ding Minggui, chairman of the newly appointed Guangdong Provincial Jewellery and Gemstone Jewelry Industry Association, admits that taking jade, the industry Often "gold priceless jade" hangs in the mouth, in the end what kind of jade is good? Is there any more specific measure of value that can be used to guide our production and consumption? Such problems are not only concerned by the practitioners, but also by consumers. Solving these problems is undoubtedly very urgent and important for the healthy development of the jewellery industry.

Regarding Ding Minggui's statement, Fang Jiadong, chairman of Guangdong Huisheng Jewelry and a vice president of the Guangdong Jewellery & Jade Association, who had participated in the drafting of jade carving standards, also said that he was “sympathetic”. The industry scale of the jewellery industry in Guangdong has occupied more than half of the country for many years. Establishing an open and transparent standard can not only reduce the blindness of the operators, but also make consumers feel more at ease. Only when the reputation of the entire industry becomes better, our market cake will grow bigger and bigger. ”

From a document just obtained by the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, we can see that the new plan must be drafted and drafted before October this year.