Another expert in the field, Prof. Wang Chih-ming of the National Taiwan University's department of geology, said that each year large quantities of soft jade are shipped to Taiwan from Alaska for processing before being re-exported.
台灣大學地質學系對寶石很有研究的王執明教授說，台灣翠玉寶石加工技術的水準已漸馳名世界，所以美國阿拉斯加所產的軟玉多運來台灣加工，再銷往世界各地；加拿大和韓國所產的玉也有部分委託在台加工。