The fragrance of flowers fills the city Chengdu's industrial development seen from a bouquet of flow

October 3rd, the third day of the National Day holiday. Many citizens set their travel destinations at the flower markets inside and outside the city. For ordinary consumers, a bouquet of flowers is just a symbol of life, but for a city, a bouquet of flowers reflects the development of Chengdu's flower industry, and the development of the flower industry and the construction of a park city.

Consumption of 1 bunch of flowers The flower market is very popular

At 10 a.m. on October 3, cars and people came and went at the Wanfu Flower Market in Jinjiang District. Many citizens invited their families and friends to visit the flower market, admire and buy flowers.

In the fresh-cut flower market, bouquets of lilies, roses, sunflowers, etc. are piled up. In the service and consumption of shopkeepers and customers, few citizens are empty-handed. "Fresh-cut flowers here are cheaper than flower shops. Lilies cost 50 yuan a bunch, roses 20 yuan a bunch, and sunflowers 20 yuan a bunch. Lilies and roses are for yourself, and sunflowers are good for friends." Ms. Zhou Li, a citizen, said.

"The market has a lot of customers these days, and our sales volume is 30% more than usual." In the potted flower area of Wanfu Flower Market, a merchant said that most of the indoor best-selling varieties are Wannianhong, money grass, and fortune tree. Green plants with "auspicious" flower language, balconies and courtyards are mostly large green plants as the main scenery, rose, gardenia, yellow jujube, and bougainvillea are all popular choices.

The reporter visited flower shops and flower markets and found that since the beginning of this year, the overall market of the fresh gardening industry has continued to improve. Horticultural plants, especially home gardening, have been out of the circle, and the sales of fresh cut flowers have also risen well. According to public data, in 2022, the overall sales of the fresh gardening industry will increase by nearly 20% year-on-year, of which the sales of fresh cut flowers will increase by nearly 40% year-on-year, and the sales of horticultural plants will increase by nearly 30%.

The development of a bouquet of flowers has become a beautiful business card of the city

"Every late autumn, forty miles is beautiful." Since ancient times, Chengdu has had a tradition of loving, planting and growing flowers. This cultural symbol is not only rooted in the home life of Chengdu people, but also engraved in the city of Chengdu—— It is named "Rongcheng" because of the hibiscus planted everywhere.

Time has passed and today, the flower industry is still a characteristic industry in Chengdu, with great potential for development.

As the largest distribution center for flowers and seedlings in western my country, Chengdu has more than 1,500 varieties of flowers and trees, which play an irreplaceable role in inheriting history and culture, improving ecological capacity, and promoting rural revitalization.

On August 27, 2021, the Chengdu Municipal Government website released the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Modern Flower Industry to Serve the Construction of Park City and Citizens' Needs for a Happy and Better Life", proposing that by 2025, strive to build a leading domestic and internationally renowned Flower supply chain center, flower scientific research and innovation center, flower display and exchange service center, the development of flower industry and the construction of park city will advance and prosper together.

On September 30, 2022, the 2022 Chengdu Flower Seedling Supply and Demand Matchmaking Meeting and Tianfu International Flower Creation Week was held in Spring Flower Paradise, Pidu District. The purchaser builds a platform for communication and sharing to integrate new varieties, new technologies, new designs and new scenes, and promote the high-quality development of the flower industry.

1 bouquet of flowers, meet in 2024 with flowers as a medium

While Chengdu is vigorously developing the modern flower industry, a grand event of flowers and horticulture has already "fallen" in Chengdu, and Chengdu is using flowers as a medium to meet the world in 2024.

On January 20, 2021, the International Association of Horticultural Producers sent a letter to Chengdu, confirming that Chengdu has officially won the right to host the 2024 World Horticultural Exposition. So far, the Expo has entered "Chengdu Time".

Chengdu has made it clear that the theme of the World Horticultural Expo will be "Park City, Beautiful Habitat" and will be held from April 26 to October 28, 2024: the Jiangxi River Ecological Green Corridor in the Eastern New District of Chengdu will be the main venue, and its With a planned area of 3,633 mu, four themed sub-venues, Xinjin Modern Horticulture, Wenjiang Chuanpai Bonsai, Pidu Flower Industry, and Qionglai Biodiversity Conservation, have been planned simultaneously, forming a "one main + four auxiliary" conference pattern, and will feature diverse The culture of Sichuan and Sichuan is promoted to the world, presenting a "never-ending horticultural event" to the world.