Development History
Development History
“The highest good is like water; great virtue carries all things.” SEEWELL never forgets its original aspiration and presses forward with unflagging resolve.
2018
On 10 January 2018, with lacquer art as a representative of Chinese culture and in response to the Belt and Road Initiative, SEEWELL went abroad to Liechtenstein, the “land of stamps”. As the first exhibition of 2018 at the Liechtenstein Museum, the “Phoenix · SEEWELL International Lacquer Art Exhibition” presented 38 sets / 80 works representing the long historical heritage of Chinese lacquer art and its finest contemporary explorations. Most of these works came from the hands of Huang Baoxian, SEEWELL's creative director and lacquer artist. “Among the works in this exhibition, the Mawangdui series, which represents the history of Chinese lacquer art, shows the history of lacquerware as an exclusive preserve of the imperial court and nobility, ancient craftsmanship, and our respect for tradition.”
In June 2018, SEEWELL entered into deep cooperation with Poly Developments and Holdings Group and, together with Poly Capital, successively established the Zhuhai Jiaxi Fund, Foshan Junyu Fund, Foshan Lianyu Fund, Xiamen Chenxuan Fund and Hainan Jingli Fund, among others. Under a “GP+LP” model, it went on to invest in a number of real estate projects, including the Wood Processing Plant project in Jinniu District, Chengdu; Sanyu Bay in Ganjingzi, Dalian; Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang; the Fufeng project in Changchun; the Wood Processing Plant project in Lanzhou; Huguang Liyuan in Chengdu; the Shangyu project in Shaoxing; the Yinsanjiao 052 project in Nanchang County, Nanchang; and the Maritime Silk Road Home Art Town project in Minhou, Fuzhou.
On 7 September 2018, “Manyuan” (Full Garden), a large lacquer tea tray by Chen Jianbing, a young lacquer artist of SEEWELL · Qiaoxuan Zaowu, made its official debut in the craft special exhibition area of the new Maison&Objet fair (the Paris trade fair for fashion, home and design, hereinafter “M&O”). The China Pavilion of the craft special exhibition area was organised by the China Design Centre and Baigong Zaowu, co-organised by Nanjing Week, and supported by the Hongfang Art and Design Centre and the Twin Cities Modern Handicraft Art Museum. Under the theme “Wenxin Chuangwu — Chinese Contemporary Craft Exhibition”, it presented nearly one hundred art and design works by artists, designers and craftspeople from different fields across China, bringing the fruits of innovative practice in traditional crafts onto the international stage.
On 30 September 2018, the “Bright Moon over the Sea” Public Art Festival and the First Xiamen Maritime Silk Road Art Centre Public Art Exhibition officially opened. At the same time, the First Maritime Silk Road Public Art Forum, themed “Art Leads Urban Innovation”, was held as one of the key sections of the “Bright Moon over the Sea” Public Art Festival.
From 27 to 30 September 2018, the Fujian Cultural Industry BRICS (Russia) Exhibition and Fujian Culture Day were held at the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre. Fujian's intangible cultural heritage and cultural products were all on display, including bodiless lacquerware, oil-paper umbrellas, horn combs, Dehua white porcelain, Shoushan stone carvings, Putian wood carvings and Jianyang Jian ware. Chen Jianbing, a young lacquer artist from SEEWELL · Qiaoxuan Zaowu, was invited to take the lacquer tea tray “Manyuan”, the “Bailu” teacups and the lacquer painting “Classical Chinese” — works embodying the distinctive character of Fujian's intangible heritage — abroad, to great acclaim. The international recognition of lacquer as an artistic medium of profound Eastern spirit, the affirmation of lacquer art, and the importance and expectations placed on traditional craftsmanship are undoubtedly a boost to lacquer art going global and astonishing the world.
On 11 November 2018, SEEWELL joined hands with C&D Group and a group of fine brands in a cross-sector collaboration, perfectly connecting culture, art, creativity, resort real estate and other dimensions of life, jointly raising Eastern artistic living aesthetics to a new height.
2022
In January 2022, SEEWELL International Art Group Co., Ltd. invested as a producer in Chinese films such as “The Wandering Earth II” and “Born to Fly”. These films were released between 2022 and 2023 and performed well at the box office.
In June 2022, SEEWELL registered WING CHEONG HONG (PHOU KOUT) MINING INVESTMENT SOLE CO., LTD(荣昌行矿业投资独资有限公司)in Laos, which holds a controlling stake in the copper-gold open-pit mine project in Phou Kout District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, and has lawfully obtained Laos' national copper-gold mining permit.
In October 2022, the land for the Fujian Baoxin Industrial Park project, a cooperation between SEEWELL and Poly Communications, was formally acquired. Drawing on the strengths of Poly as a central state-owned enterprise and aligned with the regional development positioning of the High-tech Zone, Poly Communications Industrial Park set out to “create, strengthen and complete the chain”. It has focused on bringing in nearly 20 high-tech projects in 5G communications, intelligent manufacturing, electronic information, healthcare and digital finance, strengthening the “industrial tree” and thickening the “industrial forest”. With fruitful results in investment promotion and chain building, it is working to create a ten-billion-yuan industrial cluster.
In November 2022, SEEWELL International Real Estate Co., Ltd. was established, focusing on project management and construction for the Chenxin Industrial Park (SEEWELL Plaza) and the SEEWELL International Group Centre Tower in Fuqing, Fujian Province.
In December 2022, continuing the investment cooperation of the Xinghe Wealth Management Fund, SEEWELL set up the Fujian Xinghe Industrial Investment Fund to invest in Qi An Xin(奇安信), Hygea(海杰亚), SKR(施可瑞), Suning Finance(苏宁金服), Suninfo(上讯信息), Datang Telecom Convergence(大唐融合), Changwei Technology(长威科技)and other companies. Among them, Qi An Xin (688561) and Datang Telecom Convergence (833035) were successfully listed on the A-share market.
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