China has accelerated the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries in recent years. This policy shift has revitalized Jingdezhen, a city in East China's Jiangxi Province well-known for its high-quality porcelain. CGTN's Guo Meiping tells us how livelihoods in the porcelain capital have improved.  

Sun Qiang, a ceramist from the city of Taiyuan in North China's Shanxi Province, is one of the entrepreneurs in Jingdezhen. He started his business about 10 years ago in just a small room measuring a few dozen square meters. 

SUN QIANG Ceramic Artist "Looking at the scale now, you can see how we've really benefited from the opportunities of this era over the past few years, which has allowed us to grow to our current size."

Sun believes Jingdezhen has benefited from the local government's efforts to hasten the renovation of old factories. 

SUN QIANG Ceramic Artist "The environment in Jingdezhen over the past couple of years has been great, with a large influx of tourists. If someone wants to get into design, launch a product, or start their studio, I believe there are far more opportunities now than there were in the past."

Referred to as China's "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen has long been known as a place for porcelain production. Throughout the city, you will find the remains of old ceramics factories that are now displaying new vitality. 

GUO MEIPING Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province "I'm now at the Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, a new landmark in Jingdezhen. Once an old factory, the place was renovated into an urban cultural and creative block, symbolizing the revival and prosperity of Jingdezhen ceramic culture in the new era."

The factory, originally built in the 1950s, was repurposed using the existing industrial-era buildings as a foundation and transformed into a cultural and creative district, which began operating in October 2016. 

GANG HAO General Manager of Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue "We are fundamentally engaged in industrial operations, not just the development of physical spaces. The operation of this industry plays a crucial role in driving local economic development."

Renovations like Taoxichuan have taken place across the city, attracting young artists from across China to pursue their dreams. For the past decade, the art district has been committed to fostering employment opportunities for young people. 

GANG HAO General Manager of Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue "There are about 26,000 registered individual businesses in Taoxichuan, involving around 150,000 people, with over 90-percent of them coming from outside of Jingdezhen. These young people have injected new vitality into the city and offer new possibilities for industrial development."

Jingdezhen epitomizes China's drive to develop new industries and models. At the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the country's leadership stressed it will improve institutions and policies to drive new quality productive forces – which refers to advanced productivity that goes beyond traditional modes of economic growth, yet is in line with local conditions. 

Guo Meiping, CGTN, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province.

来源：CGTN

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