8月9日，工作人員在浙江省諸暨市山下湖鎮開蚌取珍珠。山下湖鎮位于浙江省諸暨市，被譽為“中國珍珠之都”，是集珍珠養殖、加工、交易及文旅體驗為一體的特色小鎮。多年來，山下湖鎮通過科技創新實現珍珠產業的生態養殖與綠色發展，成為全國乃至全球最大的珍珠貿易中心、淡水珍珠引領中心和數字珠寶交易平臺，珍珠交易量占全國市場的80%。小小珍珠“串”起美麗經濟，帶動小鎮居民實現增收致富。[新華社記者 毛竹 攝]

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)