洋洋大观｜从斗南到中亚——云南鲜花绽放哈萨克斯坦

Group 1 - Dou Nan is a small town in Kunming, Yunnan, but it hosts Asia's largest and the world's second-largest fresh-cut flower trading market, with over 40,000 of its 70,000 residents working in the flower industry [1] - In the first five months of this year, Yunnan Province exported fresh-cut flowers worth 460 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 53.2%, with exports to Central Asian countries reaching 59.3 million yuan, up nearly 9.8 times [1] - Kazakhstan is increasingly importing fresh-cut flowers from China, with imports valued at 7.5 million USD for a total of 1,100 tons in 2024, representing a year-on-year growth of nearly 13 times, making China the third-largest flower supplier to Kazakhstan [1] Group 2 - The flower economy in China is thriving, with nearly 220,000 seedling and flower enterprises generating an annual output value of over 520 billion yuan, establishing China as the world's largest flower producer [1] - The total value of China's flower import and export trade is projected to reach 782 million USD in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 10%, with exports expected to be 516 million USD, reflecting a growth of 17.78% [1]