As Asia's largest fresh-cut flower market, the one in Dounan of Kunming City of southwest China's Yunnan Province has lured crowds of tourists across China.
May is a peak period for buying flowers, as it coincides with Mother's Day and May 20, also known as "520" in Chinese, which is an unofficial Valentine's Day in China.
The Dounan Flower Market is crowded both in the day or at night. Recently, the daily visitor count is about 10,000 people.
"I like flowers and I am considering opening a flower shop. So, I'd like to take a look here first," said a visitor from east China's Shandong Province.
"The sales are quite good. This type of rose bouquet has 20 stems, and the daily sales are over 2,000 bouquets," said a merchant at the Dounan Flower Market.
Among the flower stalls, there are many livestreamers who promote and sell the flowers online. They opened a new channel for flower sales.
"I used to livestream in a room. Later, after repeatedly talking with my clients, I think that the quality and price could be seen more directly in this way of live broadcasting. I have sold around 500 bouquets today, which should be around 10,000 roses," said a livestreamer.
"The Dounan Flower Market sells 117 kinds of flowers, more than 1,600 varieties every day. The average daily transaction volume of fresh flowers recently is about 40 million stems," said Wang Jinyiling, assistant to the president of Yunnan Dounan Flower Industry Group.
Flourishing flower industry boosts tourism in China's Yunnan
Flourishing flower industry boosts tourism in China's Yunnan
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, met with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu in India on Tuesday.
They are in New Delhi for the 16th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors and High Representatives on National Security.
Recalling two joint statements adopted by the two countries in May, Wang said China is ready to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen comprehensive strategic coordination, promote the accelerated development and revitalization of the two countries, and make China-Russia contributions to the peaceful development of mankind.
Noting BRICS's role as an important platform for the international community to practice multilateralism, uphold fairness and justice, and promote peace and security, Wang urged China and Russia to strengthen coordination and cooperation for reinforcing and expanding the BRICS mechanism, making it a leading force of the Global South.
The meeting should converge on the consensus of BRICS countries, address security challenges, safeguard the security environment, inject more certainty into a turbulent world, and make more "BRICS contributions", Wang added.
Shoigu said the continuous close exchanges between the heads of state of Russia and China are the fundamental guarantee for the sustained development of bilateral relations, demonstrating the two countries' unique and high-level relationship.
He called for deepened mutual trust and close cooperation between the two countries to resist interference and infiltration by external forces in the security field, and oppose Japan's attempt at re-militarization.
Russia is ready to enhance strategic coordination with China in multilateral mechanisms such as the BRICS to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the region and the world.
China's top diplomat meets Russian Security Council secretary
