In October 2023, Charles Carmona, the founder of GUILD Gem Lab, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Appraisers in recognition of his outstanding achievements over 40 years in various fields such as colored gemstone research, testing, and education worldwide, as well as GUILD's exceptional contributions to the Asian market.

Sean Gilbertson, CEO of Gemfields, visited GUILD's face-to-face class to bring students first-hand information about Gemfields mining area.

Invited by Paspaley, the global Australian white pearl giant, GUILD gemmologist team went to Australia to conduct field visits to several Australian white pearl breeding bases, and accompanied by Peter Bracher, executive director of Paspaley, conducted an all-round investigation on the source industrial chain of Australian white pearls.

The team of GUILD gemologists conducted an in-depth field gemmological investigation in Pakistan, focusing on the important gem trading centers in Asia such as Peshawar, Mingolla and Mansehra in Pakistan.

GUILD Gem Education held its first alumni meeting, and invited several outstanding alumni, big coffee and senior experts from all over the country to discuss the development trend of Caibao.

Join hands with Gemfields, the global mining giant in colored gems, to give master courses on emerald and ruby appreciation in several first-tier cities in China for six consecutive years.