The air is charged with anticipation as an auction commences at the Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Centre here, south-west of China's Yunnan province. Giant screens flicker with the pulse of the market, displaying the ever-changing prices of fresh-cut flowers.
Auctioneers make swift decisions, and soon the auctioned flowers will embark on journeys far and wide, not just within the country but to over 50 overseas markets.Official data shows that daily transaction volume at the auction trading centre, located in Dounan suburb of Kunming, is as high as six million stems.
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