Zhecheng County, Shangqiu City, is known as the "Diamond Capital of China". This county, located in the east of Henan Province, grows and processes 6 million carats of rough diamonds and diamond jewelry every year, and sells them at home and abroad. In this "hardest county", there are hundreds of industries related to diamond superhard materials. The cultivated diamond jewelry produced here has the same appearance and "core" as natural diamond jewelry, but the price is much lower.
From 65438 to 0963, Zhengzhou Abrasive Research Institute developed the first synthetic diamond in China. 1980, an engineer from Zhengzhou No.3 Mill returned to his hometown Zhecheng County with technology and founded the first diamond processing enterprise in Zhecheng County-Yuan Shao Jingang Stone Factory. This factory has trained the first batch of local backbones who are familiar with diamond synthesis technology and formula. In the late 1980s, many local people started family workshops, and small enterprises engaged in diamond micro-powder processing in Zhecheng County blossomed everywhere.
Reasons for diamond production in Henan;
1. Henan is the main producer of diamond single crystals in China, accounting for more than 70% of the global output. Diamonds are the original stones of diamonds, so Henan has a raw material base for producing diamonds.
2. With the continuous progress of science and technology, Henan's research and application in the field of superhard materials has reached the world's leading level. This provides technical support and guarantee for diamond production in Henan.
3. The high-quality development of Henan manufacturing industry is the main direction to promote the iterative upgrading of traditional industries and the key cultivation of emerging industries. In the future, the industry will break the ice and seize the beach, and strive to build a "strong manufacturing province", which will provide a good industrial environment and future development space for Henan diamond production.