With the advent of reforms, the life of the people improved, but their hunger for possessions increased, too, "says Wang Mingda, and he recalls that since the economic reforms of 1978, handing in Liangzhu jade is unheard of.
隨著改革開放，人民的生活好了，但是對於財物的眷戀卻也更大了」，王明達說，就他記憶所及，一九七八年經濟改革開始之後，沒聽過良渚玉上繳過。