Since the reform and opening up, Chinas ceramic industry as the economic recovery has been the rapid development, has now truly become the worlds largest producer of ceramics, consumer. Chinese production of daily-use ceramics production accounts for about 70% of the world display art ceramics production is 65% of the world, building ceramics production also accounted for half of the world total. Cheap labor costs and resource advantages competitiveness of Chinese enterprises and products to continue to enhance Chinas status in the international ceramics market continues to increase.
While industry growing, the coexistence of overcapacity, over-exploitation of mineral resources, environmental pollution and other issues. Mainly in the following aspects:
(A) the uneven distribution industry, producing uneven development, production and marketing imbalance
Industry production has obvious regional, mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shandong, Fujian and other provinces. These areas, ceramic industry base, a complete system, affect a wide area, providing many job opportunities, a local traditional pillar industries, to make a significant contribution to local economic development. There has also been part of the regional phenomenon of excessive concentration of ceramic enterprises, as companies continue to expand, expanding production lines, total production continued to expand, causing serious excess capacity, supply and demand out of balance, but also caused serious pollution in the region, is facing resource depletion. The northwest, northeast, Inner Mongolia and other regions, limited overall economic level, despite its advantages in resources, but the overall level of backwardness ceramic industry, can develop a huge space.
(B) serious environmental pollution, high energy consumption, resource overexploitation clay
Ceramic industry itself is a high energy consumption, high pollution industry, the production process consumes a large amount of mineral resources and energy, produce waste gas, waste water, waste residues, dust, etc., causing serious pollution to the environment. In some ceramic industry-intensive, economically developed areas, ceramic industry for air, land and other environmental contamination is particularly serious. Chinas major ceramic production base - Foshan, Guangdong province, one year more than 40 million tons of ceramic raw materials consumption, the average daily consumption of 120,000 tons, emissions of various pollutants is quite amazing. Many local non-renewable mineral resources, over-exploitation, which greatly damaged the ecological environment, recycling of ceramic waste recycling basically a blank state. This situation not only lead to domestic mineral resources, excessive energy consumption, but also hindered the sustainable development of Chinas ceramic industry.
In recent years, with the whole society awareness of environmental protection, the Chinese government issued a series of policies and measures to increase energy efficiency, conservation efforts, local governments develop appropriate laws, regulations, pollution remediation industry, ceramic industry is facing resources, energy and serious environmental challenges.
(Iii) lower industry profit level, low quality products serious
Although China is a ceramic-producing country, is not a power. Products to middle and low, low added value in the international market price is not high. Ceramic overcapacity, oversupply, companies compete for market, compete to lower prices, industry profit level continues to drop. Enterprises lack the capability of independent innovation, product homogeneity serious, international market less competitive. Chinese ceramics from the "Made in China" to "Created in China" breakthrough, from pottery ceramic country become powerful, must improve product quality, adjust product mix, pay attention to product innovation.
In todays global economic integration, the face of severe international financial crisis, how to get the maximum economic benefits, but also the rational use of resources, reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental pollution, make the industry sustainable development, is China ceramic industry need to solve the problems.
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