Are there any "Imperial porcelain" made today then? After meeting the Director Qin Xilin at the Jiangxi Province Ceramics Research Institute I am inclined to say yes - if you by "imperial" means an all out effort to go after the highest possibly quality. I'm sorry to say, Imperial of older days most often meant the meticulously following of given directions, with the potters and painters personal artistic ambitions kept down to a minimum. I this respect I welcome the newly reawakened artistic ambitions of the Chinese potter, echoing a tradition that made the Chinese porcelain to the best in the world.