May 23 marks the 19th award ceremony of 2023 Chinese Ceramic and Sanitary Ware Pioneers in Foshan. A bunch of Foshan enterprises, such as Keda Industrial Group, Guanzhu Tile, Dongpeng Tile, Hongyu Ceramics, Eagle Ceramics, KITO Ceramics and so on, were on the list.

Among them, famous ceramic brands from Foshan, including Guanzhu, Dongpeng were awarded as "Leading Ceramic Brands". Local sanitary ware brands like Dongpeng, HEGII and SSWW were selected as "Leading Sanitary Ware Brands". In terms of sintered stone category, Delfone and Suncheng, were recognized as the leading enterprises because of their outstanding product quality and industry influence. In addition, Overland and KITO won the "Technological Innovation Award" for their advanced technologies.

Known as the Oscar of China's ceramic sanitary industry, the ceremony has been held for 19 years. It is the longest-running and the most encompassing selection within China's ceramic sanitary industry, covering the assessment of ceramic machinery and equipment, chemical raw materials, ceramic tiles, sanitary ware, marketing and sales and individual innovation. Relevant enterprises from Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hebei and other provinces participated this year’s selection.

According to statistics, the total number of projects applied for this year's selection is basically the same as last year, but the number of application beyond Foshan has increased by 2.37 % compared with last year. Meanwhile, there is a major breakthrough in the degree of internationalization of this year's selection. The number of overseas applicants has increased by ten, including international well-known enterprises such as System Ceramics, GROHE and Hansgrohe.