A worker sorts artificially cultivated freshwater pearls at a pearl production factory in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, Sept. 6, 2011. Zhuji aims to become an international production and distribution hub for artificially cultivated freshwater pearls. The city has been cultivating pearl clams since the 1970s, and now supplies 60 percent of the overall Chinese market and 30 percent of the global market with pearl products.

(via China: Daily Life Sept. 2011 - The Big Picture - Boston.com)