"Hometown of Diamond Tools" The rise and fall of Yanji Town, Ezhou City

Yanji Town, Ezhou City, is known as the “hometown of diamond cutters” – it is the earliest birthplace of the diamond tool industry. Today, the company has reached 329, and one out of every 120 Yanji people is the owner of the diamond cutter enterprise. The product market share in the domestic market has reached more than 65%. From the endless, and even the many ups and downs experienced in the middle, the industrial development path of Yanji Town has brought together the epitome of China's township economic development. Today's prosperity starts from Echeng, along the E-Huang Highway, and the car line is 16 kilometers, so it is in Yanji Town. If you don't see some factories on the roadside occasionally, the "hometown of diamond cutters" is no different from other towns and towns in China. “It seems that there is no difference between this place and other places. I don’t even see how economically developed. In fact, the people here are still quite rich, and most of the rich have moved to Ezhou.” Yanji Town Li Xinjian, a stationery store owner, said that there are dozens of diamond companies on this street, but these companies are not listed, they are called family-style workshops, and one machine five or six people is a well-known company. Liu Ziming, who is sitting at the door and pulling the machine, said: "We are also a small workshop, only one machine, five people, mainly producing diamond cutter heads. This is responsible for production and sales in Shenzhen. The daily output is not high, The profit is not bad, there is 20% profit, and the market demand is also big, so as long as the quality is good enough, it will not be sold off. “There are many diamond cutter companies here. Don’t underestimate the small enterprises like family workshops, most of them are There are sales points in the coastal areas, and even some products are sold directly abroad. Liu Ziming said. "To buy diamond knives in Yanji Town, there is no product that can't be bought or bought. The salesman of Yanji Town does not only sell products for a certain company. What users need, they can meet the needs." . Zhang Jianbin, deputy general manager of Changjiang Seiko, said: Changjiang Seiko Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. is a company engaged in the research, production and development of mechatronics and diamond tools and equipment. Its products mainly include equipment, saw blades, drill bits, and many other aids. Equipment, etc., there are nearly a thousand specifications. Zhang Jianbin said that 80% of the main and auxiliary equipment we produce are sold in the same industry in the town and become their "online"; and we need lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, boring machines, etc. All of them are processed in the town. The company needs more than 200,000 pieces of saw blades for one year, and they also buy from the relevant enterprises in the town. The two accounts are counted, only one company, one year in the town. The total amount of products purchased and purchased reached more than 7 million yuan. Hubei Changli Superhard Materials Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Changli) is a comprehensive enterprise that produces diamond tools, synthetic diamond single crystals and its original auxiliary materials. In the workshop, more than 200 production workers are busy in production. Li Heping, deputy general manager of Changli, pointed to the machine in the factory and said that he now has full computer controlled cutter head hot pressing. More than 80 sets of large and medium-sized mechanical equipment such as six-faced diamond presses. Li Heping pointed to the products in the sample room and told reporters that we have produced more than 300 various types of products. In 2003, the company passed the ISO9001 international quality system certification. The diamond series products are sold well in 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, some of which are sold to Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions. Last year's sales were 1.3 billion. On May 8, 2012, Yanji Town Government matched the bridge and utilized the people. Nearly 100 million yuan will be activated in the Yanji Town Diamond Tool Industrial Park, the two enterprises with difficulties in cash flow, such as Qi Jie Lin Hui and Hyatt Nonwovens, to reproduce and further optimize the industrial structure. "At present, the two companies have solved More than 100 surplus laborers are employed. A person in charge of the Yanji Town Party Committee Government smiled and told the reporter of "New Chu Merchants" that the "Diamond Tool Industrial Park" was the top priority of the Yanji Town Government. The diamond industry has become the core industry of Yanji Town. It is understood that after more than 20 years of development in Yanji Town, the number of enterprises in the diamond industry cluster in Ezhou has reached 329, and the total assets of the cluster enterprises reached 1.83 billion yuan. The sales and benefits of the entire cluster have achieved rapid growth and accumulated sales. The income is 3.034 billion yuan, the profit is 158 million yuan, the foreign exchange earned 60 million US dollars, and the industrial and commercial tax revenue is 180 million yuan. At present, the entire cluster has formed enterprises such as Exin Diamond Materials, Changjiang Jinggong and Changli Tools, and other enterprises are supporting production. The pattern and variety of products are complete. The production of five series of products such as knives, single crystals, substrates, stone machinery, tools and equipment, etc., has more than 100 varieties. Among them, the market share of leading diamond saw blades is 65%. The market share of synthetic diamond single crystals is 34%. 70% of formal enterprises have passed the ISO9001 quality management system certification. More than 90% of enterprises organize production according to standards, and 2 companies have won the title of Hubei Famous Brand. "Every 120 Yanzhao people have the owner of a diamond tool enterprise. The annual remittance of Yanji people is more than 2 billion yuan. "Yanji Town Party Committee Government said: 10 years of dying In 1983, Yanji Town people Zhang Zhongming introduced formula from Shanghai and explored it to develop China's first diamond cutter. In 1984, he founded the first in Yanji Town. At the Diamond Tool Factory, his assets had exceeded 10 million yuan in 1987. In the early 1990s, the tool factory founded by Zhang Zhongming was closed, and the formula leaked. The employees who went out from the Zhang Zhongming factory started the diamond tool factory. The diamond tool factory in Yanji Town has developed rapidly. "In fact, the threshold of the diamond tool factory is not high, and a machine is tens of thousands of dollars. Forty or five people, it is not difficult to have a formula. Liu Ziming said. In 1999, when the company was founded, because the machine was not fully automated, it could only produce three sets of cutter heads per day. The output was low, but the profit was high, and the social demand was also large. A pair of cutter heads could be sold. From 5,000 to 10,000, the profit of 5,000 yuan can reach 3,000 yuan. Due to considerable profits, production and management are booming. By 1992, more than 200 diamond cutter enterprises had emerged in Yanji Town, and the town had more than 20,000 employees. The income exceeded 1 billion yuan. In 1992, due to heavy taxes, public security, and inadequate services, a large number of owners went to the factory to set up factories in the field, and the number of enterprises in the town dropped sharply. By the year 2000, there were only more than 10 pieces left. The master told reporters: "At the time, Yanji Town was still in the exploratory period. Without guidance, it was entirely up to the enterprise to explore. At the time, these knives were sold in the coastal areas, with no logistics and high freight costs. "At that time, we were still a family-style workshop. The company was very difficult at the beginning of its establishment. The logistics is not developed now. It is mainly relying on artificially carrying the blades of production. It is by train to the coastal areas to sell, let others try it if you can then buy it. Li Heping recalled with reporters. With the increasing demand for supporting services, many enterprises and products here have grown from scratch, from small to large, without breaking. "Take the silver solder pieces required by the company, the past 10 Over the years, it has been purchased from the coast. The road is long, the price is high, and the cost of the enterprise is high. There is no industrial lotus, and the production and sales are separated. Li Heping said that most of the diamond cutters produced in Yanji Town are local farmers. In the past, they solved the technical problems mainly by trial and error, and then summed up the rules and guided the production. This original method was effective in the initial development stage, but Later, it was difficult to adapt. In addition, due to high tax expenses and serious competition, many owners have moved to Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Shandong and other places to develop. "At the time, the management of Yanji owners was not standardized. It is said that in order to make this "first town" stronger, the relevant departments should guide and standardize in good faith. Some law enforcement agencies have fined them. Yanji instantly withered, this withering is 10 years. Liu Ziming did not understand. Reinvigorating the road In early 2002, Wang Chengzhang was appointed secretary of the Yanji Town Committee and promised to the people of the town: During the term of office, he would not reinvigorate the “first town of Chinese diamond tools” in Yanji, and not let the people of Yanji I got rich and I resigned. They asked the superiors for support and held an on-site office meeting in Yanji. At the meeting, the Ezhou Municipal Committee and the Municipal Government issued a series of preferential policies and service measures in the form of “office minutes”, of which the government invested 2000. More than 10,000 yuan to build a diamond tool city; implement a service agency system, and handle all relevant procedures and other 17 related policies for the settled enterprises. "If the policy is good, there will be someone who is willing to come back to build a factory, so the town government leaders will spend the New Year. Every household visits and invites Yanji Town people who have set up factories in the field to return home to invest and build factories. The person in charge of the Yanji Town Party Committee Government said that Hubei Exin Diamond Materials Co., Ltd. only moved the factory back from Shenzhen to Yanji Town at that time. Exin Diamond passed the product quality certification in the industry and returned. The Exin diamond in Yanji Town has added a lot of fame to Yanji Town. “With the development of diamond tools, the workers who went out from Yanji Town, after immersing themselves in the coastal areas, they have more information technology, diamonds. The technology of the tool also has a great understanding and improvement. Li Heping introduced that at the time, some enterprises that developed better in the field began to gradually shift to Yanji Town. There are more and more such companies in the coastal areas, and the central region has the demand for local economic construction. Demand has also gradually increased. Due to the development of diamond tool enterprises, the corresponding supporting facilities have also been established. Li Heping told reporters that Ezhou now has corresponding supporting facilities from the upstream stone factory to the downstream logistics. It is said that the silver soldering factory established locally has annual sales of more than 10 million yuan. The industrial chain is constantly improving, and the diamond cutter is naturally getting bigger and bigger. These large enterprises have also driven the development of small enterprises. Short development of 4 years. Until 2006, Yanji Town's diamond tool enterprises have grown to more than 200, employing more than 8,000 people, and the output value has exceeded 1 billion yuan. At present, Yanji Town has formed a diamond tool industry scale, Yanji people in Guangdong. More than 400 factories are set up in Yunfu Town, Shuitou Town of Fujian Province and Laizhou City of Shandong Province. According to incomplete statistics of China Diamond Tool Information Network, The state Yanji tool industry market share accounts for more than 70% of the domestic market, and its output ranks first in the country. 12 companies have obtained self-support import and export rights, and exported more than 2 million saw blades per year to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. More than 100 sets of machinery and equipment, creating foreign exchange of more than 10 million US dollars. In recent years, in order to improve the competitiveness of diamond tools, the local government and association invited domestic and foreign experts to carry out technical training for practitioners; through "technology upgrade", Yan The technicians of Jiji Town Diamond Tool Company realized the transformation from “test technology” to “theory technology” and solved the problems of equipment and process technology such as intelligent sintering machine, single crystal and powder catalyst. In the past, Yanji Town produced diamond cutters. single crystal are purchased from overseas, the annual cost of up to billion, through technical research, Yan Angeles five years ago people overcome technical difficulties, their production of such products, the cost drops exponentially lifting fatigue since 2003, Yan The diamond tool industry park established by the town of Jiji Town, the entire industrial park consists of “four gardens”, namely diamond tool manufacturing park and diamond single crystal manufacturing park. Diamond tool base manufacturing park, stone processing garden and diamond product market, covering an area of 1200 mu, with a total planned investment of 500 million yuan. “Diamond Industrial Park has always been a plan, and now only a dozen companies have built factories there. Liu Ziming said that most of the land in the industrial park is still the farmland of the farmers. The farmers are not willing to sell the farmland, and the land cost is also high. The enterprises with Yanji Town’s diamond cutter enterprises with an output value of 20 million will also have 20 Most of them are family-style workshops, and they feel that it is not necessary to spend so much money to go to the industrial park." Liu Ziming said: "Although we only have one machine, the annual output is not high, but the benefits are good, one The annual 1 million is not a problem. We are farmers, we don’t read many books, we just know some technology, and we don’t have much money to invest. The products we make are only for fixed dealers in Shenzhen. Your risk is great, you don't have to bear too much risk like us, and you can save trouble." In the face of a series of preferential policies issued by the government, Li Heping said that three years ago, we can casually say that Yanji Town is a diamond cutter. Township, the country's first diamond cutter town, but now dare not say it easily. Because the technical level of Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong has exceeded the technical level of Yanji Town. "At present, some enterprises have begun to walk out of Yanji Town. Although Yanji Town has more enterprises than enterprises, and the tax revenue is much lower than other places, there are still some unfavorable factors." Li Heping told reporters that the scale-scale enterprises in Yanji Town also As for the five or six, 80% of them are family-style, and these family-run companies have hindered the development of Yanji Town. Our large enterprise products have set up R&D centers, products that have been painstakingly developed. These family-run enterprises can also see the doorways after a long time, and then add their own innovations, which is a very good product. We can’t say People invade our patents. However, the price competition between enterprises is very strong. We sell the brand, a saw blade 400 yuan, they sell 390 yuan. Peer competition, once heated up, will lead to damage to all parties, all companies will be greatly hurt. Long Qizhan, vice president of the Yanji Town Industry Association, said: "We have also made some efforts, such as avoiding the unrestrained 'killing' of prices, the association has implemented the 'guarantee price' sales according to the price level of the external market. On the basis of this, we will use the interests as a link to increase cooperation and cooperation between enterprises, and enhance the mutual participation of enterprises in production and management, so as to form a linkage pattern of loss and glory." "Policy is good." It’s hard to do it.” Liu Ziming said that such a policy was called many years ago, but it is still only a slogan. “Yanji Town is now a gathering of enterprises, but it does not form an industrial cluster. Most small businesses are very serious, and these companies are like this ten years ago. This is still the case after ten years, but with the market The development of technology, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places of rapid development of technology, if not adjusted in time, it is still possible to reappear ten years ago after ten years." Industry recognition pointed out.