Our relationship
flowered.
我们的关系变得更好了。
Mary's talent
flowered in her early twenties.
玛丽的天才在20多岁时便发挥出来了。
Lisa and her classmates are in
flower ages.
丽萨和她的同学都正值妙龄。
Shanghai Soap Co Ltd, producer of the Bee & Flower sandalwood soap, has been an active participant in crossovers in the past few years, according to Ouyang Yiling, vice-general manager of Shanghai Soap.
上海皂业有限公司副总经理欧阳一玲表示，在过去几年中，蜂花檀香皂的生产商上海皂业股份有限公司一直积极参与跨界交易。
Three years ago, Bee & Flower sandalwood soap, which was invented around 1928, launched a series of scented liquid soaps, including sandalwood, agarwood and amber, in collaboration with The Palace Museum.
三年前，1928年左右发明的蜂花檀香皂与故宫博物院合作推出了一系列有香味的液体皂，包括檀香、沉香和琥珀。
In the first 10 minutes of the promotional event, sales of Shanghai-based haircare brand Bee & Flower and Tianjin-based children's skincare products maker Yumeijing skyrocketed by 20-fold and 10-fold year-on-year, respectively, JD said.
京东表示，在促销活动的前10分钟，总部位于上海的护发品牌Bee&Flower和总部位于天津的儿童护肤品制造商Yumeijing的销售额分别同比增长了20倍和10倍。
The traditional Chinese pavilion, built by a Chinese horticulture company from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, was a legacy of the flower show that the Royal Horticultural Society, or RHS, held at Hampton Court Palace in 2005.
中国传统展馆由浙江省杭州市的一家中国园艺公司建造，是2005年英国皇家园艺学会在汉普顿宫举办的花展的遗产。
The formula features extracts from the plum flower embryo of the Yellow Mountain.
As the leading enterprise in the industry, Huayi Group owns time-honored brands including renowned footwear brand Warrior and Bee & Flower.
When we came to Tibet, we first encountered this flower and we were impressed and inspired by the nice fragrance of the plant.
In July, Uniqlo partnered with the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation to launch the Miao embroidery program, a special embroidery skill with vivid cultural characteristics of the Miao ethnic group like wave, flower, fish and ox, to pursue a sustainable growth path.
The teashop also organizes tea parties, offers courses in the Chinese music instrument guqin, and sells books related to classical culture like tea-drinking and flower arrangement, he added.
PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILYKimura's earrings are purple-hued, and a purple flower on the left side of the parting of her hair completes the chic look.
"When a flower is on the left side, it means the woman is married.
From the traditional peony flower on the castle to murals that replace the animals of the Chinese zodiac with Disney characters, the company is aiming to be culturally aware.
The design combines the national flower of Pakistan and the shape of the dome of the Badshahi Mosque.
ZHENGZHOU — Luoyang, China's "city of peonies," will export 1 million cut flowers to Australia, as part of a flower trade cooperation.
Shenzhou Peony Co, a major flower growing enterprise in Luoyang of central China's Henan province, has signed a deal with several Australian distributors to sell 1 million peonies and Chinese herbaceous peonies to Australian customers in 2017.
"In order to pass the quarantine inspection of Australia, we have translated Australian standards and import regulations on cut flowers, and offered training to flower farmers since last year," said Guo Xueliang, head of the city's entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau.
"It is estimated that each cut flower will cost three Australian dollars, more than five times the price in China," said a deputy general manager with the company surnamed Cao.
Cao added that the company would expand its flower planting scale next year to meet the growing demand of cut flowers in foreign markets.
The flower was preferred by royal families for its luxuriant blossom, which symbolizes prosperity and wealth.
In addition to promotional events held by local companies and shopping centers, a series of cultural and entertainment events, including the traditional Cantonese style temple fair and spring festival flower fair, will be organized in the downtown area before the Chinese Lunar New Year that begins on Jan 22, said Xiao.
The facility's architectural shape is based on the begonia flower and incorporates elements such as Haikou's natural characteristics and marine culture.
Some edible varieties of this flower are used as tea, snacks and to make traditional Chinese medicine.
The construction of outdoor gardens and exhibition venues of the 10th China Flower Expo that will be held in Shanghai's Chongming Island has already been completed, Tang Zhiping, the city's deputy mayor, announced on Monday.
The expo, which spans 10 square kilometers, will take place from May 21 to July 2 and comprise a core flower exhibition zone with 180 outdoor gardens and two service zones.
A highlight would be Shanghai Disney Resort's participation in the Tenth China Flower Expo at Dongping National Forest Park on Shanghai's Chongming island from May 21 to July 2.
The 710 square meter "Dream Garden," located in the International and Enterprises pavilion of the China Flower Expo, will feature elements highlighting both Shanghai Disney Resort and other major areas of the Shanghai International Resort Zone.
The Kunming Dounan Flower Market is the largest fresh cut flower trading market in Asia, from where flowers are loaded and arrive in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, in about 40 hours via the highway between the provincial capital of Kunming and Bangkok.
The park currently boasts more than 66 hectares of flower fields and it received over 30,000 tourists during the National Day holiday in October.
In an earlier visit to southwestern Yunnan province, I saw the lives of farmers transformed by the creation of the world's second-largest flower market, from which millions of flowers are shipped by air to consumers throughout China and overseas.
During the holiday, parks in Beijing launched 35 cultural activities such as flower exhibitions, folk custom experiences and science education, as well as 41 winter sports activities.
In addition, online discounter PDD Holdings, parent company of e-commerce platform Pinduoduo, showed that the daily turnover of children's face creams produced by Yumeijing, a Tianjin-based children's skincare products maker, rose 230 percent year-on-year in September, while daily sales of Shanghai-based haircare brand Bee & Flower increased by some 50,000 orders.
Fanggong Yiliu, chief marketing officer of Flower Knows, said the brand began using pharmacies and domestic shops in the Japanese market through an offline agency in 2019 to market its products.
In the second half of 2021, Chinese-style cosmetics became more visible in Japan, with the presence of three leading Chinese brands — Florasis, Perfect Diary and Flower Knows.
In Japan, MoldBreaking has collaborated with leading Chinese brands including Florasis, Flower Knows and Colorkey.
- While many Chinese cities are currently experiencing scorching heat, the essence of spring lingers in the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province.
About 30 years ago, the Dounan Flower Market was just a street with roadside stalls selling flowers, but today it has become Asia's largest fresh-cut flower trading market.
Yunnan's fresh-cut flower growing area totaled 21,700 hectares in that year.
"When the business is good, around 600 bouquets could be sold in a day," Shi told Xinhua, adding that he has also involved his relatives in the flower industry.
"My sister sells flowers in the market during the day, my younger brother sells flowers through livestreaming on social media platforms like Douyin at night, and a few months back, my eldest brother traveled to Xinjiang to open a flower store.
In addition to the Dounan flower market, people have the option to purchase flowers at the Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Center, which stands as one of China's oldest and largest flower auction and trading hubs.
According to her, those participating in flower auctions must possess keen eyesight and swift reaction.
"The trading hall has 12 bells and a massive screen displaying pertinent details such as the flower's name, grade, maturity, defects and supply source during the auction.
According to Zhu Qi who is in charge of planning at the KIFA, the average daily volume of flower transactions reached 5 million last year.
As the auction center closed at 8 pm, the wholesale night market in the Dounan Flower Market came to life.
Nevertheless, staying busy is a good thing for many flower sellers.
The flower industry has become a "bountiful" sector that promotes rural development in Shandong province.
Some of the fresh peonies are made into fresh flower products after pruning, sorting and packaging, and are then sold across China.
- China aims to realize the modernization of its flower industry by 2035, with the annual flower sales surpassing 700 billion yuan (about $101.28 billion).
As of 2035, China will basically develop a comprehensive system for flower germplasm resources protection, with the market share of major home-bred varieties reaching 25 percent, according to the development plan jointly issued by multiple government organs including the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
To promote the high-quality development of the flower industry, the country will promote independent innovation in the flower seed industry, optimize the industrial chains and supply chains in the flower industry, and strengthen technology innovation in the sector, according to the development plan.
It also specified measures to elevate flower quality, accelerate the digitalization of the flower industry, and promote flower consumption upgrades.
China now is the world's largest flower producer as well as an important participant in the foreign trade of flowers and a major flower consumer.
The land was idle but he leased it from local farmers and transformed it into a flower farm, helping increase local incomes and support local economic development.
"In the beginning, the villagers didn't believe that consumers would be willing to spend 5 yuan (72 US cents) or even 6 yuan for a flower," said Xue, director of Zhejiang Wuhuazhe Gardening Co, which runs the tulip field.
At present, flower planting in the village has provided jobs for more than 60 villagers.
"Xue said they introduced high-quality flower varieties, cultivation methods and agricultural technology to make flowers like peonies blossom in different seasons to maintain their competitiveness.
Floriculture combined with tourism creates success for small biz in GuizhouSouthwest China's Guizhou province is not known for traditional flower plantations.
Up on Wumeng Mountain, at an altitude of over 2,000 meters, Leung established flower farms.
Within three years, she built 517 greenhouses and 400 flower cultivation bases.
The flower plantation bases employ or involve over 2,400 farmers, generating a collective income of 12 million yuan for 796 poor families in Hezhang.
"Wu Zhigang, Party secretary of Wulidun, said that rose picking comprises two tasks: picking rose buds, which are used to make rose flower tea, and picking flower petals, which are used to make rose fluid.
Unfortunately, I can't find more distribution channels, so I am also considering developing tourism alongside, in the form of flower appreciation tours.
In turn, that can drive more villagers to participate in flower cultivation, increase their respective family income, and promote the development and growth of the village's collective economy, thereby deepening rural vitalization.
"It is also crucial to seize important festival time, increase flower planting in industrial parks, extend the flower industrial chain, increase the added value of flowers, attract more tourists in the form of ecotourism, and further drive the development of rural tourism in the entire region. "
"We will also ship more self-developed flower toys to European and North American markets, which have developed increasing demand for such products on online sales platforms such as Amazon," he said.
The Pingyao town in the province has leveraged the advantages of ecological resources in the countryside to create a special economy of flower sightseeing to help revitalize the countryside.
At a flower shop in Beijing, busy shop assistants could recently be seen packing bouquets ahead of Valentine's Day.
The shop used to sell imported flowers, but now it sells flowers from Southwest China's Yunnan province, the country's main flower producer.
In recent days, the average daily wholesale volume at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, climbed to nearly 30 million stems.
Dounan Flower Market is Asia's largest fresh-cut flower trading market.
"It was unimaginable in the past," veteran flower seller Yang Yuyong said.
"In the past, there were few flower shops and the prices of fresh-cut flowers were high.
With the development of flower production areas like Yunnan, both the quantity and quality of China's flower supply have been improved, and consumption patterns are also changing, said Li Shenchong, director of the flower research institute at the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
"Household purchases to spice up routine life have now become the trend of flower consumption," Fei Xuemei, vice president of the China Flower Association retail arm.
"A quarter of my flowers are sold online," said florist Zhang Kuaping from the Kunming Dounan Flower Market.
Flower transportation has strict requirements for temperature and speed, so courier giant SF Express has invested in full-cargo aircraft and cold-chain vehicles, said Yang Jinglei, an official from the Yunnan branch of SF Express.
Han Tianxing, who has been working in the flower industry in Kunming for nearly 30 years, said that cold chain and aviation logistics guarantee the timely delivery of fresh-cut flowers.
The flower industry in Yunnan has established a standardized treatment process: precooling, packaging and refrigeration.
They gather roses, bake rose flower cakes and make rose floral water and rose jam.
Specifically, she said baking rose flower cakes is the most popular experience-based tour program in the rose industrial park.
We invite tutors to teach visitors how to bake rose flower cakes.
After the classes, they are able to take their rose flower cakes back home," Du added.
- China will strive to build an innovation system for its flower seed industry by 2025, with annual flower sales reaching 300 billion yuan ($42.2 billion), according to a recent guideline.
The country will strengthen its germplasm resources data management, facilitate technological advancement in flower breeding, and enhance intellectual property protection in the flower industry, among other measures, according to the guideline jointly issued by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Noting that this is the first guideline targeting the development of the flower industry in China, Jiang Zehui, head of the China Flower Association, said the guideline will facilitate the protection of germplasm resources, accelerate innovation in the flower seed industry and encourage flower-related consumption.
With demand for flowers rising over the years, China has become the world's major flower producer and consumer as well as an important participant in the flower foreign trade.
Efforts should also be made to strengthen flower brand building, optimize the industrial structure of the flower industry, and boost professional, large-scale and mechanized flower production, according to the guideline.
I've done nothing else well but this in my life, so I'm definitely going to stick with it and I like the flower industry.
My dream is to open a flower shop near a university campus with a large population, selling small bouquets at the price of 10 to 30 yuan that young can people buy on the go.
In 2021, China's retail flower market reached 220.5 billion yuan, 17.5 percent higher than in 2020, according to the China Flower Association.
In May, sales in China's flower and horticulture industry grew by nearly 20 percent from the same month in 2021, CCTV reported.
At Kunming Dounan Flower Market, the largest fresh-cut flower trading market in Asia, sales of butterfly orchids and succulents have increased by roughly 30 percent on an annual basis this year, said Zhang Ran, a vendor at the market, who sells more than 120 types of flowers.
This also contributes to the growth of home gardening," said Wang Bo, deputy head of the comprehensive administration department of Yuntianhua Huajiangpu Technology, a Kunming-based flower company.
"In order to make the most of the business opportunities, we plan to invest in building a high-quality flower industrial chain to become an industry leader.
We will constantly adjust our products to satisfy consumers' changing needs," Wang of the flower company said.
Jinning has established 14 high-quality cultivation demonstration centers and 11 standardized flower processing centers.
In the coming five years, it plans to increase its comprehensive output value, as well as flower farmers' incomes.
Yuntianhua Flower Industrial Zone, a demonstration zone in Jinning, uses soilless hydroponic cultivation and environmentally friendly fertilizer, increasing yields and setting an example for the industry, officials said.
Other cities in Yunnan are also using technologies to develop the flower industry.
At the Anning Contemporary Flower Industrial Zone in Anning, Yunnan, there are 44.4 hectares of production greenhouses on a total area of 68.5 hectares.