Jingdezhen, with a population of more than 1.6 million, has recorded a net population inflow of 136,000 over the past decade. Among those who have started long-term businesses in the city, more than half come from outside Jiangxi Province or even from overseas.

　　Thanks to increasingly convenient visa-free policies, Jaume Ribalta, a Spanish potter born in the 1990s, was able to invite his parents from his hometown in Spain to Jingdezhen.

This file photo shows Jaume Ribalta (1st L) and his friends displaying porcelain works at a fair in Jingdezhen City, east China's Jiangxi Province, in October 2024. (Xinhua)

　　"This is the farthest journey my parents have traveled so far. I entertained them in my rural studio in Xianghu Village," he said. "I also took them to decorate their own ceramic works and help them feel the culture of the millennia-old porcelain capital."

　　After traveling to 20 countries, May finally chose Jingdezhen as the place to realize his ideas. Recently, he has been working to expand his studio.

　　"I sold all my belongings and came to this city," he said. "I never thought that this place was so inclusive before I came here."