Contemporary Chinese jade carving crafts can be generally divided into two schools: the Northern School and the Southern School. The Northern School is represented by Beijing and covers the northern provinces and municipalities such as Liaoning, Tianjin, Hebei, parts of Henan, Xinjiang, etc. The Southern School includes the regions along and south of the Yangtze River, and it further branches into several sub-schools, including the "Shanghai craft" represented by Shanghai, the "Suzhou craft" represented by Suzhou, the "Yangzhou craft" represented by Yangzhou. In addition, there are also the "Guangdong craft" and the "Fujian craft".
Beijing under the royal tradition: From the perspective of industry structure, after the reform and opening up, the jade industry in Beijing has undergone a transformation from centralization to decentralization, with state-owned and collective jade processing enterprises declining from their previous prosperity.