(IDEX Online) - The International Jewelry & Diamond Conference (Guangzhou) 2018 organized by Guangzhou Diamond Exchange and Guangdong Gems & Jade Exchange and co-organized by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) was held last week.
More than 600 delegates from Brazil, Thailand, India, the U.S., Ukraine, Senegal, Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands, Lebanon, Canada, Singapore, Botswana, Israel, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and China attended the conference.
The officials attending the conference included Cathy Berx, Governor of Antwerp; Liu Xiaolong, Deputy Director General of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Guangdong Province; Diao Ailin, Deputy Secretary-General of Guangzhou Municipal Government; Bi Lijun, Vice President of Gems & Jewelry Trade Association of China; Liu Yanhong, Deputy Secretary-General of China Gold Association; and Liu Wen, Chairman of the Board of Guangdong Exchange Holding Group. They attended the opening ceremony and witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the two exchanges with their partners including AWDC, HRD Antwerp, Shenzhen Culture Assets and Equity Exchange, the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT), and others.
At the main forum of "The Dragon and the Diamond, The Glory and the Jewelry", guest speakers included Clement Sabbagh, Chairman of the ICA who spoke on the development of the jewelry industry, and the colored gem market.
The Chinese version of InColor magazine of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) was launched during the conference.
The two Chinese exchanges also held sessions on the rough diamond sector, design and related services such as intellectual property protection and development.
At the diamond forum under the theme of "Built to last: optimizing the diamond industry from the supply side", there were guest speakers representing the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, the Diamond Producers Association, De Beers Auction Sales, the AWDC and HRD Antwerp.
Pictured above: Group photo of provincial, municipal and district leaders and main foreign guests of the Conference