CONTENTS
Foreword / 1
Xu Kuangdi
Hua Jianmin Zhao Qizheng
Hu Wei Wang Ande Wang Yanlai
Liu Xia
Huang Qifan Zhu Xiaoming
Wu Chenglin
SDE: An Imperative of Building
a Financial Factor Market in Line with International Standards / 2 A Review of the Conception Stage of the SDE Project / 15 Shanghai Shining with Diamonds / 25
How the "Diamond" Project Succeed / 37 SDE: From A Pipe Dream to Reality / 51
The Early Conception Phase of the SDE Project / 63
My Involvement in the Conception Phase of and Related Negotiations on the SDE Project as an Employee of the UDI / 74
The Birth of an International Diamond Exchange in Shanghai / 86
An All-Out Sprint: The Two Years' Efforts before the Establishment of SDE / 99
A Mission Unexpected: Setting up the Diamond Management Agency and Diamond Transaction Platform in China / 111
Born to Shine: Stories of the Development of SDE
Chen Kun
Li Shanfen Yan Nanhai
Willie Yiu
Li Mu
Ren Zhengming
Jiang Yiren Wang Xiaohua
Zhang Wansheng
Bi Lijun
Fang Xiong Yang Xiaoming
Caroline Yuan
Sun Lina Zhang Rong
China National Arts & Crafts Import & Export Corporation and SDE: An Inseparable Bond / 123
The Customs' Active Involvement in the SDE Project / 135
Witnessing the Negotiations on Establishment of the Sino-foreign Joint Venture / 146
My Dedication to the Chinese Diamond Industry and to My Country / 160
Proud to Participate in the Preparatory Work for the Establishment and Development of the SDE / 169
In Memory of Those Stories Back in the Day / 179
The Most Important Thing Is to Follow International Rules / 190
Three Rounds of Tax Policy Adjustment for the Chinese Diamond Industry / 203
A Great Innovation in Regulating the Diamond Market: "Special Customs Supervision Zone" / 214
Chinese Diamond Identification Institutions and the Emergence of the National Standards for Diamond Identification / 226
Every step of the reform has been difficult / 237
Decision-Making and Construction of the China Diamond Transaction Centre Building / 248
My Involvement in the Preparatory Work for the SDE / 257 The Establishment and Development of the SDE Customs / 268
CONTENTS
Du Huichun
Yu Jiping Jiang Kewei
Lin Qiang
Lawrence Ma Kou Hoi In
Sun Fengmin Ju Xinping
Hu Kanghua Eli Izhakoff Shmuel Schnitzer
Ernie Blom Willy Rotti
Claude Nobels
Cathy Berx
Ludo Van Campenhout
Julien Dryboom
Jiang Jun
The Preparation and Launch of the Kimberley Process Diamond Certification Scheme / 281
The Evolution of Tax Policies for the SDE / 294
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC): The First Clearing Bank that Entered the SDE / 303
Realizing Win-Win Cooperation Based on Openness, Service, Communications, and Study / 314
A Source of Joy: The SDE's Development Over the LastTwo Decades / 327
Macau Diamond Exchange: A Classic Case of Macau's Transformation, Integration, and Development / 339
The SDE: Breathing New Life into the Chinese Jewelry Industry / 351
Staying True to Our Original Aspirations and Working Together for a Bright Future / 360
To Do Our Best to Be a "Concierge" / 372
A Dream Coming True: The Establishment of the SDE / 382
My Unwavering Confidence in the Chinese Diamond Market / 392 Looking Forward to the Next Fifty Years of SDE / 403
Witnessing the Forty Years of Development of the Chinese Diamond Industry / 412
SDE: A Bridge of Exchanges and Cooperation between China and Belgium / 421
Promoting Exchanges Between Sister Cities through Diamonds / 431 HRD and SDE: Towards Strengthened Cooperation / 439
Born to Shine: Stories of the Development of SDE
Shi Lihua
Pan Bin
Wang Haibin
Gao Lei Dror Marom
Abhishek Golecha
Vaibhav Samriya
Mo Jiao Amit Ramesh Mehta
LaoFengXiang and Shanghai Diamond Exchange: Together for a Better Future / 448
Shanghai Diamond Exchange: the Engine of the Chinese Diamond Industry / 457
The First Member of Shanghai Diamond Exchange: Growing Side by Side Amid Uncertainties / 469
My Stories with Diamonds over 24 Years / 480
Shanghai Diamond Exchange in the Eyes of an Israeli Diamond Dealer / 488
KGK on the Way to Shared Prosperity with the Chinese Diamond Industry / 497
So Proud to Call Shanghai "Home" / 506
A Romance with Diamonds in Shanghai / 511
Postscript / 524
