The Development History Of Stone Materials in Wulian County, Shandong Province

The development process of stone materials in Wulian County, Shandong Province can be traced back thousands of years. The following is its detailed development process:
Ancient application stage: The application history of Wulian stone can be traced back to the Stone Age 3000 years ago. At that time, there were stone buildings such as stone sheds, and a large number of daily necessities such as stone knives and stone beds were unearthed. During the Tang Dynasty, stone was widely used, and many temples and bridges in Shandong province used Wulian stone. Since then, stone application technology has continued to develop, and by the Song Dynasty, Wulian stone was widely used in bridge construction and other aspects.
In the early 1990s, the street town of Wulian County was still a poverty-stricken mountainous area. In the early 1990s, the arrival of two Guangdong businessmen brought new development ideas to the local people. The town government took the lead in establishing stone processing factories, and local individual businesses followed suit, leading to rapid development of the stone industry. In 1990, the first stone factory was established in Jiejie Town, and its products were sold to major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
Rapid development stage: In 2001, there were 698 stone processing enterprises in the street town, supporting more than 2600 individual industrial and commercial households, with an economic income of 1.23 billion yuan, accounting for 80% of the total economic output of the street town and becoming the pillar of the local economy. In 2007, Jiejie Town was named "Shandong Province Characteristic Industrial Town" by the Shandong Provincial Government, and in 2009, it was awarded the title of "China Granite Town" by the China Stone Association.
Standardization and integration stage: In 2005, the State Council issued a notice to rectify and standardize the order of mineral resource development. Wulian County established a rectification work leading group to optimize and integrate granite mines, promote new sawing and cutting technologies, and eliminate explosive blasting methods. From 2010 to 2016, the finance department of Wulian County invested 300 million yuan to plan a 7.3 square kilometer stone industry park in the Wangshituan area of Jiejie Town. Strict standardized entry requirements were put forward for enterprises, and more than 900 small enterprises originally distributed in 7 towns and villages in the county were integrated into 189 excellent enterprises by withdrawing from the city and entering the park.
Green development stage: In recent years, the Wulian stone industry has transformed towards green development and entered the 4.0 era of smart management. In April 2023, the Wulian Stone Industry Alliance was established to implement unified management and supervision of third parties such as insurance, safety, and environmental protection. Wulian County has also introduced the "18 Measures for Clean Production", which has become the environmental protection standard leading the national stone industry and promoting the development of the stone industry towards green, low-carbon, and high-quality direction.