News & Notices

At its Centenary Congress in Vicenza, CIBJO presented the updated Jade Guide (104 pp.) — enthroning the three-mineral Fei Cui definition, bridging Eastern and Western nomenclature, with appendices of Chinese trade names. The official PDF is now public on cibjo.org; this site hosts the complete official text alongside our full digest. (Via CIBJO.)

A jade culture week jointly presented by Yushu (Qinghai) and Beijing opens this September at Shougang Park, showcasing Kunlun jade culture and Sanjiangyuan-capital exchange. (Via Banyuetan, a Xinhua-affiliated review.)

Pingzhou in Foshan — among China’s largest jadeite trading hubs — is upgrading its jade industry park, integrating carving, livestream commerce and cultural tourism. (Via Foshan Daily.)

Ten courts across the Yangtze Delta established a cross-regional pact to jointly protect the Liangzhu World Heritage site, adding a judicial shield to the cradle of the jade-rite civilisation. (Via China News Service.)

A new book tracing the jadeite trade between Yunnan and Guangdong premiered at the South China Book Festival in Guangzhou. (Via Guangzhou Daily.)

A Chinese jade dog picked up for £1 at a UK car boot sale has been identified as centuries old and is heading to auction with an estimate in the thousands. (Via Yahoo News UK.)

Hetian jade consumption in Beijing is maturing: buyers increasingly demand certification and quality over impulse purchases, reports Beijing Daily’s online edition.

Hangzhou hosted "Liangzhu and the World", a dialogue between the Liangzhu and Samarkand World Heritage cities on mutual learning and preservation. (Via Xinhua.)

A top jadeite bead necklace realised about US$25.5 million at Christie’s Hong Kong, leading Asia’s spring auctions and reaffirming imperial-grade jadeite’s standing. (Via The Value.)

The Liangzhu special exhibition opened in Shanghai, presenting cong tubes, bi discs and yue axes — material proof of five millennia of civilisation. (Via Xinhua.)

The Gemological Institute of America published a study characterising the unique pseudomorph "orange peel" surface of white nephrite from Russia, aiding origin determination.

The first edition of the archive is released — taxonomy, the eight-millennia historical scroll, the culture of jade virtue and the digital collection, fully bilingual, compiled upon national standards and the transmitted classics.