Jingdezhen, formerly known as the "Porcelain Capital " of China, is one of China's most famous cultural and historic cities. It is situated in the northeast part of Jiangxi Province of East China, only 2 hours' drive to Huangshan City.  Endowed by nature with a network of clear rivers and green hills, Jingdezhen is a municipality with a total area of 5,200 square kilometers and a population of 1.4 million. The highlight os the city is focused at the downtown areas, around 1 square kilometer, when you can go to the Porcelain Museum of China, shopping malls of porcelain products.

Ever since the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), Jingdezhen was evolved into a well-known town in China step by step. People there began to produce ceramics as early as in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). In the Jingde reign (1004-1007) of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Emperor Zhao Heng decreed the town to produce the porcelains exclusively for the court uses. From then on, people began to call this place as Jingdezhen. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Jingdezhen and other three towns, Zhuxianzhen in Henan Province, Hankouzhen in Hubei Province and Fushanzhen in Guangdong Province, were listed as the Top Four Towns of China.

The best porcelain of the world used to be in China, and China's best is still in Jingdezhen, a well-known scholar called Guo Moruo once said. The ceramic industry experienced a long-time development in Jingdezhen. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the technique started to mature. Jingdezhen became a major porcelain producer in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The kilns in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) boasted the highest porcelain-making techniques. Thereafter, the Liangfu porcelain office was set up. Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Jingdezhen has been the center of the ceramic industry in China. During the Ming and Qing period (1400---1900) when the manufacture level became perfected and the general quality being more refined, a typical office to control the quality of the ceramic products was exclusively set up to take care of the need of the royal families generation to generation. In the 600 years of making the ceramic products, the craftsmen in Jingdezhen brought their  talent into full play and created numerous masterpieces. Jingdezhen porcelain has formed four special features, which are as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper. It sounds like a chime. With its elegant form and unique technique, the achievement of Jindezhen porcelain serves as a valuable gem in the Chinese civilization.

Jingdezhen, the ancient porcelain city, is also a dynamic city. Besides the porcelain industry, the town has also developed other industries, such as manufactures of automobiles, refrigerators and food processing. In recent years, Jingdezhen made remarkable achievements in mechanics, electronics, chemistry, aviation, building materials and pharmacy. Encouraged by the opening-up policy and the market-orientating economy, Jingdezhen has developed into an industrialized city, besides its title as "the Porcelain Capital" of China.

The unique porcelain culture of Jingdezhen originate from the abundant porcelain relics, the valuable porcelain art, the excellent porcelain techniques and the intelligent porcelain artists. This culture was, is and will be a great attraction for more and more tourists coming to Jingdezhen.