On the afternoon of September12,2065438, Tongling Jewelry Co., Ltd. and EDT (Eurostar diamond trader) held the patent handover ceremony of "Blue Flame of New Generation Diamond" at the Belgian Consulate General in Shanghai. According to the agreement, EDT completely handed over the cutting patent of "New Generation Diamond Blue Flame" to Tongling Jewelry, which marked the first time that China's jewelry industry completely owned the world's top diamond cutting patent. At the same time, EDT and its subordinate institutions made strategic investments in Tongling Jewelry, with an increase of 65.438+0.5 billion yuan, so * * * owns 654.38+0.5% equity of Tongling Jewelry. EDT and its affiliates promise to follow the major shareholders permanently and jointly build jewelry and luxury brands.

CathyBuggenhout, Consul General of Belgium in Shanghai, Kaushik Mehta, Chairman of the World Diamond Association and Chairman of EDT, Dagmar Forelle, Special Ambassador of the Chairman of Berlin Film Festival, Georges Brys, General Manager of HRD of Belgium Diamond High Council, Li Mu, Director of Shanghai Diamond Office, Shen Dongjun and Yi Nengjing, President of Tongling Jewelry, attended the signing ceremony.

Cathy Berx, the governor of Antwerp, said in her congratulatory message that Antwerp is the largest diamond processing and trading center in the world and is known as the "diamond capital of the world". Most of the rough diamonds and finished diamonds in the world pass through Antwerp, and some of them come to China, the second largest diamond consumer in the world.

Lin Jiaxi, Consul General of Belgium in Shanghai, said that Belgium is one of the diamond cutting and processing centers in the world and China is an important diamond market in the world. Belgium and China have long-term and in-depth cooperation in the diamond industry. The cooperation between EDT and Tongling Jewelry is a sample of the cooperation between the two countries in the diamond industry. It is believed that with the deepening of cooperation between EDT and Tongling Jewelry, the diamond industry of the two countries will be closer.

Belgian Diamond Museum's permanent collection in June 5438 +2009 1 October, Kausiko Mehta (first from left), Chairman of the Board of Directors of EDT, handed over1carat blue flame-cut diamonds with deep light to Camille Boros Tamara, former governor of Antwerp Province (second from left). It accepted the world's first blue flame cut diamond on behalf of the Belgian Diamond Museum.

The Belgian Diamond Museum has a permanent collection of this diamond.