20 12 in October, Donghai crystal was awarded as "the most influential tourism geographical indication product in the Yangtze River Delta" at the Yangtze River Delta Slow Life Tourism Summit, the Yangtze River Delta Investment and Development Forum and the first prize presentation ceremony of the series "Best Slow Life Tourism City in the Yangtze River Delta" held in Shanghai, and it is also the only tourism geographical indication product in northern Jiangsu.
The summit and selection were jointly sponsored by Wen Hui Xinmin United Press Group, the Organizing Committee of the Yangtze River Delta Investment and Development Forum and the Yangtze River Delta Economic and Social Research Institute, and the Oriental Morning Post was the exclusive organizer. Nearly 200 guests, including leaders at all levels, experts and scholars, and representatives of outstanding cities in the Yangtze River Delta, gathered together for the first time to sort out, discuss and prospect the trends and prospects of the Yangtze River Delta economy and tourism, especially the emerging slow-living tourism. The selection covers Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and the areas along the Yangtze River in Anhui Province. The selection was conducted by an expert review committee composed of authoritative experts from relevant state departments and four provinces and cities of Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and a media review panel composed of 30 senior journalists from national 10 mainstream media. Experts attending the meeting believe that slow-living tourism will become a new trend of tourism transformation and development under the background of Yangtze River Delta integration. Tourism in the Yangtze River Delta itself has the advantage of tourist market. If we combine the theme of "slow life" with effective screening, planning and integration, we can build a "Yangtze River Delta slow life tourism circle" in the future.
This series of selection activities also includes awards such as the best slow-living tourist city in the Yangtze River Delta, the best slow-living tourist scenic spot (ancient town) in the Yangtze River Delta, and the most influential landmark resort hotel in the Yangtze River Delta.
Donghai county covers an area of 65,438+0,500 square kilometers, and is rich in crystals and seasonality. The timely reserves are about 300 million tons and 300,000 tons, accounting for more than 70% of the country. It is a famous "Crystal Capital" in China, and has been awarded "China Government business gifts Base", "China Ornamental Stone Town", "China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Base" and "China Crystal Capital" successively. In recent years, Donghai County aims to build an internationally renowned crystal capital and accelerate the development of the crystal industry in the direction of "brand gathering, sales chain, industrial scale and service upgrading". At present, there are more than 3,000 crystal processing enterprises in the county, forming an annual production scale of 20 million pieces of crystal ornaments and 5 million pieces of crystal handicrafts, receiving 800,000 customers at home and abroad, and the annual turnover of crystals exceeds 7 billion yuan. It is the only distribution center in China that integrates crystal processing and sales.