Article/Zen Can
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Watch the various aspects of the pottery industry quietly, and comment on the pottery people.
You have stories and I don’t drink. The truth is just as easy to get drunk on.
The third issue of [Weekly Spicy Review] is here, please prepare the watermelon and small bench for the ceramic people.
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When can ceramic people enjoy weekend breaks?
Recommendation No. 1966 of the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress proposed to "increase spring and autumn holidays for universities, middle schools and primary schools, and establish a staggered holiday system to promote the balanced and healthy development of the tourism industry."
In response to this, the Ministry of Education recently publicly replied on its official website: On the premise of ensuring that all nationally prescribed courses are opened and normal education and teaching tasks and teaching hours are completed, school vacation times, including spring and autumn vacation times, are determined by various localities and colleges and universities based on actual conditions. specific arrangements.
The reply also mentioned that the "Guiding Opinions on the Formulation and Implementation of Professional Talent Training Programs in Vocational Colleges" issued by the Ministry of Education stipulates that 40 weeks of teaching activities are arranged for each academic year in three-year secondary vocational and higher vocational schools, and specific arrangements for holidays are No restrictions are made.
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At first glance, the establishment of additional holidays has nothing to do with the ceramic industry (ceramic tile industry), but in fact it is still worthy of the attention of ceramic people (ceramic tile people).
How to say this? A two-sentence answer is enough: Are ceramic workers the practitioners with the least daily rest time? Is adding a holiday a long-cherished wish for ceramics people?
Compared with reality, the ceramic man's rest time is really "horrible". Looking at the entire ceramic industry, about 50% of ceramic companies have 4 days off per month, and some of them are converted from 3 or 2 days off per month; there are still many companies that only have 2 or 3 days off per month; and every day There seems to be no pottery factory that has weekends on weekends - I'm sorry, for ceramic people, weekends are like ghosts. Most people have heard of them, but no one has ever seen them. Moreover, the daily rest time of ceramic workers is often "requisitioned" by the company - behind every "ceramic family", there is almost an "overtime dog" who neglects private life for work and sleeps and eats.
Some people may want to argue: most ceramic enterprises do not have to rest for more than ten days, twenty days, one month or even every year.The Spring Festival holiday that lasts for more than forty days? Do other industries have this kind of treatment?
A long holiday is not a holiday, but the truth is very heartbreaking: no wages will be paid during the Spring Festival holiday. No wages! No wages! No wages!
But then again, the development situation of the ceramic industry was very good in the past, especially before 2015. Many ceramic people made a fortune, and most ceramic people also earned wages that were more than enough, even if The same is true after the market gets worse. Therefore, ceramic people cannot forget their roots, and the ceramic industry is still worth fighting for.
However, it must be said that with the development of the economy and the advancement of the times, practitioners' requirements for work benefits are also constantly increasing. Brother Chan believes that in order to achieve long-term development, ceramic enterprises must keep pace with the times and strive to improve employee welfare levels through effective measures such as adding holidays, fully implementing the weekly single/weekend system and social security policies, so as to attract and retain more employees. talents, thereby fully stimulating their enthusiasm and subjective initiative in work.
Gaoan Ceramics surpasses Foshan Ceramics?
“Gaoan Ceramics has the confidence and confidence to catch up with Foshan in 5 years and surpass Foshan in 10 years.”
Kang Jian, deputy secretary of the Gao'an Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and mayor, said at the 8th China Building Ceramics Producing Area Large-scale Tour Forum and the 2020 Gao'an Ceramics Industry Development Summit Forum held on October 28.
According to Kang Jian, Gao'an currently has 54 ceramic construction companies, 133 supporting companies, and 182 production lines, firmly ranking as the second largest major production area in the country. This year, Gao'an has signed 19 new ceramic projects, and 14 companies plan to transform or install 22 new intelligent production lines, of which 15 have been completed so far.
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Regarding the ambitious goal proposed by the Gao'an production area, Brother Chan prefers to regard it as a declaration of determination and confidence or even a propaganda method to gain attention. In fact, the saying that Gaoan Ceramics is catching up with Foshan has appeared more than once or twice.
It is undeniable that in terms of production capacity and output, the Gao'an production area has indeed ranked second among the national ceramic production areas.
However, how many well-known brands are there in Gaoan? Which brand can enter the second-tier brand camp? ...with Foshan, which has long become the capital of ceramic brands, the economic center of ceramic headquarters and the cluster of ceramic industry chain.Compared with production areas, high-security production areas have obvious advantages in terms of greater government support, looser environmental protection requirements, and lower production costs. However, there are also huge gaps in brand influence, industrial ecology, etc.
Therefore, even if Gao'an ceramics exceeds Foshan ceramics in terms of "volume" (according to some statistics, the output of Fujian production areas has surpassed Guangdong production areas this year when the new crown epidemic broke out), it cannot be said that Gao'an production areas have caught up with Foshan. Production area, just like it cannot be said that Chinese ceramics, whose output is far ahead of the world, exceeds Italian ceramics. Only transcendence in "quantity" and "quality" at the same time is the real transcendence; not only in the ceramic industry, comparisons in any field should be like this.
Of course, the new era brings new opportunities, and it is not impossible for Gaoan Ceramics to surpass Foshan Ceramics. As Ouyang Tiansheng, chairman of China Ceramics Network and president of "Ceramic Information" newspaper, said in his speech at the 8th China Architectural Ceramics Producing Area Large-scale Tour Forum and the 2020 Gao'an Ceramics Industry Development Summit Forum, "The future of Gao'an ceramics will be in the national supply Under the trend of side structural reform and the manufacturing industry moving towards high-quality development, we must follow the trend, develop rationally, insist on making bold investments in areas such as clean production, intelligent manufacturing, and brand building, and invest in tomorrow, depict the future, and have a broad vision. With an open mind and an open vision, we should go nationwide and integrate into the world, align ourselves with the best domestic and foreign companies, set benchmarks, clarify the gap, learn from examples, promote progress, and jointly contribute to the creation of 'perfection, high brand safety'."
Some listed ceramic companies are happy and some are sad
Recently, seven listed ceramic companies have successively announced their financial reports for the first three quarters of 2020. Based on the financial reports of these ceramic companies, China Ceramics Network has compiled a summary table as follows:
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From the above performance summary table, it can be said that "some are happy and some are sad."
Going public is like a double-edged sword, with pros and cons. Needless to say, the biggest benefit for listed ceramic companies should be the support of capital, which will help them enter new tracks such as centralized engineering procurement in the reshuffle stage of overcapacity, channel fission, and consumption upgrading in the ceramic industry. , becoming the leader of the reshuffle and the leading company in the industry; the disadvantages are also very obvious, such as every move after listing is always watched and may be infinitely magnified, while improving transparency, many secrets will be exposed, and there is a risk of being maliciously controlled. wait.
Brother Chan has no intention of commenting on any of the listed ceramic companies. He just wants to say: listing has risks, ceramic companies need to be cautious; investment has risks, and investors should not be impulsive.
It is imperative for the ceramic industry to transform from coal to gas
Since October, various regions across the country have successively released environmental policies and taken relevant measures such as plans for the prevention and control of air pollution in autumn and winter, emergency plans for heavy pollution weather, etc. As a key industry for air pollution control, the ceramic industry has been deeply affected by it, and related ceramic companies in many production areas have been required to limit or suspend production.
It is reported that as of now, 120+ ceramic-related companies and 200+ production lines in 12 provinces and cities including Guangdong (Jiangmen), Shandong, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei are within the scope of impact.
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The environmental issue of replacing coal with gas in the ceramic industry is a commonplace issue, and Brother Chan has also talked about it many times (see "It is not just coal-to-gas that determines the life and death of ceramic enterprises?" published by the WeChat public account of China Ceramics Network) These two points!" and "Everyone is speaking out for coal to gas, but the person who should speak out the most is silent | Weekly Hot Comments" two articles).
The communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee held from October 26 to 29 stated: "Promote green development and promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Adhere to the concept that clear waters and lush mountains are valuable assets, and adhere to the principle of respecting nature, complying with nature, and protecting nature." Naturally, we should adhere to the priority of conservation, protection and natural restoration, keep the boundaries of natural ecological security, thoroughly implement the sustainable development strategy, improve the overall coordination mechanism in the field of ecological civilization, build an ecological civilization system, promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and build people. Modernization that coexists harmoniously with nature must accelerate green and low-carbon development, continuously improve environmental quality, enhance the quality and stability of ecosystems, and comprehensively improve resource utilization efficiency.”
This once again shows us the firm determination of the party and the country to further strengthen environmental protection and implement sustainable development strategies.
Therefore, ceramic enterprises that have not yet carried out the "coal-to-gas" transition should not hold on to the illusion that the government will "open up the grid". The government implemented the "coal-to-gas" switch in the ceramic industry, on the one hand, to improve the environment, and on the other hand, to eliminate backward production capacity. This is an important means for the government to regulate the economy, and it is also an inevitable choice for the ceramic industry with severe overcapacity. Ceramic enterprises have no choice at all, and ceramic people no longer need to waste their words.
In a word, even if there is no ""Coal to gas", the high energy consumption and high pollution ceramic industry is also the focus of the government's environmental improvement and macro-control.
Author: Zen Can
