Quanzhou, Fujian: Flower planting area reaches 90,000 mu, total industry output value 4.6 billion yuan
The reporter learned from the Municipal Forestry Bureau that in recent years, the municipal government has successively issued opinions on supporting the development of the flower industry to promote the growth and expansion of the flower industry. As of now, the city's flower planting area has reached 90,000 mu, and the total industry output value has reached 4.6 billion yuan, continuing to lead the province in structural optimization, facility construction, and new variety research and innovation.
It is understood that the city currently has 23,000 mu of nurseries, 1.03 million sq m of greenhouses, 550 flower enterprises, 51 professional cooperatives, and 2,000 specialized households, and has 69 provincial- and municipal-level flower production demonstration bases, attracting 43,000 people to employment. Among these, the annual total industry output value increased by more than 3 billion yuan compared with the end of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the planting area increased by more than 50,000 mu, facility flower greenhouses increased by more than 600,000 sq m, more than 30,000 new employees were added, and the average annual net income of flower farming households increased by more than 10,000 yuan.
In terms of the flower industry structure, the types of nursery stock production and operation are numerous, mainly including potted plants such as Phalaenopsis, Chinese orchids, Anthurium, and Malabar chestnut, as well as fresh cut flowers, ornamental nursery stock, and edible and medicinal flowers, with an annual inventory of more than 80 million greening nursery stock plants. Flower varieties are sold far beyond the province to all parts of the country and even to European and American countries, and the annual total sales of the flower industry are 1.2 billion yuan.
Yunnan's flower industry continues to grow, with 476 new flower varieties independently bred, and last year's total output value reached 40 billion
(Original title: Yunnan's total flower output value last year reached 40 billion, with 476 new flower varieties independently bred)
Yunnan's flower output value continues to increase.
Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Flower Industry Division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture that in 2015 the province's flower planting area was 1.127 million mu, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%; the total flower output value reached 39.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%; flower farmers' income was 9.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, with the overall development situation good. Of the 1.127 million mu planting area, the planting area of fresh cut flowers was 186,000 mu, output reached 8.69 billion stems, and output value reached 5.23 billion yuan, with output ranking first in the country for 22 consecutive years; the area of potted flowers was 85,000 mu, output reached 230 million pots, and output value reached 7.64 billion yuan, among which the total market volume of cymbidium orchids was 4.6 million pots, accounting for 83.6% of the country's total output, and it has become the world's production and sales center for cymbidium orchids. In addition, the planting area of flowers for processing, represented by marigolds and edible roses, reached 596,000 mu, output reached 629,000 tons, and output value was 9.12 billion yuan, initially achieving the organic integration of the primary and secondary industries. "Since Yunnan's flower industry has developed to today, it is no longer just fresh cut flowers standing out alone, but fresh cut flowers, seed-use flowers, processing-use flowers, greening ornamental nursery stock, and local specialty products advancing together, achieving integrated win-win development with industries such as Yunnan tourism, Yunnan medicine, and Yunnan tea, and developing together with floral art culture, health care, and other industries." Lu Jiliang, deputy secretary-general of the Provincial Flower Industry Federation, told the reporter that at present, fresh cut flowers mainly based on roses, lisianthus, carnations, and lilies; local specialty flowers mainly based on Chinese orchids, camellias, and alpine rhododendrons; processing-use flowers mainly based on marigolds, edible roses, and Dendrobium; and the potted flower industry mainly based on cymbidium orchids and potted roses rank first nationwide in scale, output, quality, and number of varieties, and have a relatively high say. While Yunnan's flower output value continues to increase, flowers "going global" are also gradually improving. Statistics show that about 90% of flower products are currently sold outside the province and exported to 46 countries and regions. With the rise of the flower industry in China and neighboring countries, demand for provenance, seedlings, bulbs, and technology is also growing day by day, and Yunnan is gradually becoming China's flower seed industry center. Nearly 10 enterprises with an annual output of more than 20 million seedlings of a single variety have emerged, and the province's annual output of fresh cut flower seedlings is about 1 billion plants. In addition to supplying the province, high-quality seedlings are also sold throughout the country, with some exported to countries and regions such as Vietnam and Japan, and the domestic market share of main fresh cut flower seedlings exceeds 60%. "The per capita consumption of fresh cut flowers in China is only about 10 stems. If calculated at an annual per capita consumption of 30 stems in countries around the world, there is still huge market space to be developed." Lu Jiliang said that currently, domestic flower consumption maintains growth of more than 20% per year, and such a speed is much favored by the world's high-quality flower-producing countries.
Against this background, Yunnan's flower industry must, on the one hand, face competitive pressure from the rapid rise of foreign flower industries, and on the other hand, face problems such as limited suitable land and high input of production factors such as land, and urgently needs to shift from quantity expansion to quality and efficiency. Yunnan has independently bred 476 new flower varieties. According to news from the Flower Industry Division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, as of now, the province has introduced and domesticated more than 600 new flower varieties and independently bred 476 new flower varieties, accounting for more than half of the country's newly bred varieties. Among them, 4 new varieties have been authorized abroad, filling the gap for Yunnan's independently developed new varieties entering foreign protection lists. Kunming Hongzhihua Horticulture Co., Ltd. is a typical representative of Yunnan flower enterprises committed to variety innovation and technological innovation. Since 2003, the company began preparing to build a chrysanthemum germplasm resource bank, and has successively introduced and collected more than 2,500 chrysanthemum breeding materials from Japan, the Netherlands, Israel, Vietnam, and domestic locations, including more than 1,000 modern superior chrysanthemum germplasm resources. It has now built the largest and most complete chrysanthemum germplasm resource bank in the country and even Asia.
"As of now, we have successfully bred nearly 1,000 intermediate material varieties, among which trial cultivation has been carried out for more than 600 cut flower varieties and 70 potted flower varieties. At the same time, 60 varieties have applied to the Ministry of Agriculture for new variety protection, and 38 have been authorized." The person in charge of Kunming Hongzhihua Horticulture Co., Ltd. told the reporter that with the support of the germplasm resource bank, in 2015 the company exported 167 million chrysanthemum seedlings to Japan, accounting for about 93% of the company's sales volume, achieving sales of more than 60 million yuan. A relevant person in charge of the Flower Industry Division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture said that at present, new varieties independently developed in Yunnan have covered fresh cut flowers, local specialty flowers, greening ornamental nursery stock, edible flowers, and potted flowers, and the research and development entities are increasingly diversified, forming a good atmosphere led by research institutes and enterprises, supplemented by flower farmer cooperative organizations and individual enthusiasts. In production technology research, 60 national, industry, and local standards of various types have been formulated, and the technical level of some key links leads domestically.
Reporter Yin Lei (Kunming Daily) Author: Yin Lei
Source of this article: Yunnan Net Editor in charge: Wang Xiaoyi_NE0011
Zhejiang's flower and nursery stock output value this year is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan
The reporter learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Forestry Department that in the first half of this year, the production and sales situation of flowers and nursery stock in Zhejiang was encouraging. According to statistics, in the first half of the year the province's flower and nursery stock production area was 1.451 million mu, with 154,600 mu newly added, and output value reached 7.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.8%, a record high, with export value of 39.2 million US dollars, basically flat compared with last year. Farmers in major flower-producing areas increased per capita income by 1,800 yuan. Zhejiang's annual output value of flowers and nursery stock is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan. This year Zhejiang's flower and nursery stock sales rose in both volume and price. With the holding of the Shanghai World Expo and the deepening of work in various places to build forest towns and promote new rural construction, domestic market demand for seedlings grew rapidly, prices for most tree species climbed steadily, sales continued to grow, and the increase in volume and price reached 20%-30%. Regional layout became more obvious. Xiaoshan, focused on flowering shrubs, Wucheng, mainly camellias, and Changxing, mainly large trees, gradually formed "famous brands" in nursery stock regions. At the same time, with the application of improved varieties, specialization, and standardization, this year nursery stock products were more prominent than in previous years in competitiveness in product quality, number of varieties, marketing ability, and brand building. The proportion of production and sales in 17 key production areas increased, approaching 70% of the province's total production and sales, showing an obvious trend of regional clustered development. Greening nursery stock remained the main body, with its production area accounting for more than 90% of the total seedling-growing area. The growth in total flower and nursery stock output value was mainly due to the rise in both volume and price of greening nursery stock. The scale, production level, and market share of greening ornamental nursery stock still rank first in the country. In 2009, the central government's 4 trillion yuan investment to expand domestic demand greatly accelerated the pace of infrastructure construction in various places. Greening and beautification in infrastructure construction directly drove strong demand for flowers and nursery stock, and Zhejiang's flowers and nursery stock thus sold well. China's central and western regions developed rapidly economically, urbanization accelerated, and the scale of greening and beautification grew larger and larger, with levels continuously rising. However, because local greening nursery stock was small in scale, uneven in specifications, and insufficient in batch quantity, this provided excellent business opportunities for Zhejiang's existing nursery stock. The forest city construction carried out by Zhejiang Province and sister provinces (municipalities) opened up new market space for flowers and nursery stock, and the demand for flowers and nursery stock from small towns and new rural construction also grew day by day. The seed and seedling project and modern demonstration park construction implemented by the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government effectively promoted the improvement of the core competitiveness of the flower and nursery stock industry. Industrial support policies of local governments also played an important promoting role, such as brand exhibitions like the China (Xiaoshan) Flower and Nursery Stock Festival and the Jinhua Seedling Trade Fair, which played an important role in promoting flower and nursery stock sales; Changxing's subsidy policy for flower and nursery stock development promoted the rapid expansion of industrial scale; Yiwu's policy-based insurance for flowers and nursery stock gave flower and nursery stock production enterprises reassurance; Shengzhou's policies of encouraging enterprises to apply for landscaping construction qualifications and rewarding major flower and nursery stock marketing households further expanded the flower and nursery stock market. In addition, the value-added tax exemption policy for greening nursery stock also reduced the burden on flower farmers. For the future development of the flower and nursery stock industry, Zhejiang Province will continue to implement the flower seed and seedling project, build an innovation platform for flower seeds and seedlings, and cultivate leading seed enterprises. It will collect and establish important flower and nursery stock germplasm resource banks for osmanthus, cherry blossoms, rhododendrons, and others, accelerate the implementation of modern flower demonstration projects, accelerate the promotion and application of new technologies, and strengthen the construction of standardized and facility-based demonstration parks for flowers and nursery stock. At the same time, further strengthen market expansion. Continue to run brand exhibitions well, encourage enterprises to hold and participate in exhibitions overseas, further enhance the radiating role of specialized flower and nursery stock markets, cultivate and expand the ranks of flower and nursery stock brokers, and support the development of the flower and nursery stock logistics industry.The second reason is that there has been no breakthrough in cutting propagation technology, and the cutting survival rate is low and unstable, unable to meet the needs of large-scale production. The hybrid Chinese tulip tree's entry into the market has been difficult, and in the final analysis it is still because production and scientific research are disconnected. There is an indisputable fact: the scientific research force for hybrid Chinese tulip tree is thin and scattered, research funding is very limited, and in addition, lacking the support of scientific research experimental bases, research on hybrid Chinese tulip tree has never achieved systematization. In addition, bringing results to the market has always been a "short leg" for researchers. For many years, Professor Wang Zhangrong also hoped that some powerful enterprises could develop hybrid Chinese tulip tree and build a new platform for industry-university-research cooperation. Although there had been some cooperation before, it was mostly small-scale and failed to gain momentum, until Tiande Company came into the view of Wang Zhangrong and others. Hubei Tiande Forestry Development Co., Ltd. was established in October 2002, owns more than 70,000 mu of land, and has total assets of 120 million yuan. More than 70,000 mu of mountainous land takes two days to drive around, a considerable scale. What trees should be planted in such a large forest farm, and how should it be managed? Tiande Company also crossed the river by feeling the stones. "Around 2003, a poplar fever rose across the country, and we also decided to develop poplars on a large scale. The earliest introduced was Italian poplar, and later we introduced triploid white poplar from Shandong on a large scale. As a result, all the poplars showed signs of not adapting to the soil and climate. When Italian poplar went up the mountain, it could survive in the first year, but in the second year it grew very slowly, and in the third year it almost stopped growing and became a stunted little old tree; for triploid white poplar, we once expanded the area to 1,000 mu, but during planting we found that white poplar had very serious pests and diseases, and this introduction of a northern tree species was also declared a failure." said Yu Zhengfa, general manager of Tiande Forestry Development Co., Ltd. "Planting poplars cost us a large tuition fee, and we gradually realized that tree species selection is crucial." Through the introduction of Academician Wang Mingxiu of Nanjing Forestry University, Yu Zhengfa found Wang Zhangrong. In October 2005, Nanjing Forestry University and Hubei Tiande Company formally signed a cooperation agreement. Nanjing Forestry University became the company's technical support unit, and Hubei Tiande Forestry Development Co., Ltd. became an important experimental base for Nanjing Forestry University to train graduate students. Under a good scientific research background, the prelude to the large-scale market-oriented development of hybrid Chinese tulip tree was truly opened.