Staff members select gemstones in a jewelry store in Wuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2018. They need to select at least 20,000 qualified pieces from more than 100,000 gemstones a day. Wuzhou is widely held to be the world capital for artificial gems and a trading center that now serves China and the rest of the world. Since the first factory was established there in 1982, Wuzhou now boasts an annual production value for the industry of approximately 3.2 billion yuan ($470 million). (Photo: China News Service/Chen Guanyan)
Jian Guoxiong, a gemstone businessman, shows an artificial gem in a jewelry store in Wuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2018. They need to select at least 20,000 qualified pieces from more than 100,000 gemstones a day. Wuzhou is widely held to be the world capital for artificial gems and a trading center that now serves China and the rest of the world. Since the first factory was established there in 1982, Wuzhou now boasts an annual production value for the industry of approximately 3.2 billion yuan ($470 million). (Photo: China News Service/Chen Guanyan)
Staff members select gemstones in a jewelry store in Wuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2018. They need to select at least 20,000 qualified pieces from more than 100,000 gemstones a day. Wuzhou is widely held to be the world capital for artificial gems and a trading center that now serves China and the rest of the world. Since the first factory was established there in 1982, Wuzhou now boasts an annual production value for the industry of approximately 3.2 billion yuan ($470 million). (Photo: China News Service/Chen Guanyan)
Jian Guoxiong, a gemstone businessman, shows an artificial gem in a jewelry store in Wuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2018. They need to select at least 20,000 qualified pieces from more than 100,000 gemstones a day. Wuzhou is widely held to be the world capital for artificial gems and a trading center that now serves China and the rest of the world. Since the first factory was established there in 1982, Wuzhou now boasts an annual production value for the industry of approximately 3.2 billion yuan ($470 million). (Photo: China News Service/Chen Guanyan)
