Editor’s Note
The establishment of the National Gold and Jewelry Industry Metrology Testing Center marks a significant step toward enhancing quality standards and consumer confidence in this vital sector. This initiative underscores the critical role of precise measurement in fostering innovation, ensuring fair trade, and driving sustainable growth within the industry.
Market Information
2025-09-26 10:52
Source: China Quality Daily
By Reporter Shi Yucheng
Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation approved the establishment of the National Gold and Jewelry Industry Metrology Testing Center, aiming to fully leverage the supportive and safeguarding role of metrology in promoting the high-quality development of the gold and jewelry industry.
Within the gold and jewelry industry, metrology technology serves as the “quality benchmark” that runs through the entire industrial chain. From raw material inspection to finished product delivery, the accuracy of every link relies on the support of metrology technology, directly impacting product quality, compliance, and market trust. Currently, the gold and jewelry industry still faces prominent metrology issues such as a lack of reference materials, significant measurement errors, absence of specialized metrology testing methods and technologies, and the inability to measure or inaccurately measure key parameters.
The National Gold and Jewelry Industry Metrology Testing Center, now approved for establishment, will conduct research on metrology testing technologies across the full traceability chain and develop reference materials. It will build measurement capabilities for key parameters of gemstones and jades such as diamonds, colored gemstones, jade, and organic gemstones, as well as precious metal materials like gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. The center will also develop industry-specific metrology testing equipment, such as laser-induced breakdown spectrometers and gemstone colorimetry measuring instruments, to provide technical support for scalable, low-cost online or in-situ traceability solutions, thereby promoting the healthy and standardized development of the gold and jewelry industry.
After 40 years of development and accumulation, China’s gold and jewelry industry has evolved into a comprehensive industrial chain encompassing procurement, design, R&D, manufacturing, processing, testing, trade, and technical services. Currently, the market size of China’s gold and jewelry industry is approximately 800 billion yuan. China has been the world’s largest gold consumer for 12 consecutive years, accounting for about one-third of the total global gold market sales.
