Analysis of the status quo and future of Nanjing stone market
The booth building materials wholesale market with Chinese characteristics plays an important role in the development of the domestic building materials industry. In the early 1990s, the wholesale market for booth building materials with Chinese characteristics began to rise. By the mid-1990s, the main channel for the circulation of building materials had been formed. About 70% of the circulation of construction and decorative materials is achieved through such markets. However, with the rise and development of building materials supermarkets, various franchised stores and foreign stores, the booth building materials wholesale market has entered a new round of development stage of transformation, upgrading and innovation. After a period of low-lying state, the booth building materials market is undergoing self-reform and upgrading to seek a favorable position in the fierce market competition.
In recent years, with the continuous warming of the residential industry, the booming construction and decoration industry, and the growing demand for Chinese stone materials abroad, this has provided a broader space for the development of the stone industry. . However, at present, the development of China's stone circulation industry is far behind the development of stone production and processing industry, and it is no longer able to better meet social needs. Taking Nanjing as an example, the circulation of stone mainly relies on the wholesale market of building materials in the early booth system. Stone is only one of the various building materials markets. This is also the main channel for the circulation of Nanjing stone. The Nanjing booth building materials market is no less than dozens of large and small, but there is no stone professional processing park with scale and sufficient grade. So far, the operation of stone enterprises in the wholesale materials market has played an important role in actively circulating, meeting urban and rural consumer demand (mainly for engineering projects), meeting the demand for stone in economically underdeveloped areas around Nanjing, and promoting local economic development. The role. However, with the rapid development of the stone industry and the multi-level demand for stone consumption in recent years, the drawbacks and contradictions of the stone circulation industry in this booth building materials market have become more and more prominent, and it has been unable to adapt to today's ever-changing economic environment. This form of market is the product of the primary stage of the stone logistics industry during the transition from planned economy to market economy. With the continuous improvement and strengthening of the market economy, it will eventually withdraw from the historical stage, in order to adapt to the increasingly hot market of all industries after joining the WTO. Striving for the environment and better meeting the needs of the society for stone, we began to explore the upgrading of stone logistics.
Second, the feasibility and necessity analysis of establishing a new market
With China's accession to the WTO, the stone industry is facing a new round of challenges and opportunities. At the same time, China's market economy is gradually on the right track, and put forward higher requirements for the further development of the stone industry. For every stone-related enterprise, there are newer and higher requirements, from product color, product quality to product processing technology, from maintenance technology, market trading environment to service awareness. Due to the particularity of China's stone industry itself, in recent years, many stone bases based on stone processing and warehousing and professional wholesale bases based on stone sales have been formed in China. With the vigorous development of the stone industry in recent years, In the environment where the conditions of large stone logistics are mature, there is an urgent need for a new stone logistics model. This is the original intention of our preparation for the construction of Nanjing Citi International Stone City. In the early stage of the establishment of Nanjing Citi International Stone City, we have done extensive market research and demonstration. The result is very optimistic. First of all, the export value of stone in the country is increasing by double digits every year, according to the data shown in Stone Magazine. In 2006, China's stone export volume was 2.87 billion US dollars, a total of 14.82 million tons, an increase of 28.53% compared with 2005; the demand for domestic stone is also growing. In 2006, only imported stone reached 1.051 billion US dollars, an increase from 2005. 20.98%. As far as Nanjing is concerned, with the acceleration of Nanjing's various investment projects and urban infrastructure construction, and the strengthening of peripheral radiation functions based on the Yangtze River, the demand for stone in the next few years will remain a peak. Throughout the distribution of stone materials in the large and small stone enterprises and building materials market in Nanjing, the form of their business is generally relatively backward, and it is urgent to come out with a large-scale, high-grade, professional stone with powerful stone processing capabilities. Industrial park. The upcoming Nanjing Citi International Stone City has the largest first-class deep processing and finishing capabilities in China. The park will be designed with large, medium and small stone exhibition halls to meet the needs of the stone industry colleagues. More importantly, Nanjing Citi International Stone City has been included in the overall urban development plan of Nanjing, and has received strong support and care from the governments of Pukou District and Yongning Town. In short, we believe that Nanjing Citi International Stone City not only fundamentally changes the current The low status of Nanjing's stone circulation industry has improved the stone industry, and will fundamentally solve the demand for stone in all sectors of the Nanjing market and the East China market; and promote the formation of a new pattern of stone circulation nationwide. effect.
Nanjing Citi International Stone City stood at the height of promoting the development of the industry to meet the business needs of domestic large and medium-sized stone enterprises. It began to build a Nanjing Citi International Stone City covering an area of ​​500 mu and the first phase of development of 200 acres. This new base integrates processing, warehousing, exhibition, wholesale, logistics and information distribution. This new campus has the best function of integrating stone resources, which in turn drives all operators to maximize the benefits. This new business model not only can adapt to and meet the development of China's stone industry for a period of time and for a period of time, but also provides favorable conditions for the stone industry to participate in international competition after entering the WTO.
Third, the development prospects
Nanjing is one of the largest stone consumption markets in East China. It is a reliable guarantee for the successful completion of Nanjing Citi International Stone City. With the strong support of the Stone Industry Chamber of Commerce in all provinces and cities, we will work closely with many outstanding operators in the stone industry to make Nanjing Citi International Stone City a modern large-scale operation that promotes exchanges between China and foreign countries, promotes supply and demand exchanges, and creates the best performance. Stone professional park, and make it the headquarters base of East China Stone Enterprise.