Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute is Guangdong Province, “craft ceramics research and innovation center” public service platform, under the Chaoan District People’s Government in charge, and assisted by the Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology management. Its personnel expenses by the Chaoan District financial allocations.
In January 2018, the Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute relocated from Fengxi Ceramic City to the seventh floor of Hengde International as the technical support unit of the Zhongshan-Chaozhou (Fengxi) Industrial Innovation Center to cooperate with the construction of a national-level science and technology business incubator.
Main functions: according to the characteristics of the ceramic industry, key research areas, current technology needs and future technology development trends, participate in the formulation of ceramic industry development planning, promote cooperation between industry, academia and research, carry out ceramic key technologies, equipment, energy saving and environmental protection and other areas of technological research, and to promote domestic and foreign colleges and universities and scientific research institutions, scientific research results of the conversion and popularization of the application of the ceramic enterprises to provide technical training, consulting and services, and other public services. Services.
Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute in the Provincial Science and Technology Department, the City Science and Technology Bureau of the correct guidance and Chaoan District, under the direct leadership of the district government, after all the scientific and technological staff efforts, in the development of the ceramic industry and ceramic enterprises to provide technical advice, services, to do some work, and achieve certain results.
1.Specialized Research: Support the Development of the Industry
In recent years, the Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute for the Chaozhou ceramic industry some common problems has organized the“Ceramic Waste Recycling and Utilization of Project Research, “Ceramic Production Enterprises of energy consumption research”, “Research on Industrial Ecology of Fengxi District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province”, “Survey on Energy Consumption in Fengxi Porcelain District and Research on Energy Strategy”.
This series of special research and scientific research activities for the sustainable development of the Chaozhou ceramic industry provides a scientific basis.
2.Strengthen Exchanges and Cooperation to Enhance the Technical Level
(1) Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with universities and research institutions, borrowing foreign wisdom for development. In addition to small and medium-sized ceramic enterprises for on-the-job training and pre-employment training, but also with the Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design organized a one-year “modern ceramic design,” Chaozhou workshop, training with advanced design concepts, a good grasp of technology and understanding of the international market development trends of the composite design talent.
(2) The Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute cooperated with the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee to implement the ‘Chaozhou Ceramic Innovation Talent Cultivation Project’ Yangfan Plan. The program began in 2014, aims to ‘carry forward the Chaozhou ceramic culture, training ceramic innovation talent’, and plans to use 3 years to train a ‘one million’ ceramic industry innovation talent team. The Institute undertakes the daily implementation of the project, cooperates with Guangdong Ceramic Vocational and Technical School and other units, organizes the development of teaching programs, prepares teaching materials, and lays a good foundation for the smooth implementation of the project. At the same time, with the Chaozhou Senior Technical School, Hanshan Normal College, Chaozhou Normal Branch of the ceramic engineering technology, arts and crafts related professional classes, and with the China International Chamber of Commerce in Chaozhou Xiangqiao Chamber of Commerce to organize ‘Chaozhou modern ceramics design workshop’.
(3) Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute to strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation to improve the innovative design capabilities of ceramic designers. Institute to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with universities and research institutions, invite experts to organize special technical lectures to enhance the management of enterprise managers, engineers and ceramic designers of management, research and development and innovation capabilities.
Undertake the China Ceramic Science and Technology Development Conference (the second) and the Chinese Society of Silicate Ceramics Branch 2013 Academic Annual Meeting. 2012, and the Chinese Society of Silicate Ceramics Branch jointly organized the “New Technology, New Equipment and Ceramic Industry Transformation and Upgrading of the Summit Forum” in Chaozhou, invited Tsinghua University, South China University of Technology, Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute and other universities and research institutions of well-known experts and professors.
In 2017, Associate Professor Xu Honglin of Guangzhou University College of Fine Arts and Design was invited to Chaozhou to hold a lecture on “The Art of Beauty and the Beauty of Art – Talking about the consciousness of art creation and the demonstration of the creation of Chinese landscape painting”.
In 2020, the team of Prof. Zhang Chun from Jingdezhen Ceramic University was invited to Fengxi District of Chaozhou City to carry out exchanges and provide suggestions for building a 100 billion ceramic industry. At the same time, a doctoral group from Hanshan Normal University was invited to Fengxi District to deepen the cooperation of production, learning and research with colleges and universities and enterprises, and to promote the in-depth collaboration between Fengxi ceramic industry and Hanshan Normal University.
In 2021, a delegation from the Provincial Society for Science and Technology Management and the Korea-China Science and Technology Cooperation Center visited the Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute. The Institute cooperated with the design team of Prof. Li Hong of Tsinghua University and Guangdong Qianyuan Ceramics Co., Ltd. to develop the ceramic tableware “Peaceful Light”, which embodies the art of Dunhuang, and participated in the first “Changshana Design Award” competition. This cooperation has played a positive role in enhancing the level of Chaozhou’s daily-use ceramic decorative design and promoting the development of industry, academia, and research.
2022, invited Professor Zheng Ning and Dr. Song Jinghui from Tsinghua University, Dr. Li Daqiang from Macau University of Science and Technology, and Mr. Liang Huafeng from Zhongkai University of Agricultural Engineering to form a team to attend the “Symposium on the Development of Traditional Ceramics and Theoretical Research” in Fengxi District, and exchanged views with some of the provincial masters of Arts and Crafts, Nongenetic heritage holders, and enterprise ceramic designers. Exchanges. At the same time, we assisted the social practice team of the Jingdezhen University of Ceramics students in carrying out activities in Chaozhou and organized the docking with Guangdong Shunxiang Ceramics Company Limited, Chaozhou City Sanhua Ceramics Industry Company Limited, Weiye Ceramics Company Limited, Guangdong Xiahe Porcelain Company Limited and other practice units.
Ltd. and Guangdong Xiahe Porcelain Co., Ltd., etc. In 2023, we coordinated the activity of “Jingdezhen Ceramic University Professor and Expert Chaozhou Fengxi Line”, and invited Feng Hao, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, to lead a team to Fengxi to conduct research and provide guidance on the development of the ceramic industry. At the same time, invited Professor Liu Guanzhong, the father of China’s industrial design, and Professor Tang Chongxi, the executive director of Qingmei Research Institute, to Chaozhou to exchange, respectively, organized “design logic is an innovative way of thinking to recognize the ‘Chinese program’ and ‘design basic research to help enterprises to develop innovatively’ lectures.
3. Strengthen Cooperation Between Industry, Academia, and Research, to Provide Technical Support
Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute by the actual production of ceramic enterprises in Chaozhou and the objective need to strengthen cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions, actively organize researchers to carry out technological research and achieve several scientific research results.
In 2009, with the South China University of Technology, Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute to carry out “daily-use ceramics industry in Guangdong Province, technology roadmap” research; joint Weiye Ceramics Co. Industrialization”.
In 2010, we jointly researched and developed “dishwasher-resistant pollution-free glazed decorative material technology and industrialization demonstration” with Chaozhou Boshifa Ceramics Manufacturing Company Limited and Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute; we cooperated with Chaozhou New Dahua Plastic Industry Co. Recycling project.
In 2012, the project “R&D Demonstration and Industrialization of New and Efficient Intelligent Kiln Equipment” was jointly developed with Guangdong Shunxiang Ceramics Co.
The above projects are included in the major science and technology special projects in Guangdong Province or strategic emerging industry’s core technology research projects. Ltd. and Weiye Ceramics company to carry out the “daily porcelain hot rolling supporting hot air jet chain drying production line development and demonstration” has achieved good results, and successfully passed the expert acceptance.
4. Strengthen the Infrastructure, Enhance Service Capacity
Chaozhou Ceramic Research Institute has undertaken the provincial Science and Technology Department the “Craft Ceramics Research and Innovation Center – Product Design Center” and “Craft Ceramics Research and Innovation Center – technology and Equipment Development Center “projects, the above projects have been completed acceptance.
