New stone production technologies and products are displayed at the fifth Hai'an International Stone Exhibition which opened on Dec 19. [Photo/WeChat account: hafbwx]

The fifth Hai'an International Stone Exhibition opened in the stone city exhibition center in Binhai New Area, Hai'an, a county-level city administered by Nantong in East China's Jiangsu province, on Dec 19. Gu Guobiao and Yu Lizhong, Party secretary and mayor of the city, attended the opening ceremony.

The organizers invited 160 domestic and overseas renowned stone enterprises to attend the exhibition. The event displayed new technologies and products of stone production, and held a stone and real estate design summit.

As the main area of stone industry development in Hai'an, Binhai New Area will promote the development of stone and related industries to a higher level, Gu said.

Gu added that the Hai'an municipal Party committee and government will continue to support the development of the stone industry, strive to build it into a distinctive, dominant, branding and civilian production industry in the city.

Du Xuelun, chairman of Jiangsu Real Estate Association, said that Hai'an seized the opportunities brought by the booming stone industry, strongly promoted its rapid development, built the China Hai'an International Stone City with concentrated industries and complete supporting facilities, and strove to upgrade it into a national stone trade center and the largest industry base in East China, to provide a communication platform for the industry.