Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025.[Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Dounan Flower Market located in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, has seen an increase of tourists from home and abroad as the vibrant flowers attract visitors to Asia's largest flower trading market.
In 2024, the flower market saw a trading volume of approximately 14.18 billion stems, supplying flowers across China and to over 50 countries and regions worldwide, such as Japan, South Korea, Russia and Kazakhstan.
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025.[Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
The transportation of fresh-cut flowers from Asia's largest flower market includes air transport, road cold-chain transport and railway transport. By integrating conventional luggage trains with high-speed rail express services, transportation efficiency has been significantly improved.
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
"It takes only 34 hours and 57 minutes for the flowers to arrive in Beijing by rail, while deliveries to Urumqi have been shortened to 38 hours and 54 minutes," said Li Kaiting, a business representative at the Dounan division of the China Railway Express.
"A customer in Urumqi can place an order at midnight and receive fresh flowers with Kunming's morning dew by the third morning," said Li.
In addition, the China-Laos Railway international cold chain freight train currently operates on a regular basis. "Yunnan flowers will reach the world faster and more intelligently from Dounan,"Li added.
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Qi Yingchen/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Yang Zixuan/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Yang Zixuan/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists visit Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 30, 2025. [Photo by Yang Zixuan/For chinadaily.com.cn]
