From Dutch fields to Chinese soil: the blossoming journey of tulips

STORY: From Dutch fields to Chinese soil: the blossoming journey of tulips SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tulips 2. various of Jan de Wit en Zonen B.V. 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JAN DE WIT, CEO of Jan de Wit en Zonen B.V. 4. various of China STORYLINE: A Dutch flower wholesaler has expressed deep commitment to the Chinese market, placing strong confidence in the promising growth and opportunities awaiting his business in China. Dubbed as the land of tulips, the Netherlands' annual tulip season runs from mid-March to mid-May. Nestled in one of the country's major tulip-growing regions, Jan de Wit en Zonen B.V. is a century-old family business that has tapped into the markets of China and the Asia region. SOUNDBITE (English): JAN DE WIT, CEO of Jan de Wit en Zonen B.V. "Now we are very happy to have cooperated so many years with our partners in China. When it was in the beginning, we just sent a box of tul

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

Tul Pakorn, Mew Suppasit arriving at Michael Kors show part of New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Janet Mayer/INSTARImagesABACAPRESS.COM

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

Tul Pakorn, Mew Suppasit arriving at Michael Kors show part of New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Janet Mayer/INSTARImagesABACAPRESS.COM

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

Tul Pakorn, Mew Suppasit arriving at Michael Kors show part of New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Janet Mayer/INSTARImagesABACAPRESS.COM

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

Tul Pakorn, Mew Suppasit arriving at Michael Kors show part of New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Janet Mayer/INSTARImagesABACAPRESS.COM

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

NYFW - Michael Kors Arrivals

Tul Pakorn, Mew Suppasit arriving at Michael Kors show part of New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City, NY, USA. Photo by Janet Mayer/INSTARImagesABACAPRESS.COM

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-RETURN OF PAKISTANI SEEDS FROM CHINESE SPACE STATION

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-RETURN OF PAKISTANI SEEDS FROM CHINESE SPACE STATION

(230209) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Atia-tul-Wahab (C), a professor at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, receives returned Pakistani seeds from Chinese space station during the event "Celebration of the Return of Pakistani Seeds from Chinese Space Station" in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2023. The new phase of seed cooperation between Pakistan and China is critically important for Pakistan to meet the food security challenge in the future, a Pakistani minister said. China helped Pakistan take seven herbal seeds to the Chinese space station for space breeding by exposing them to cosmic radiation and microgravity to mutate their genes, and in this regard an event was held here to mark the successful return of the seeds. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Pak-China seed cooperation important for Pakistan's food security" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)