Zhou Jianjun, chief of Luohu Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and six gold and jewelry experts took part in the biweekly press conference of Luohu district government on May 20.

Focusing on the theme of dual circulation and high-quality development of the jewelry sector in the post-pandemic era, the news conference unveiled 10 key projects the district plans to promote the high-quality development of Shuibei gold and jewelry zone.

It will strength and expand bonded tax platform to provide comprehensive services for the whole industrial chain, build an extended delivery platform for the Shanghai Diamond Exchange, and explore construction of a national platform for trade of jewelry and jade.

Luohu will support the development of a gold financing industry, and the jewelry design industry, smart manufacturing in the jewelry industry and the implementation of brand strategies of local jewelry enterprises.

The district will also try to stimulate demand, cultivate talent, improve the Shuibei zone’s international influence, and step up its efforts in ecological preservation and environmental protection in the zone.

According to Zhou Jianjun, the Shuibei gold and jewelry industrial cluster in Luohu has developed rapidly over a period of 17 years, winning a number of honorary titles as the country’s characteristic jewelry industry base, national foreign trade transformation and upgrading demonstration zone, and the country’s demonstration zone for industrial cluster and regional brand construction.

The Shuibei gold and jewelry industry agglomeration base is home to 40 major gold and jewelry enterprises that possess 29 “national famous brands” in the gold and jewelry industry, about 30% of the national total. It covers a large area, has huge development space and potential, and it is strong in innovation, and provides good services.

In the news conference, the person in charge of the Shenzhen Jewelry Museum also introduced its exhibition area of 2,600 square meters.

Over recent years, the first bonded services and trade platform for jewelry industry was founded in Luohu; Guilin University of Technology will found an institute in Luohu that specializes in cultivating jewelry design talents; the Luohu Bureau of Justice has set up a public legal service center in the Shenzhen jewelry industrial park.