The expo boasts an attendance of more than one-thousand ceramics enterprises from home and abroad. They showcase an astonishing array of the latest uses of porcelain in everyday life, ranging from a toothbrush to auto parts.

A visitor views exhibits at the exhibition hall of 2009 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 18, 2009. The 2009 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair kicked off here on Oct. 18.

Jingdezhen, located in the northeast corner of Jiangxi province, is the most famous Chinese porcelain manufacturing center. It boasts a sixteen-hundred year ceramic-making history, and served as the porcelain factory for at least three Chinese imperial dynasties.

A visitor views exhibits at the exhibition hall of 2009 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 18, 2009. The 2009 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair kicked off here on Oct. 18.