This is a symbolic ceremony, which indicates that Shanxiahu Town, with an area of just over 42 square kilometers and a population of less than 30,000, is turning its dream of becoming a "world pearl trading center" into reality.
The miracle planted by 497 yuan "Pearl Empire".
The "Pearl Empire" of Yamashita Lake began with a trip by a farmer, 500 yuan. 1972 65438+On February 27th, an ordinary farmer named He Mugen from Xijiang Township (the predecessor of Shanxiahu Town) in Zhuji County came to Hangzhou Sales Department of Zhejiang Pharmaceutical Company and realized a bag of 222 kilograms of loose beads into 497 yuan.
What He Mugen didn't expect was that he turned cultured pearls into money, and finally let a small town's economic industry radiate to the whole world.
On September 25th, 2007, Chen, a fellow villager of He Mugen, rang the opening bell of the second largest stock exchange in China. The name of this female chairman will be firmly remembered by hundreds of thousands of investors who paid 640 million yuan for this listed company called Yamashita Lake.
It takes mussels at least three years to turn a grain of sand into a bright pearl. In the growing period of only ten generations of pearls, Shanxiahu Town has become the "hometown of pearls" and the largest distribution center of freshwater pearls in the world. The freshwater pearl culture area in this town is 400,000 mu, and the annual output of pearls accounts for 70% of the world's total output and 80% of the national total output. There are more than 3,000 pearl farmers, with 1.5 million employees, all over the five major freshwater lakes in China, and 3 famous brands in China and 3 famous trademarks in China have been successfully established.
The miracle was planted by an ordinary farmer, He Mugen, who sold the first batch of pearls at a price of 497 yuan.
Move to the mountain and lake to complete the migration road.
East China International Jewelry City was built by a world-renowned jewelry company, Hong Kong Minsheng Group, in cooperation with five local jewelry companies in Zhuji, with a total investment of over 3 billion yuan. The "LOGO" at the opening ceremony of this jewelry city on June 5438+08 has already shown its ambition-"World Pearl Jewelry Trading Center".
"From eastern Japan in the1980s to Hong Kong in the1990s, and now to Yamashita Lake, the World Pearl Trading Center will finally be relocated." When it was still under construction, Lin Xianfu, executive director of East China International Jewelry City, said this.
/kloc-The "red tide incident" in Japan in the 1990s moved the international pearl trading center from the East to Hong Kong. Hong Kong, the "trade capital", seized the opportunity at the right time, relying on its geographical advantages of backing Chinese mainland and radiating the world, went to Yamashita Lake and other places to purchase a large number of pearl raw materials, and built an international trade network with its own processing capacity, thus becoming an international pearl trading center.
1995 By 2005, Yamashita Lake will support Hong Kong and Hong Kong will build Yamashita Lake. Chen Weiguo, deputy general manager of East China International Jewelry City Co., Ltd. said that with the deepening of globalization, international jewelers have purchased pearls directly from Huxia Lake and other places, and gradually lost their trade advantage with Hong Kong. Faced with this trend, Minsheng Group, which has been seeking development in the pearl field, chose the road of Huxia Lake, and joined hands with local pearl enterprises to build a jewelry city and form a new world pearl trading center, which is the result of conforming to the times. Respond to the international gap and continuously improve the added value of industry.
In the pearl industry, it's an open secret that the original pearls from Yamashita Lake are exported to Hong Kong for deep processing, and will be re-exported to the international market at a price nearly nine times higher than that of raw materials. 95% of the world's pearls are produced in China, accounting for only 15% of the world's output value.
In June, 5438+08, at the "China Pearl Industry Development Forum" held in Zhuji, the data provided by Shi, Deputy Secretary-General of China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, proved this international gap: China's total jewelry transaction17 billion yuan, and 1600 tons of pearls accounted for only 3 billion yuan. In the same year, China imported 30 million US dollars of high-grade pearls, with a net weight of only 600 kilograms.
Zhujifang noticed this gap. At the forum, Executive Vice Mayor He said that the goal of East China International Jewelry City is to become a "first-class international jewelry production and sales center", establish the status of "Pearl Capital of China", and continuously increase the added value of the pearl industry. By 20 10, the domestic share of Shanxiahu pearls will increase to 85%, and the international market share will increase to 65%.
Shanxiahu Town is located in the northeast of Zhuji City, 20 kilometers away from downtown and 30 kilometers away from downtown Shaoxing. The town covers a total area of 42.56 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 administrative offices, 3/kloc-0 administrative villages and/kloc-0 neighborhood committees, with a total population of 286 1/kloc-0 people, including 27,452 rural people.
Shanxiahu Town is the largest pearl distribution center in China, with the largest pearl trading market and pearl breeding base in China.