2012 22nd China (Zhenhai) Orchid Expo Video

The 22nd China (Zhenhai) Orchid Expo opened in Luotuo Street, with orchid associations, orchid enterprises and orchid culture-related enterprises from 18 provinces across the country, Hong Kong, China, Macao, China and Taiwan, China, as well as Japan, South Korea and other countries participating. More than 3,000 orchid enthusiasts gathered in Zhenhai, and more than 6,000 pots of fine orchids vied for beauty at the exhibition.  

    Ge Huijun, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor, sent a special congratulatory letter for the holding of this year's flower expo.

Wang Zhaocheng, former Vice Minister of Railways and Vice President of the China Flower Association; Cheng Weishan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress; Chen Yanhua, Vice Chairman of the Provincial CPPCC; Chen Jianwu, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Flower Association; Shi Jixi, Director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture; Li Yuzhu, Director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the Provincial CPPCC; Yao Li, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress; Wang Renzhou, Vice Mayor; Chang Minyi, Vice Chairman of the Municipal CPPCC; and others attended the opening ceremony together with orchid enthusiasts from Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, China, Macao, China and Taiwan, China and other countries and regions.

    This year's Orchid Expo took "Orchid 226; Ecology 226; Humanities" as its theme, and the exhibition period was from February 17 to 20. The exhibition hall was divided into the Huaxia Hall, the personalized exhibition hall and the orchid trading area, with a venue area of more than 12,000 sq m. The exhibition hall also specially set up exhibition areas for qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, each 200 sq m, displaying orchid manuals, antiques and calligraphy and paintings about orchids by famous domestic calligraphers, closely combining orchids with culture and drawing exclamations of admiration from visitors.

   The orchid awards of this year's Orchid Expo were announced yesterday. After voting by all judges of the award committee, the spring orchid "Flower Butterfly" submitted by the Lvyuan Orchid Garden of the Ningbo Orchid Association, the spring orchid "Xinhe" submitted by the Huangyan Orchid Association, the spring orchid "Shengshi Ruidie" submitted by the Taizhou Shengshi Orchid Cooperative, the spring orchid "Chunjian Zhongtouyi" submitted by Lianhua Town, Chenghai, Shantou, Guangdong, and the spring orchid "Huading Peony" submitted by Huangyan, Taizhou, were rated as Special Gold Awards. It is reported that this year's Orchid Expo lasted 4 days, and the next Orchid Expo will be held in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province.