New jade standard will help promote market

KUNMING: The Yunnan government is promoting a "new grade regulation standard" to determine the quality of jadeite in a bid to "discipline the flourishing market".

Che Zhimin, the general-secretary of the Yunnan Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, told China Daily yesterday that quality supervision of the gems and jade market will be strengthened further to ensure the precious stone culture can make its entry into the US and European Union (EU) markets.

Che said: "The Yunnan jadeite has a high reputation in the Asian market. We now want to promote international cooperation to take the stone to the US and EU."