五月鲜花盛开的季节,我们将在北京召开全国石材工业协会第五次大会,细细想来,十六年前石材协会成立好象就在昨天,然而时间匆匆,我国石材工业却取得了飞速发展,可以说东至大海之滨,西到天山脚下,北去漠河小镇,南临海南琼岛,都有为石材而忙碌的工厂、市场。今天在石材协会再度召开全国大会时机,我们特选编了王嘉杰同志的这篇回顾文章,算是对石材协会成立的一种纪念。这里我们也再次向多年来支持本刊工作的作者、读者、商家、各位编委,石材协会会员单位表示衷心的感谢! In the season of blooming flowers in May, we will hold the fifth conference of the National Stone Industry Association in Beijing and think about it. Sixteen years ago, the stone association was established yesterday. However, in a hurry, the stone industry in China has achieved rapid development. It can be said that the east to the sea, west to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, north to the town of Mohe, south of Hainan Qiongdao, there are busy factories and markets for the stone. Today, at the time when the Stone Association held the National Convention again, we specially compiled this retrospective article by Comrade Wang Jiajie as a memorial to the founding of the Stone Association. Here, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the authors, readers, merchants, editors and members of the Stone Association who have supported the work of the journal for many years.