As you know, China has a long history of pearl beads making and impressive production. Pearl industry in our country can date back to the Song Dynasty, which was recorded in the most primitive technique of artificial breeding of pearl. China pearl industry develops rapidly on the basis of China inland lakes and waters wide and a significant number of rural labor force.
However, Sales of the world’s pearl goods go up to 50 billion U.S. dollars, while China has 90% of its production but obtains hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Most pearls can only be exported to overseas consumers in the form of raw materials or semi-finished items.
There are many reasons that result in the low-additional-value of China pearl industry. Some of them are farming strategies, processing, circulation, management, and lower level of education and technology. Obvious contrast exists between input and output of pearls.
The expanding in the scale of pearl cultivation, soaring production, undoubtedly led to intense price competition. Domestic sellers of pearls competed through keeping cost down to capture overseas market. In order to make profits, China pearl processing enterprises will demand lower cost beads from farmers, and in turn farmers has to shorten breeding time of pearls. So a vicious circle has formed in the pearl industry.
Sea pearls in China, which has the superior quality, can rival foreign pearls with high-top quality. For example, natural seawater pearls of the northern South China Sea and Gulf, where one of the three largest beads of the world was produced, have been recognized as royal beads. The only way to prosper China pearl industry is guarantee and improve the quality of pearls.
The pearl culture can get a development in a unique condition, because of the vast waters, such as China’s inland lakes. On the other hand, China has a significant number of rural labor forces, which the pearl industry can rely on to get wealthy. If only pearl companies continue to produce pearls with relatively low cost but high quality, there will be a rapid development in China pearl industry.
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