As a large kind in ceramics family, construction and sanitary ceramics refers to the ceramic applying to building finishing, building unit and sanitary installation. It contains all kinds of ceramic wall tiles, floor tiles, colored glaze products, facing titles, earthenware pipe and ceramic apparatus as well as accessories for all kinds of toilets.

With the constant development of social economy, people’s living standard gets improved ceaselessly. Therefore, not only demands on construction and sanitary ceramic increasingly become more, but also requirements on variety, performance, function and decorative effect are increasingly enhanced. Accordingly, the dimensions of ceramic tile are full ranging from 25mmx25mm to 1000mmx1000mm, the decorative techniques are multifarious including ashlar bricks imitating natural materials (imitative granite and marble, etc) and imitative wood-brick, crystalline glaze and noctilucent glaze only used on artistic porcelain in the past as well as light glaze, silver glaze and others with natural metal luster researched with modern science and technology, adding glory and color for ceramic brick. In the aspect of performance, people especially pay attention to particular performances of all bricks, such as late fissuration of glaze interior wall bricks, frost resistance of exterior wall bricks and wear resistance of floor bricks, which all have a set of integrated testing methods connecting with international standard. Not only the designs, colors and varieties of ceramic sanitary apparatus are multiplied, but also its functions are increased, so there is bidet for women to wash and ceramic tub for scouring bath. Besides, its performances also has great improvements, for example, water absorption of product has been reduced and hydrocone type toilet bowl has been produced for lowering washing noises, etc. In addition to porcelain parts, accessories and supported parts of sanitary ceramics all tend to be integration and standardization. Especially the design of whole toilet matched with ceramic bricks has provided conveniences for users. Along with the improvement of people’s living quality and advancement of science and technology, ceramic glazes with various functions have been developed, for example, antibacterial glaze can prevent mould fungus in toilet from growing on ceramic and kill other bugs as well to live up to “sanitation” in deed.

Colored glaze product, as the traditional product of our country, draws the foreign advanced technology on the base of keeping the original national style. Thus the product performance is improved and quality is further enhanced, adding scenes for warm southern buildings and courtyards.

Nowadays, as the countryside tends to become small town, the quantity of earthenware pipes used for sewage, rain water and waste water drainages become more and more. Owing to the performance and quality having gotten further amelioration and improvement, hand-made product is substituted by that produced with mechanization.