Yunnan flowers sell well during 618 shopping spree

Amid the ongoing "618" (June 18) online shopping festival, flowers grown in Yunnan province were selling well at the consumer market across China, according to data from Yunnan Fenshang Network Technology.

“Over 40 million flowers were sold via our ecommerce platform in the first half of this year,” said a staff member at huaji.com. “During 618 mid-year shopping spree, in particular, the sales increased by 150 percent year on year.”

Statistics from local railway authorities showed more than 1,800 tons of flowers had been transported from Yunnan to other Chinese localities as of June 15, especially to the first-tier cities like Guangzhou and Shanghai .

Reporting by Hu Xiaorong (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue