Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, August 14th (Reporter Yang Jing) Take flowers, put them in barrels, and grade... At the Kunming International Flower Shooting Center, quality inspectors grade flowers. The electric tractor is delivered to the designated location.
At this time, the real-time grade and price of the flowers are displayed on the large screen of the electronic auction center. Buyers in the lobby only need to press the buttons on the table to make snap purchases.
"9.31 million sticks. This is our transaction volume on August 10, setting the highest record for a single day in Yunnan flower auctions." Ni Wentao, who has been working for many days, is the deputy director of the auction department of Kunming International Flower Auction Center, although it seems a little bit Tired, he still could not restrain his inner excitement.
"Behind the rising auction data is the continuous purchasing power of consumers across the country." Ni Wentao said that since August 3 "prepared for the Qixi Festival", the daily transaction volume of the auction center has shown an upward trend.
Among them, the transaction volume on August 6 exceeded 7 million branches, and the peak was reached on August 10.
"Whether it is the delivery speed of flowers or the total volume of transactions, this year's Qixi Festival has been greatly improved compared to previous years." Kui Lihua, who has been engaged in flower quality inspection for 20 years, is the person in charge of the Quality Control Service Center of Kunming International Flower Auction Center, she told Reporter, quality control is very important for flower auctions. The staff needs to inspect the leaves, flower heads, rhizomes, etc., and comprehensively classify the flowers.
Then the quality control information is transmitted to the production side in time to guide the production of flowers and improve the quality of flowers.
Yunnan is an important fresh-cut flower producing area in the world. Last year, the province’s flower planting area was 1.9 million mu, with an annual output of 14.7 billion fresh-cut flowers.
Some experts said that although the epidemic and extreme weather have affected the price of flowers to a certain extent, the upstream and downstream of the domestic flower industry continue to improve.
Kunming Dounan Flower Market is a sea of flowers, and many consumers are buying flower products.
"The Qixi Festival is here, and I am going to buy some roses for my wife." Mr. Duan from Yuxi City is buying red roses.
"There was an epidemic situation in July, and summer is the low season for flower consumption. Everyone is cautious in getting the goods, but the consumer demand is very strong recently." said He Wei, general manager of Yunnan Xindruila Flower Co., Ltd. The company usually delivers daily shipments. At around 3,000 pieces, close to the Qixi Festival, the daily shipment volume is over 10,000 pieces.
Not only that, in order to get good flowers, some customers drove directly to the producing area to pull flowers.
With the upgrading of domestic consumption and the expansion of market demand, the entire flower industry has also "stride fast", the upstream planting area of flowers has increased, and the expansion of production capacity has matched the market demand. The overall market is still on the rise.
"The large supply of flowers, the concentration of time spent on spending, the short stocking period, and stable price fluctuations are the main performances of the Qixi market this year." Ensure the supply of fresh flowers in the Qixi Festival market, and at the same time improve the per capita efficiency of the logistics link, with 15,000 flowers per person per day.
In order to ensure the quality of flowers and the timeliness of logistics, Huapai Center has established an information tracking mechanism to track related logistics information throughout the chain, so as to realize that the time for flowers from the place of production to the hands of customers does not exceed 48 hours.
According to industry insiders, good spending and good prices are still the mainstream of the market. A-level and B-level high-quality goods are still the market’s first choice, and prices tend to be stable. The market’s "quality first" will allow everyone to pay more attention to improving quality and enhancing product competition. force.
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Yunnan Province said that Yunnan will enhance the development level of the entire flower industry chain through the creation of a world-class "green food brand" plan, and promote the quality and efficiency of the industry to meet the diversified demand for flowers from consumers.