Zhangzhou Southeast Flower Capital Expo Park

　　   Southeast Flower Capital is situated in Makou, Zhangpu, at the prime section of Zhangzhou’s Hundred-Mile Flower Corridor, right beside National Highway 324. It has been the venue for every session of the “Cross-Strait (Fujian·Zhangzhou) Flower Expo,” and is recognized as a national 4A-level tourist attraction, a national agricultural tourism demonstration site, as well as the core area of the Zhangzhou National Agricultural Science and Technology Park in Fujian. Covering a total area of 7,800 mu with an investment of 320 million yuan, the park includes a 2,700-mu Flower Expo Garden (featuring various themed areas such as the Palm Garden, Splendid Zhangzhou Garden, Xerophyte Garden, Bonsai Garden, Shade Plant Garden, Flower Corridor, Flower Cultivation Base, Land Art Exhibition Area, and Memorial Forest Planting Zone), a 1,500-mu Southern Fujian Flower Production & Technology Park, and a 20,000-square-meter main exhibition hall. The Flower Expo Park consists of six gardens, six pavilions, one market, and one manor. The “six gardens” refer to the Splendid Zhangzhou Garden, Palm Garden, Banyan Garden, Xerophyte Garden, Southern Fujian Fruit Garden, and Children’s Amusement Park. The “six pavilions” include the Tropical Plant Pavilion, Desert Plant Pavilion, Rockery Pavilion, Bonsai Masterpiece Pavilion, Exotic Orchid Pavilion, and Native Orchid Pavilion. The “one market” is the Flower Supermarket, while the “one manor” is the Zixi Manor within the Flower Expo Park. It serves as a comprehensive modern agricultural tourism destination integrating sightseeing, appreciation, leisure, entertainment, production, trade, and processing.

　　   With its enchanting floral landscapes, fresh natural scenery, and tranquil rural club facilities such as the Ceshipark Country Club, the Flower Expo Park attracts batches of visitors from both within and outside the city for leisure, vacation, conferences, or training. It is gradually becoming a renowned tourist resort for leisure and holidays.

　　   The “Flower Expo Park” hosts the annual “Flower Expo” every November. Using flowers as a medium to create business opportunities, it serves as a platform for cultural, tourism, and economic-trade activities, as well as a stage for cross-strait cooperation and mutual development, fully showcasing the humanistic image of Zhangzhou and Zhangpu. Nestled against mountains and water with vibrant blooms all around, the scenic area is teeming with life and fragrant with flowers in all seasons, presenting a harmonious landscape filled with cultural charm. Known as the “Subtropical 21-Degree Ecological Garden,” it is a diverse showcase of modern agriculture. It is also a key national flower market. The scenic area features “six gardens, six pavilions, one market, one manor, and one club.” Over 50 foreign-invested enterprises have invested 45 million US dollars here to cultivate world-renowned flower varieties. The area boasts nine major categories of premium flowers and plants with over 2,000 varieties, producing and selling tens of millions of plants annually, including over a million pots of Taiwanese Phalaenopsis alone. The park includes a 2,700-mu Flower Expo Garden, a 4,500-mu flower and plant base, a 500-mu technology zone, a 150-mu service area, a 15,000-square-meter main exhibition hall, as well as 40,000 square meters of temperature-controlled standard glass greenhouses for flower cultivation. The park also offers recreational facilities such as archery, swimming, spa, fishing, kayaking, and outdoor team-building activities. There is also a 18,000-square-meter parking lot. The garden villa-style hotel “Sunshine Manor” offers standard rooms, luxury suites, and other lodging options. The “Ceshipark Country Club” features 19 independent European-style villas, a spa center, conference center, and restaurant. Southeast Flower Capital has expanded from the original 613 mu to 7,800 mu with an investment of 170 million yuan. It has now become a multifunctional eco-tourism complex integrating flower expos, trade events, shopping, leisure vacations, ecological sightseeing, and outdoor team-building activities.