Female workers pick and pack cherries bought by their employers in the cherry market in Zhanggezhuang town on June 2. They sort the cherries and put them into boxes according to the variety and size, and then send them all over the country. [Photo/ql1d.com]

China's largest cherry wholesale market in Zhanggezhuang town, Fushan district, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, is bustling with vendors selling fresh cherries all over the country, local media outlets reported.

The market has been bustling since late May, when the harvest season for local cherries begins. Yantai is one of China's largest cherry-producing regions and the city's Zhanggezhuang town is dubbed "No 1 Town of Cherries in China".

E-commerce has also become an important selling channel of the market. Wu Dong, one of the vendors who established online cherry stores on various e-commerce platforms, said he sold about 10,000 orders every day in early June.

According to Fushan's bureau of agriculture, the annual trading volume of cherries in the market is around 15,000 metric tons, and the maximum daily trading volume is around 500 tons.

A fruit farmer with calloused hands from picking fills a basket full of freshly picked cherries. [Photo/ql1d.com]

After negotiating a deal, a grower sends the cherries to a venue rented by merchants, where the cherries will be weighed, sorted and boxed. [Photo/ql1d.com]

Merchants put the acquired cherries into big baskets, and after packaging, trucks will directly transport them to various markets across the country. [Photo/ql1d.com]