A wall of 15,000 fresh cut flowers impresses attendees

At the Yunnan-themed promotional event held by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all attendees were impressed by a flower wall consisting of nearly 15,000 fresh cut flowers from more than 50 varieties. All of the flowers, including roses and carnations, were provided by Yunnan Jinyuan Flower Industry Co., Ltd. So what is the current situation of Yunnan’s flower industry?

Beginning at 2pm every afternoon, large bundles of flowers are transported from flower production facilities across Yunnan to the Kunming’s Dounan Flower Market. Roses, carnations and daisies pile up like mountains.

The Dounan Flower Market registers foot traffic of more than 10,000 people every day. This includes some 6,000 flower brokers from the market’s 1,000 flower enterprises.

 Not far from the Dounan Flower Market, the Kunming International Flower Auction and Trading Centre (KIFATC) is also a lively sight. According to general manager Zhang Li, nearly 500 buyers from all over the country attend auctions each day. An auction usually lasts three hours, and a transaction is concluded on average every four seconds.

So far, KIFATC has become Asia’slargest and the world’s third largest flower auction site in terms of trading volume. There, 4,000 buyers from all over the country export Yunnan’s fresh cut flowers to more than 40 countries and regions in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

A wall of 15,000 fresh cut flowers impresses attendees

At the Yunnan-themed promotional event held by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all attendees were impressed by a flower wall consisting of nearly 15,000 fresh cut flowers from more than 50 varieties. All of the flowers, including roses and carnations, were provided by Yunnan Jinyuan Flower Industry Co., Ltd. So what is the current situation of Yunnans flower industry? Beginning at 2pm every afternoon, large bundles of flowers are transported from flower production facilities across Yunnan to the Kunmings Dounan Flower Market. Roses, carnations and daisies pile up like mountains. The Dounan Flower Market registers foot traffic of more than 10,000 people every day. This includes some 6,000 flower brokers from the markets 1,000 flower enterprises. Not far from the Dounan Flower Market, the Kunming International Flower Auction and Trading Centre (KIFATC) is also a lively sight. According to general manager Zhang Li, nearly 500 buyers from all over the country attend auctions each day. An auction usually lasts three hours, and a transaction is concluded on average every four seconds. So far, KIFATC has become Asiaslargest and the worlds third largest flower auction site in terms of trading volume. There, 4,000 buyers from all over the country export Yunnans fresh cut flowers to more than 40 countries and regions in Asia, Europe and the Americas.