At 3 a.m., a flower cultivation base in Beijing's Shunyi district is already firing on all cylinders. Freshly transplanted flowers, meticulously sorted, are neatly stacked in the warehouse. Delivery workers are busy wrapping flowers in thermal cotton, packing them into foam boxes, and loading them onto logistics trucks.
This cultivation base has been a longtime supplier of fresh flowers to the Beijing International Flower Port and other places.
Meanwhile, about 1,000 kilometers away in Dounan subdistrict, Chenggong district, Kunming of southwest China's Yunnan Province, a wholesale flower company buzzes with similar vitality. A flower wholesaler surnamed Cao and his colleagues are racing against the clock to pack cut flowers purchased the previous day from the Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Center. Soon, dedicated airplanes of SF Express, a Chinese express delivery services provider, will transport tens of thousands of fresh flowers to meet customers around the world.
At 6 a.m., Liu Haipeng, general manager of the Beijing International Flower Port, is already inspecting new tulip varieties in the test field.
Read more at People's Daily Online