According to statistics, China has a floriculture area of 120 thousand hectares and a sales volume of beyond 54 billion Yuan, with the output of fresh-cut flower of 2.7 billion pieces and the pot plants of 2.1 billion pots. The comprehensive quality of flower product has been improved, and the products have been diversified and developed from potted flower and small pot flower into five categories including fresh-cut flower, potted flower, ornamental, lawn and traditional potted tree, to meet the requirements of different consumers on flower products basically.

 

      According to the requirements of industrialization of floriculture, the regions in China are transiting from the advantages on resources into the advantages on commodities, from individuated production into commercialized, intensive and professional production, from field planting into the planting combined with field and greenhouse, and from distributed operation into intensive operation. The conventional production areas continue to expand the advantages, and the new production areas concentrate on integration, which promote the adjustment and optimization of regional layout significantly. Presently, the regional layout of China floriculture has been optimized greatly, and has established the production region of fresh-cut flower mainly in Yunnan, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan and Hebei, the production region of nursery stock and ornamental mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan, the production region of potted tree mainly in Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and Sichuan, the production region of bulbar flowers mainly in Sichuan, Yunnan, Shanghai, Liaoning, Shaanxi and Gansu. The traditional production regions also further strengthen and develop the advantageous varieties, such as the fresh-cut flower in Yunnan.

 

       In viewing the future, we shall aware that the floriculture in China has a lot of advantageous conditions: Firstly, China is one of the original production areas of flower on the world, with a history of floriculture of beyond 2000 years and abundant germ plasma resources. Secondly, China has broad territory, wide range of climate zones and strong ecological advantages on resources. Thirdly, China has abundant labor resources, low cost on flower products and significant advantages on prices. Fourthly, with the continual development of the national economy of China, the consumption of flower on festival and celebration and the group consumption will increase continuously, creating profound market prospect. Fifthly, China’s entering into the WTO will provide favorable opportunities for the export of flowers and to earn foreign exchanges.

 

       Therefore, the development of floriculture in China shall adopt the market as the orientation and the social services as the methods, and based on technology advancement, adjust and optimize the layout and structure, implement the strategy of high quality and famous brand strongly, promote the construction of market system actively, and make efforts to improve the level of intensity and the comprehensive qualification. In the coming several years, the floriculture shall stabilize the planting area, focus on quality and increase the profits. Till 2005, the floriculture in China shall achieve the self-sufficiency of national flower bulbar (pot) flower production, complete varieties, improved quality and year-round supply of fresh-cut flower, continual development of ornamental production, obvious improvement on quality of potted tree and great expansion of domestic and overseas market, substantial development and sufficient market supply of ornamental vertical greenery stock, lawn and rooted flower, and thus realize the professional production, scientific management and socialized services of flower industry basically as well as the general goal of year-round supply.