Jingdezhen is a prefecture-level city, in eastern Jiangxi province, with a total population of 1,669,057 (2018),[1] bordering Anhui to the north.

[3] After the fall of the Chu, the area was incorporated into the Qin dynasty as part of Fan County (番县) in Jiujiang Commandery [zh].

[3] Under the Han dynasty, the area belonged to Poyang County (鄱阳县) in Yuzhang Commandery [zh].

[4] The town was established during the Jin dynasty under the name Changnan (昌南),[3] due to its location on the south bank of the Chang river.

[3] In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jingdezhen was considered one of China's four great towns in terms of commercial and industrial importance.

[3] Jingdezhen was named one of top 24 national historical and cultural cities of the People's Republic of China on February 28, 1982.

Due to the relatively low cost of living and the heritage of the porcelain industry, Jingdezhen has become a haven for young artists from all over China, who are often referred to known as Jingpiao (景漂).

Although various forms of kaolin has since been found around the world, it was the Jingdezhen kilns who first perfected its use in combination with petuntse to create world-class hard-paste porcelain.

The name "kaolin" itself derives from the French Jesuit d'Entrecolles's transcription of the local term gāolǐngtǔ (高嶺土), taken from Gaoling (高嶺, Gāolǐng), a village in Ehu Town in Fuliang County that provided most of the city's kaolin during the early and mid-Qing dynasty.

Although apparently an unpromising location for potteries, being a remote town in a hilly region, Jingdezhen is close to the best quality deposits of petuntse, more contemporarily called pottery stone,[20][21][22][23] in China, as well as being surrounded by forests, mostly of pine, providing wood for the kilns.

The town continues to produce cheaper tablewares in great quantity, as well as more expensive decorative pieces.

[3] As of 2018, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in the city is ¥37,183, which ranks third among prefecture-level divisions in Jiangxi (behind Nanchang and Xinyu).

[3] Per capita disposable income for rural residents for 2018 is ¥16,510, which ranks fourth among prefecture-level divisions in Jiangxi (behind Pingxiang, Xinyu, and Nanchang).

[citation needed] In February 2002, then-CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin presented a porcelain set produced by the company under its Hongye (红叶) brand to U.S. President George W.

[citation needed] Jingdezhen is a major agricultural center in Jiangxi, with extensive rice cultivation within its boundaries.

[citation needed] Bai Juyi, a famous poet of Tang dynasty China, wrote a poem that says "My merchant loved money more than family, he left me to go to Fuliang to buy tea last month".

[citation needed] In 1915, Fuliang's "Fuhong" brand tea won a golden prize in Panama–Pacific International Exposition.

[citation needed] The Agriculture Ministry of China also designated Leping as a demonstration zone for "pollution-free" vegetable production.

[citation needed] Jingdezhen is the most important transportation hub in the northeast region of Jiangxi province.

[citation needed] It could ship its porcelain down the Chang to Poyang Lake and connected there with the Yangtze River in Hukou County, Jiangxi Province.

The Anhui–Jiangxi Railway connects Jingdezhen to many key cities in China such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan, Qingdao, Hefei, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Nanchang, Kunming and Guiyang, etc.

It is famous for its success rate, relative to other schools in Jiangxi Province, in placing its students in Chinese colleges.

[citation needed] Jingdezhen is a major tourism destination within Jiangxi Province, receiving 85.063 million tourists in 2018.

[3] The city also provides access to nearby popular tourist areas such as Lushan, Huangshan, and Wuyuan.