Shanxiahu Town of China's Zhejiang embraces tech-innovation to boost pearl industry

A customer selects pearl earrings at a trading center for jewelry products in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

Workers release mussels at a smart pearl farming base in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

A shopkeeper (R) introduces pearl jewelry to a customer at a trading center for jewelry products in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

This photo taken on Aug. 9, 2025 shows pearl jewelry products at a trading center for jewelry products in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

A worker opens a mussel to retrieve pearls in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

A customer selects pearl jewelry at a trading center for jewelry products in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 9, 2025. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)

This photo taken on Aug. 9, 2025 shows a simulated pearl farming system in Shanxiahu Town, Zhuji City of east China's Zhejiang Province. Shanxiahu Town of Zhejiang Province is renowned for its pearl industry that ranges from pearl farming, processing, trading to cultural tourism.

Shanxiahu has embraced technological innovations in recent years to boost eco-friendly pearl farming as well as green development.

This town now serves as a leading pearl trading center and online jewelry trading platform in China, handling 80% of pearl trading volume in the country, and the business in "beauty economy" has also handsomely improved household revenues here. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)