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Local young people start rose business after college graduation in Longyou County, China's Zhejiang
By Xinhua Published: Apr 23, 2025 10:05 AM
A staff member promotes Chinese roses via live-streaming at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. After graduating from college, Zhan Juntao and Liu Gang, both locals of Longyou County, returned to their hometown to start a business together. In 2016, they introduced varieties of Rosa Chinensis, or the Chinese rose, from Europe and opened a planting base in the county. (Photo: Xinhua)

A staff member promotes Chinese roses via live-streaming at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. After graduating from college, Zhan Juntao and Liu Gang, both locals of Longyou County, returned to their hometown to start a business together. In 2016, they introduced varieties of Rosa Chinensis, or the Chinese rose, from Europe and opened a planting base in the county. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Liu Gang (L) instructs a farmer on picking Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)

Liu Gang (L) instructs a farmer on picking Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Farmers pick Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)

Farmers pick Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A staff member arranges fresh-cut Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025 (Photo: Xinhua)

A staff member arranges fresh-cut Chinese roses at a Chinese rose production base in Longyou County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2025 (Photo: Xinhua)