On May 25-26, 2023, "The 2nd China International Laboratory-Grown Diamond Industry Development and Innovation Congress, 2023" (LGD-IDIC) was held in Panyu, Guangzhou, China. The conference, supported by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Guangdong Committee, Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau, People's Government of Panyu District, Guangdong Exchange Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Province Public Resource Trading Center, was hosted by Guangzhou Diamond Exchange Center.
Facing the broad market development prospect of lab-grown diamond industry, how to build a good diamond industrial ecosystem with Chinese characteristics became the main topic and focus of the conference. During the conference, the Guangzhou Diamond Exchange Center signed strategic cooperation agreements with a number of enterprises. A round-table discussion on “China, From a Producer Country to a Powerful Lab-Grown Diamond Industry Country” was held, at which several entrepreneurs and scholars delivered speeches on the development of the lab-grown diamond industry and related products. And a number of enterprises displayed their lab-grown diamonds at the booth.
Journal of Gem & Gemmology, as a characteristic jewelry science and technology journal, always focuses on key issues and hot topics in the gemstone industry, mainly reports cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements and innovations, provides high-quality scientific and technological information and analysis, aiming at promoting academic exchanges and win-win cooperation inside and outside the industry. The editorial team participated in the 2023 LGD-IDIC from the communication perspective of "academic frontier, featured quality, interdisciplinary integration and win-win cooperation".
Wang Ge, Vice President of the Department of Journal Publication of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), and Wan Qijuan and Dong Yiran, editors of Journal of Gem & Gemmology, actively participated in the promotion and publicity work of the journal during the conference. They had good exchanges and contacts with relevant academic institutions, research teams, enterprises, manufacturers, etc., broadened the cooperation network and reader group of the journal, and achieved a more extensive influence in the industry. Their efforts contributed to broader dissemination of scientific and technological information, and promoted the globalization process of scientific and technological development and innovation in the industry.
The Journal of Gem & Gemmology participated in the Conference as an important science and technology media, not only demonstrated its own strength and expanded its academic influence, but also helped to strengthen the interface and cooperation between the academic and industrial circles, promoted the integration of academic research and industrial development, and accelerated the transformation, dissemination and promotion of scientific and technological innovations. The journals will continue to publish high-quality scientific papers and play an important role in promoting knowledge sharing and scientific progress by means of internationalization, digitization and media diversification.
