Kunming Dounan Flower Market sold 10.26 billion fresh cut flowers in 2021, up 25.05 percent year on year. Its trade volume hit 11.2 billion yuan (about $1.8 billion), up 36.8 percent year on year.
As a barometer of China's flower market, it has been China's largest fresh cut flower market in terms of both trade volume and export value for 23 consecutive years.
It has also become the largest fresh cut flower trading market in Asia, with a product portfolio of fresh cut flowers, bonsai, green seedlings and gardening materials.
Currently, 40,000 of the 70,000 permanent residents in Dounan are engaged in the flower industry. They sell flowers both on-site and via electronic auction services.
