Leizhou Pearls

Leizhou Pearls

　　Leizhou Pearls

　　Leizhou City is a nationally renowned production base for "South Sea Pearls," with a long history of marine pearl farming. In the early 1960s, coastal farmers in Leizhou shifted from manually collecting pearls from the seabed to cultivating them artificially. The town of Liusha succeeded in artificially hatching pearl oyster spat. Today, pearl farming spans seven western coastal towns across the city, with over 3,300 farms covering more than 31,000 acres. Leizhou pearls account for two-thirds of the country's marine pearl output, generating annual export earnings of over 15 million US dollars.