1. Historical facts of Guangzhou city.

Guangzhou city had 2200 years of long history in its cultural background. It attained its name “City of Flowers” with flowers all seasons climate.

Guangzhou is situated at the southeast corner of Guangdong province, just north of the Pearl-Delta region. Its geographic longitude ranges from 112 degree 57 minute to 114 degree 3 minute and its geographical latitude ranges from 22 degree 26 minute to 23 degree 56 minute. It is directly facing the South Seas and abuts to Hong Kong and Macau. Thus the harbour in Huanan district took the role as the transportation and trade-interchanging hub; therefore it is known as the “Southern Gate” of China.

•  Economical Strengths

Guangzhou city was the founding place of China's economic reform. Ever since the opening up of China, city has experienced a dramatic transformation changes. It is ranked as the top ten metropolitan city nation wide, its overall strength is placed at second position. According to initial statistics records in 2004 showing that Guangzhou city had soared an overall GDP growth of 411.581 billion Yuan thereby as compared in 1999, which tossed an amount; accords to the figures computation of pricing revealed a 15% growth compared than last year ( (ditto for following time periods) ). Figures have also exceeded the expected development period by 3%. With the computation of registered population, the annual average GDP of individual was 56300 Yuan increased by 13.7%. Approximately about 6800 USD was computed with references of exchange rate for that particular year. Therefore Guangzhou city was placed in the forefront among other large cities in China.

•  Industrial

The performance of the industrial economy was generally fine. In 2003, the gross output value of city industry completion was 470.591 billion Yuan that increased by 26.5%. Annual increment of output value was 91.7 billion Yuan.

•  Agricultural

Development of agricultural economy was rather stable. At present, there are 10 urban district of agriculture modernization accompanied by 30 flagship enterprises among 9 of them were elected as provincial class enterprises. 4 out of 30 enterprises were classified as National Flagship enterprises.

•  Transportation

Guangzhou city opened its ports to external trade therefore known as “the starting point of the water silk road”. It has excellent district position and sound facilities.

1. It has a network of highways such as the inner-ring road and belt expressway that signified Guangzhou city.
2. Placing Guangzhou city as core kernel, the main backbone of the highways and roads linkage serving from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, Beijing to Zhuhai. Radiating into Guangdong province and nationwide connection of network of roads.
3. In August 2004, the new Baiyun International Airport was put into use and was regarded as one of the third international air-hub.
4. Railway connection between Beijing to Guangzhou, Jing-Jiu and Guang-Jiu, Sanmao and other main rail tracks had become an important hub of shipment transportation.
5. The handling capacity of the Guangzhou harbour is ranked one of the world's top ten harbours. The Nansha harbour port with four 50,000 tons berth was put into use in September 2004. So the Pearl River had formed an interactive and intensive system hub in the ocean shipping and transportation.

•  Development of the Greenery City.

Following the fast pace of city developments and greenery construction, the ecological environment had too made further step of improvement. There were now 12 parks and 56 National parks located in the city. The average capita public greenery area had reached 9.44 square meters; constructing greenbelt in the district had achieved a rate of 30.26% with greens coverage of 34.19%.

F. Foreign Trade.

With a strong foreign trade, districts in Guangzhou city had accumulated an import/export gross value of 34.94 billion USD, seeing a growth of 25.1%. Among the export topping an amount of 16.89 billion USD, reaching 22.6%. The gross value of import/export enterprises in Guangzhou totaled at 28.568 billion USD. 115 of the Fortune 500 multinational companies had advanced into Guangzhou investing 204 projects totaling 5.82 billion USD.

•  Synopsis of Guangzhou Flora industry

The flora and bonsai in Guangzhou were widely known, mainly based on observatory shaded leafed plants, deluxe potted flowers, fresh flowers, and bonsai of lingnan origins. In order taking lead to exert the effect of Guangzhou bonsai market ulteriorly, China Flower Association has come into existence “Bonsai Fair Branch” in Guangzhou and decided to hold nationwide bonsai fair in Guangzhou between Dec. & Jan. once annually. The observatory shaded leafed plants had captured 50% and above of the market share in China. Red-palm, Butterfly magnolia, poinsettia and bonsai had become a base for nationwide manufacturing. Thus bonsai plants were sold to the American, European and other overseas markets.

Personages from the business field had paid close attention in the flora industry; particularly to the production of bonsai plants, trading and other aspects. Flora industry held an extremely important position in China. In the recent year, as the domestic and foreign flora industry developed and undergoing changes, Guangzhou flora industry had too adjusting its pace such as adherences to urbanization of the district areas, standardization of manufacturing process, systemization of management. Since China had entered into World Trade Organization, flora industry had been provided with wide accommodation of developments. Currently, the flora cropping area covering 134,000 acres of land with value exceeded 1.633 billion Yuan. The crop produce area of in Guangzhou flora industry constituted a 3.2% with total agricultural value of 7.95% and gross value of the cropping industry valued at 14.69%.

•  Fangcun “Fong's Village”

Fangcun was located at the fringe of South-West Guangzhou city. Confronting north, east with Pearl River (the southern circuit) accompanied with Shijin townships of Baiyun district, district of Liwan and Haizhu spreading apart from the river. Also it stayed alongside with at the southern of Pearl River (Foshan aqueduct), adjacent to Dashi townships in Panyu district as well as Pingzhou townships in Nanhai city ， bordered to the eastern side of Yanbu and Huang Qi Township in Nanhai city ， coverage area of 46.2 square kilometers.

2000 years ago, Fangcun district had already begun cropping flora. Thus it had an established tradition of flowers planting history and its profound flora culture had earned the reputation of “Folk Flowers of the Millennium”. Hence it was the birthplace of the lingnan bonsai and was nicknamed “Oriental Amsterdam” by the locals and foreigners. Developments of the flora industry in Fangcun quickly up since the opening of China economy, 2 thirds of the peasants had been involved in the flora produce with coverage areas attaining over 1400 hectares and exceeding subjects of 170 flowers species covering 2000 variety. Products had exported and sold to the American, European, South-east Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and over 140 countries worldwide and regions including all metropolitan cities in China.

•  Guangzhou Flower Exposition Park

Guangzhou Flower Exposition Park is located in southwest of Fangcun district, between central economical zone of Guangzhou and Foshan city occupying 3915 acres of land. It was a big scale agriculture project comprising of flora exhibition, research and tourist spots attraction. The interior exposition consisted of the Asia largest flora auction center and supermart equipped with cutting edge technology and facilities covering overall area of 50,000 square meters. Hence total investment capital grossing over 100 million Yuan were invested in the auction complex, online trading system and stalls in the supermart attracting about 500 renowned flora enterprises nationwide, and gave priority to bonsai flower bargaining . The current sales transaction had reached 4 billion RMB. The big scale flora exhibition center was second to none in China and also it was the national flagship enterprise involving and nation class agriculture tour demonstration area of agriculture industrialization. The multi-functionality and comprehensive services of the exposition combined sales, trading, technology, information, touring and entertainment all in one.

From 2002 onwards, after several augmentations by the governments of Fangcun district, based on the first successful phase, relied on established branding of “Folk Flowers of the Millennium”, with immense production base and strong influences of radiance had initiated the second phase of flora exposition project. The Dasha River in the western region of the exposition interior occupying 2000 acres of land in the technological demonstration zone of the flora exposition (Fangcun Flora Market). To ensure the technological park adhered to the economical model of operations, the government had repeatedly conducting researched and made effortless selections by introducing Guangzhou Flora Technological Park Co., Ltd that optimizing the market lever and capital from the civil contacts in additional of dynamically developing the technological park district.