2024 China Kunming Dounan Flower Exhibition. [photo provided to China.org.cn]

The three-day 2024 China Kunming Dounan Flower Exhibition ended on December 22 in Chenggong, Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

More than 70 flower companies from home and abroad jointly exhibited more than 1,000 flower varieties in the exhibition, showing the development achievements of the local flower industry, promoting the promotion and application of new technologies and new achievements of modern flowers, and deepening the exchange and cooperation of flower trade.

This exhibition zone covers an area of 11,000 square meters, with a total of 90 booths, consisting of flower plants, flower breeding, flower processing, flower materials and flower service agencies. 

Among the exhibitors, flower companies in Yunnan province account for 65 percent, and other domestic companies are mainly from Beijing, Shandong and Zhejiang. In addition, there are eight flower companies from the Netherlands, Thailand, France and other countries participating in the exhibition this year.

During the exhibition, seminars and flower arrangement art design competitions were also held. During the seminar, industry experts and corporate representatives conducted in-depth discussions on the development of the flower industry.

This exhibition held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. The Chenggong district government signed contracts with eight companies, covering production, trade, logistics and e-commerce.

Dounan Flower Market. [photo provided to China.org.cn]

After 40 years of development, flowers from Dounan have covered more than 100 categories and more than 1,600 varieties, and they have been exported to more than 50 countries and regions.

In recent years, the Chenggong district government has focused on the goal of building the world's first flower trading center in its jurisdiction, and it uses the Dounan Flower Exhibition as a platform to promote the high-quality development of Dounan's flower industry cluster that incorporates scientific research, trading and exhibition.  

To that end, the local government issued support policies, carried out a pilot reform of flower tax invoice, and promoted the delivery and use of a flower seed lab under the seeding research project of the province.  

Thanks to these efforts, Dounan's flower trading volume reached 12.3 billion branches, with a transaction volume of 9.5 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) in the first 10 months of the year.