诸暨山下湖镇：“珠”光宝气的珍珠小镇
Shanxiahu Town of China's Zhejiang embraces tech-innovation to boost pearl industry

8月9日，工作人员在浙江省诸暨市山下湖镇开蚌取珍珠。山下湖镇位于浙江省诸暨市，被誉为“中国珍珠之都”，是集珍珠养殖、加工、交易及文旅体验为一体的特色小镇。多年来，山下湖镇通过科技创新实现珍珠产业的生态养殖与绿色发展，成为全国乃至全球最大的珍珠贸易中心、淡水珍珠引领中心和数字珠宝交易平台，珍珠交易量占全国市场的80%。小小珍珠“串”起美丽经济，带动小镇居民实现增收致富。[新华社记者 毛竹 摄]

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)