According to the information released by the Shanghai Diamond Industry Association, in recent years, the consumption demand of jewelry diamonds in China has increased greatly, and it has become one of the largest jewelry consumption markets in Asia, with the annual consumption of diamonds alone reaching as high as 1 1 billion dollars. With the increase of jewelry and diamond consumption, the scale of jewelry market is expanding day by day. There are more than 300 jewelry circulation enterprises in Shanghai alone, and the demand for professionals in jewelry inspection, appraisal and evaluation is rising. In addition, in recent years, the domestic pawn industry and auction industry have developed rapidly. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 50 pawn enterprises and more than 70 auction houses in Shanghai. Because jewelry inspection and evaluation is an important link in the process of auction, pawn, insurance, mortgage, liquidation, taxation and donation, the demand for professionals is increasing day by day. Unfortunately, the training of jewelry appraisal and evaluation in Shanghai has been interrupted for nearly 20 years, and there is a serious shortage of professionals. It is even more difficult to find advanced jewelry appraisal and evaluation talents with international standards.

Li Wei, executive director of Shanghai Gemstone Association and director of Shanghai International Training Center of the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, told the reporter that jewelry appraisal in Shanghai is still in the primary stage of "tasting products". Many practitioners only consider the superficial factors such as material and weight in the process of jewelry appraisal and evaluation, but lack the ability to comprehensively evaluate the historical value, celebrity effect, manufacturing year, rarity of raw materials, price increase space in auction and other factors. In addition, because Shanghai and even the whole country have not yet established the technical standards of jewelry appraisal industry, there is a lack of scientific and rigorous quantitative evaluation system, and the operation is very irregular. In the process of evaluation, the personal experience of appraisers is often used as the evaluation index, which often leads to the embarrassing situation of "one family at one price".

Li Wei said that jewelry appraisal has been listed as one of the six series of asset appraisal by the state and has become a brand-new industry. With the focus of the world jewelry market gradually shifting to China, and the rapid development of the domestic market economy, the demand for jewelry appraisal professionals will continue to increase. It is conservatively predicted that the talent gap in Shanghai alone is at least 1 10,000, so the employment prospects of professionals are very broad.

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