Owning to its prominent geographic advantages, Foshan is able to share such resources as capital, most mondern traffic as well as logistics networks and newest information with the province capital city Guangzhou under its radiation and influence in the Pearl River Delta. Foshan is adjacent to Hong Kong and aims to accommodate its economic development with international standard, extensively involve itself in the world economy, and realize the globalization by making use of numerous market advantages of Hong Kong.

Foshan has a good infastructure. Since 2003 GDP of Foshan increases by over 17%, year on year. The increase of imports and exports amounts to around 18% per year. Continuous growth of the foreign investments promots strengthens the international trade.

The chinese market

* Number of flower markets 2007: 2,485
* Number of horticultural enterprises 2007: 54,651 Large and middle sized enterprises: ca. 8,500
* Export volume of plants and flowers 2007: 131,709 Mio. $
* Import volume of plants and flowers 2007: 83,825 Mio. $
* Total acreage for horticultural products 2007: 750,332
* Total sales volume of horticultural products 2007: 6.1 Mrd. (The sales volume doubled itself in the last 10 years)

The market in Guandong

* Number of flower markets in Guandong 2007: 280 (No. 2 in China)
* Number of horticultural enterprises 2007: 12,000 Large and middle sized enterprises: ca. 2,000
* Export volume of plants and flowers 2007: 26.86 Mio.
* Import volume of plants and flowers 2007: 18 Mio.
* Total acreage for horticultural products 2007: ca. 52,305 ha (10 % of the total Chinese acreage for horticultural products)
* Total sales volume of horticultural products 2007: 808,924 Mio $ (1/6 of the total Chinese sales volume of horticultural products)