Ann: Corporate Update, page-13

In the article:

"Li Tao is responsible for raw material procurement at a jewelry company in Shenzhen. He has just finished sorting and storing the seawater pearls purchased from Japan. Li Tao told reporters that currently,the prices of some imported high-quality seawater pearls have experienced a larger increase."

Li Tao, the procurement director of a jewelry company in Shenzhen, Guangdong, said, "We just received a shipment of Japanese Akoya pearls a couple of days ago. This batch of pearls has been in high demand for the past six months. The price of Akoya pearls has increased significantly this year, approximately two to three times higher than before."

Akoya pearls are from the sea.