Tai Po has been producing ceramics for more than 700 years since the Song Dynasty, with a long history. The focus of ceramic production in China was originally in the north. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been frequent wars in the north, and a large number of people have moved south to escape the war, and Hakkas have lived in different places. Tai Po is dominated by Hakkas, and porcelain-making technology should be brought to them. Once these people are combined with local resources, Tai Po has become a ceramic producing area, known as the "hometown of ceramics" or even the "porcelain capital of South China". The first provincial ceramic vocational school-"Guangdong Gaobei Ceramic Vocational School" was established in Gaobei Middle School on 1943. The first state-owned ceramic enterprise in Tai Po-"Gaobei Machinery Ceramic Factory (later renamed Chishan Porcelain Factory)" was established in Chishan, Gaobei on 1954. The first provincial ceramic research institute-"Guangdong Dabu Ceramic Research Institute" was established in Gaochun Wucha on 1959.

There are many kinds of ceramics in Tai Po, known as 10 series, with more than 3000 varieties. There are not only daily-use ceramics of various shapes and colors, but also thin-shell porcelain, antique porcelain and art porcelain. Its blue and white porcelain is not inferior to Jingdezhen, and pastel porcelain is also well received by the international market. Now there are emerging sanitary ceramics enterprises, as well as wall and floor tile enterprises from the end of 1990s to the beginning of this century. Ceramics and hydropower are the pillar industries in Tai Po.