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〈112〉 grain-oriented 0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.3PbTiO3 (PMN–0.3PT) piezoelectric ceramics with a degree of orientation of 0.35 have been produced from melt by a directional solidification method. The dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties were investigated, e.g., εrt∼4800, tan δ<0.6%, d33∼1500–1600 pC/N, kt∼51%, and k33∼82%, some of these values are comparable to those of PMN–PT single crystals. The strain–electric-field curve with a maximum strain of 0.23% at a field of 22 kV/cm and well-saturated hysteresis loops with a Pr∼35 μC/cm2 were recorded. The results demonstrate that the directional solidification method is a promising technique to fabricate high performance grain-oriented PMN–PT ceramics.