China News Service, Kunming, November 6 (Shi Wenzhi) "After years of trial planting, dozens of 'China Core' roses such as 'Shiguang' and 'Go Home' that were unveiled today are ready for industrial planting. Through centralized contracts on the seed industry, planting side and market side, the beautiful industry is accelerating to become a happy industry." Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Li Shubin, director of the Key Laboratory of Rose Breeding and an expert in rose genetic breeding, said on the 6th that more than 600 acres of "China Core" roses were signed that day, which means that more than 100 million "China Core" rose cut flowers will flow to the market next year, and Yunhua's independent intellectual property innovation will enter a new stage.
On the same day, the Yunnan Provincial Flower Industry Labor Competition R&D Track 2026 Results Display and the Yunnan "China Core" rose industrialization results release event were held in Kunming. The event was conducted in the form of "offsite release + infield display". Nearly a hundred flower industry representatives used flowers as matchmakers, competitions as bridges, and "core" as the core to attend the flower seed industry innovation and industry development event.
China is a country rich in rose germplasm resources, but more than 90% of the rose varieties in the domestic fresh cut flower market rely on imports. Yunnan, located in southwest China, is recognized as the "World Garden" most suitable for flower growth and is one of the three largest flower producing areas in the world. In order to solve product and industry problems, the Yunnan Province Flower Industry Labor Competition has set up a research and development track to focus on new product research and development and find ways for industrialization.
In 2015, Li Shubin, who returned from studying in France, took root in Jinning District, Kunming City, and carried out the cultivation of "China Core" rose germplasm resources. Since the launch of the Yunnan Provincial Flower Industry Labor Competition, the team has actively participated in the research and development track and continued to carry out germplasm collection and variety selection. At present, the team has saved more than 300,000 copies of breeding materials, applied for 498 new rose varieties with independent intellectual property rights, screened 1 million hybrid seeds annually, and leads the world in breeding scale.
During this period, the team created an "industry-research institute" model that integrates industry, academia and research with enterprises as the main body of innovation, and built the scientific research platform directly in the village, leaving all trial and error risks before introducing new varieties to the market on the scientific research side. In 2025, the annual output value of the "Industry Research Institute" system enterprises will exceed 100 million yuan, and all authorized varieties will be industrialized and promoted, creating a path for the revitalization of the seed industry to drive rural revitalization.
Yang Wuzhen, deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Kunming Federation of Trade Unions and vice chairman in charge of daily work, said in his speech that this event effectively integrates the power of relevant departments, scientific research institutes, universities and enterprises, uses the labor competition as a platform, focuses on the core pain points and difficulties of the flower seed industry innovation and achievement transformation, promotes the deep integration of the innovation chain, industry chain, and talent chain, and strives to form a work pattern in which trade unions set up platforms, participate in multiple parties, collaboratively tackle key problems, and promote transformation.
"The development of the flower seed industry requires openness, competition, and win-win results." Yang Qikun, head of the China cut flower business of French Rose International Rose (Rose) Company, said that China's rose seed industry is fully capable and strong enough to stand on the world stage. We look forward to more cooperation and exchanges with Chinese rose breeding institutions in the future to jointly promote the development of the flower seed industry.
The "Cloud Inspection Intelligence·Yunhua" Intellectual Property Protection Work Contact Point Awarding Ceremony, the signing ceremony of the first batch of cooperative units for the Yunnan "China Core" Rose Industrialization Achievements Release Event, and the Yunnan "China Core" Rose Industrialization Achievements Exhibition will be held simultaneously on site. From now until November 9, the exhibition will be free and open to the public.
This event was co-sponsored by the Kunming Federation of Trade Unions, Kunming Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Kunming Commerce Bureau, Kunming Science and Technology Bureau, and Kunming Jinning District People's Government.
