(Transfer) Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province has grown from scratch to become the "world's capital of man-made products", which only took more than 20 years. Walk out of a road to the development of characteristic industries with world influence. According to relevant statistics, the annual output of raw materials for artificial products in the world is about 4,200 tons, of which the domestic output is about 3,600 tons, while the output of Wuzhou is 2,280 tons, accounting for 63% of the whole country. Moreover, domestic raw materials and most imported raw materials are basically processed and distributed in Wuzhou. Wuzhou's artificial products industry started from a small school-run factory more than twenty years ago. At present, the annual output of processed artificial products in Wuzhou is about 654.38+03.68 billion, with more than 600 varieties and 654.38+10,000 employees. According to the statistical certification of China Gem Association, the output of Wuzhou man-made products has accounted for 95% of the total output in China and more than 85% of the world output. As the world's largest processing and distribution center of artificial products, Wuzhou's position as the "world capital of artificial products" cannot be shaken. It is reported that China's original artificial products processing base was in Guangzhou. Later, because the labor cost in Wuzhou was lower than that in Hong Kong or even Guangzhou, Hong Kong businessmen moved the gem processing factory from Hong Kong to Wuzhou, bringing technology and market, thus laying the foundation for the development of Wuzhou artificial products industry. At present, there are more than 1 000 non-public enterprises engaged in gem industry in Wuzhou, with domestic investment accounting for 15% and overseas investment accounting for about 40%. "The Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have designated the gem processing industry as a key industry to support and grow, and built it into the most representative characteristic economy, thus stimulating the city's economic development." Ming Jiang, director of Wuzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said. The rapid development of Wuzhou man-made products industry in just over 20 years is mainly due to the government departments' seizing the opportunity, guiding correctly and constantly introducing policies to support development. According to Ren Xiekang, secretary of Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Wuzhou has taken a series of measures to promote this industry with great development potential, including formulating standards for artificial products and cultivating leading enterprises. Wuzhou also holds a gem festival once a year, supplemented by the establishment of fixed personnel, and establishes a government gem festival office. At the same time, the infrastructure construction of artificial products has been increased. Wuzhou Gem City, which was put into use in 2003, has a construction area of about 40,000 square meters, and is the largest trading center of artificial products in Southeast Asia. At present, Wuzhou is preparing to build an artificial product processing and distribution center, a national artificial product quality supervision and testing center, and a gem talent training and research center. The city also pays attention to the technical training of gem practitioners. Last year alone, nearly a thousand young technicians were trained, which led to a number of gem processing professional villages. Wuzhou Gem School is the only professional school in China engaged in the education of gem characteristics, which has trained more than 2,000 technical backbones for enterprises. Huang Guoqiang, president of Wuzhou Gem Chamber of Commerce, told the reporter: "The market attraction and cohesion of Wuzhou man-made products are nothing more than that we have a complete industrial chain on man-made products. It is the world's largest artificial gem processing base, trading distribution market, artificial product raw material production center and machinery manufacturing center. " Jack is the resident business representative of an international gem company in Wuzhou, and now the value of artificial products he sends back to India from Wuzhou every month is more than 2 million yuan. Jack said, "Wuzhou is the largest place in China, which specializes in making precious stones. In Wuzhou, from raw materials to processing to inlay to gem market, everything is available, and all kinds of products are available, all in one train. We foreigners like to do business in Wuzhou. " According to Shi, Deputy Secretary-General of China Gemstone Association, China has become the cutting and grinding center of artificial gem in the world. The formation of China Artificial Products Cutting and Grinding Center, represented by Wuzhou, Guangxi, shifted the focus of the world's artificial products processing and production to China. At present, more than 400 jewelers in Wuzhou have established fixed contacts with the jewelry markets of ASEAN countries such as Thailand. At the same time, jewelers from America, Italy, Mexico, Russia and other countries have also settled in Wuzhou. Now, the development of stone industry in artificial products has driven the rural economy around Wuzhou. Laoyi Village, Wang Fu Town, Wanxiu District, Wuzhou City, is a well-known professional processing village for man-made products. Almost 500 households in the village are engaged in the processing of artificial products, with an annual output of 7065438+ 10,000 pieces. The annual income of artificial products processing in the village is 5.5 million yuan, and the per capita annual income is 2022 yuan, accounting for 63% of the per capita annual net income of farmers. In Wuzhou, there are more than 120 "gem villages" like Laoyi Village.