经过20年的奋斗,中国已成为世界首屈一指的石材生产大国,年产量居世界第一位,贸易出口额仅次于意大利,排名世界第二位。这20年间,中国的石材行业基本上保持了年均20％的增长率,是我国GDP增长速度的2倍以上。2000年我国石材产量超过了1500万t,石材总产值达1000亿元。2001年中国的石材进出 After 20 years of struggle, China has become the world’s leading stone producing country with annual output ranking the first in the world and second only to Italy in trade exports, ranking second in the world. In the past 20 years, China’s stone industry basically maintained an average annual growth rate of 20%, which is more than double the rate of China’s GDP growth. In 2000, China’s stone production exceeded 15 million tons, the total output value of stone reached 100 billion yuan. In 2001 China’s stone access