Shanghai, China’s chief industrial, commercial and financial hub and the gateway to its more $141 billion per annum jewellery market, will welcome delegates from around the world to the 2024 CIBJO Congress, November 2-4, with pre-congress meetings on October 31 and November 1. The main venue and hotel for the event will be the Shangri-La Qiantan in the New Bund International Business District of Pudong.

CIBJO Congresses serve as the official gathering place for the World Jewellery Confederation’s Assembly of Delegates, and also are the venue for the annual meetings of CIBJO’s sectoral commissions, where amendments can be introduced to the organisation’s definitive directories of international industry standards for diamonds, coloured stones, pearls, gem labs, precious metals, coral and responsible sourcing, known as the Blue Books. Congresses are also where the programme of the World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation (WJCEF) and CIBJO’s ongoing cooperation with the United Nations is reported upon, and in particular its commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.