Chinese
Optometric & Optical Trade includes glasses for various uses,
assembled spectacle lenses, contact lenses, lenses, spectacle frames,
lenses blanks, glasses cases and several matching trades consisting of raw
material, equipment and instrument. With constant development, it has
formed a complete system including production, management, research,
training. A full flourishing of china economy and a continuous enlargement
of reform and opening up to the outside world provide an excellent
opportunity to the development of Chinese Optometric & Optical Trade.
The structure of ownership has changed a great deal and formed
state-owned, collective ownership, privately owned, joint, diversified
coexisting.
China
Optometric & Optical Trade undergo 4 steps over the past 50 years: set
up¡ªdevelop slowly¡ªdevelop¡ªmake rapid advances. It has become an
important glasses ensumer-country and export country.
1£®The
glasses productivity are growing rapidly
According to incomplete
statistics, Chinese Optometric & Optical Trade output value is 3,500
million RMB in 1995, 8,350 million RMB in 2000, increased by an average
19% a year. Over reform and opening up, accelerate import high new
technology and latest equipment based on development an formed medium and
high-grade glasses productivity and abundant the material, style and
variety. China can produce pure titanium, titanium alloy and metal frames,
contact lenses, CR-39 optical resin lenses ect. Many production
enterprises which annual sales volume a hundred million RMB and sale
enterprises which annual sales volume over 20 million or 30 million have
springed up Guangdong, Xiamen, Shanghai, Beijing, Wenzhou, Danyang and
Linhai have become important production bases in China.
2£®Glasses
export increase year by year
About customs statistics, the
export value is 287 million U.S.dollars in 1995. It¡¯s 671 million
dollars in 2000, increased by an average of 18.5% a year. According to
export volume analysis sunglasses are 36.36%, frames are 17.45% and lenses
are 9.36%. Several glasses products are exported to Asia, North America and
Europe etc. over 100 counties and regions. It¡¯s an important mechanical
and electrical export product.
3£®Glasses
assembled quality increased remarkably
About the State Bureau of
Technology Inspect spot test to the assembled glasses, qualified
percentage of assembled glasses increased 21.9% in 1999 compared with that
in 1998, increased 41% compared with that in 1995, increased 28.9%
compared with that in 1997. Big scale chain enterprises products qualified
percentage is 95%.
4£®Chain
management is developing rapidly
Over reform and opening up, glasses chain shops
developed rapidly. They took good use of technical power and latest
optometry equipment and formed scale effect and quality effect. Some
enterprises sales volume amounts to over 50 million RMB. Some companies
were awarded the prestigious ISO9000 Quality System Certificate.
5£®Form
a optometry training and teaching organization
In order to enhance the quality of the employed in
optometry. We set up junior and middle grade teaching and training
organization in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Wenzhou and
Chongqing. Entrusted by the Ministry of Labor and social security, China
Optometric & Optical Association work out ¡°State professional
standard of optometrist¡± and ¡°state professional standard of spectacle
maker¡±. About the above two standard published ¡°optometrist
professional seniority training (junior¨Cmiddle grade) ¡± ¡°spectacle
maker professional seniority training¡±(junior-middle grade) ¡±. We are
about to draw up senior optometrist and senior spectacle maker. It is the
base of optometry legal system management.
6£®Chinese
Optical market have great protentialities
Chinese optical market is broad. About 300 million
people wear glasses nationwide. If a pair of new glasses is needed in
every 6 years, 50 million pairs of glasses are required every year. If the
period changes to 3 years, 100 million pairs of glasses are required each
year considering the development of sunglasses, glasses for special use,
the market is very broad. About preliminary statistics, only glasses
products import volume amounts to 196 million RMB (without equipment &
instrument) in 1999, increased 28.95% compared with that in 1998. With the
improvement of the consuming level and eye care consciousness, China will
be an international important glasses consumer-country.
China
is going to join World Trade Organization, glasses import tariff will
reduce. Chinese optical market will be faced with great chance and
challenge. We believe Chinese Optometric & Optical Trade.
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