The Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh-cut flower trading market, in the southwest Chinese city of Kunming saw flower transaction volume up 5% to 14.18 billion stems last year.
With a transaction value of 11.57 billion yuan (about US$1.61 billion) in 2024, the market has led the country in both flower transaction volume and value for 25 consecutive years, according to a report by Xinhua.
The Dounan Flower Market, located in the Chenggong District of Kunming, Yunnan Province, is also the world's second-largest fresh-cut flower trading hub. This bustling market is a key supplier, with flowers from Dounan reaching every provincial-level region on the Chinese mainland and more than 50 countries and regions worldwide, including Japan and Thailand.
Flower cultivation in Dounan dates back to 1983. In the 1990s, local residents began commercial cultivation and trading. In 1999, China's first professional flower trading market was established in Dounan.
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