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Pearl farming in China is mainly concentrated in the southeastern part of the country, with the waterways of Zhejiang province serving as the source for China's freshwater pearls. [1] Production has greatly increased through the 1990s and 2000s, with China, according to Times Online, producing 90% of pearl necklaces globally. [1]
Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China.
28 paź 2024 · Pearl farming in China is mainly concentrated in the southeastern part of the country, with the waterways of Zhejiang province serving as the source for China's freshwater pearls. Production has greatly increased through the 1990s and 2000s, with China, according to Times Online, producing 90% of pe
Zhuji has the largest pearl marketplace in the world and is the world’s largest freshwater pearl distribution centre and a region with the most advanced pearl processing technologies in China. Its pearls are exported to 50+ countries and regions around the world, including the United States, Europe, Japan Russia and Southeast Asia.
Established in 2008, the China Pearls & Jewelry International City serves as the world's largest freshwater pearl trading hub, combining pearl transactions, brand displays, and authentication services. In the 1970s, pearl farmers sold raw pearls from stalls, and buyers had to travel long distances.
Leizhou in Guangdong and Hepu of Beihai in Guangxi, Shanxiahu in Zhuji of Zhejiang, Wetang in Suzhou has the best pearl farming industry in China
In 1985 a pearl market was set up in Shangxiahu. It sells original pearls and mussels and is considered the genesis of Zhuji as a distributor of freshwater pearls. "When I first came to this place in 1987 it took me more than six hours to get here from Hangzhou airport," Lin Xianfu says.
