On the morning of September 19, 2019, the preparatory meeting for the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Jewelry Standardization Technology Alliance (AGA), led by the National Jewelry Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (NGTC), was successfully held in Hong Kong. Eight representatives of national jewellery laboratories and industry organizations from China, Thailand, India, the United States, Colombia, South Korea and other countries have fully discussed the preparatory work before the establishment of the AGA Alliance.

 

Ke Jie, deputy director of the National Jewelry Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (NGTC), said at the meeting that the purpose of establishing AGA is to establish a working mechanism in the form of alliances, coordinate different positions and viewpoints in the process of jewelry identification, and solve different experiments. There are differences in standards and technology between rooms. Through joint development of common standards, guidelines, and rules, technical exchanges, comparisons, and technical training between AGA member laboratories will be conducted to provide professional advice and suggestions for problems encountered by enterprises and consumers. Realize the smooth connection of laboratory technology and market in different countries and regions, disseminate correct jewellery knowledge, technology culture, guide correct consumption concepts and consumption habits, and jointly cultivate a healthy jewelry market.

 

Participants discussed the important contents of AGA's mission, tasks, regulations and codes of conduct one by one, and reached consensus in principle. The meeting elected Ke Jie, deputy director of the National Jewelry Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (NGTC), as the chairman of AGA, and Dr. Yang Lixin, director of the NGTC Standardization Department, as the secretary general of AGA.

 

The meeting decided that the AGA inaugural meeting will be held in Shanghai during the second China Import Expo in November 2019.