China Orchid Expo opened
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:07
On the morning of February 17, the 22nd China Orchid Expo, jointly hosted by the Orchid Branch of China Flower Association and Zhenhai District Government, was held in Ningbo Flowers World located in Luotuo Street in Zhenhai District.
Ge Huijun, Member of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Vice-governor of Zhejiang Province sent a congratulatory letter for the Expo.
Wang Zhaocheng, former Vice-minister of the Ministry of Railways of China and Vice-chairman of China Flower Association, Cheng Weishan, Deputy-director of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, Chen Yanhua, Vice-chairman of Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Chen Jianwu, Vice-secretary of China Flower Association, Shi Jixi, Director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture, Li Yuzhu, Director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of Zhejiang Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, Deputy-secretary of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal People's Congress, Wang Renzhou, Vice-mayor of Ningbo, and Chang Minyi, Vice-chairman of Ningbo Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference attended the opening ceremony together with lots of orchid lovers from different countries and areas like Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
China Orchid Expo is China's largest, highest and most professional orchid exposition. Themed as "Orchid, Ecology & Humanity", this year's Expo distinguished itself by selecting a natural and ecological flower planting base as its exhibition area instead of the traditional Exhibition Center or Ningbo Stadium. The exhibition site with an area of 18000 square meters is divided into three exhibition halls: the main hall, the individual pavilions hall and the orchid trade venue. As the hosting site of this year's Expo, Zhenhai has a long history of orchid planting, especially potted orchid. Recent years have seen the great development of flower industry in Zhenhai district. Such famous orchid products as "Spring Orchid", "Ruiding" and "Hurui" are cultivated and a batch of flower industry bases like the "Orchid Island" of Ningbo Flower world. From February 17, those famous orchid products mentioned above will be exhibited together with over 6000 orchid products from 18 provinces and cities on the Expo.
The orchid awards were also announced on February 17. Voted by all the members of the awarding committee, five items were given the special gold awards. They are as follows, the "Butterfly" from Ningbo Orchid Society, "Lotus" from Huangyan Orchid Society, "Pistil Butterfly" from Taizhou Orchid Cooperative Society, "Art in the Spring Sword" from Chenghai, Guangdong Province and "Grand Peony" from Huangyan Town of Taizhou. It is learned that the Orchid Expo will last for four days. And the next session will be held in Taicang, Jiangshu Province.
