The UN's Food and Agricultural Organization reports that "the Chinese bamboo industry created a value of $5.5 billion in 2004. The bamboo-based GDP grew by 120 percent from 2000 to 2004, while export ...

FUZHOU -- Following some light rainfall in early spring, bamboo shoots in the mountains of East China's Fujian province quietly popped out of the soil, showing their bright yellow heads.

A native plant of China, bamboo mainly grows in regions south of the Yangtze River. ... "During peak times, bamboo can grow one meter a day and over 20 meters within weeks," he said.

Yet bamboo remains a niche product, accounting for no more than 2 per cent of China’s 700 billion yuan (US$100 billion) furniture market. Wood products targeted. International furniture retailers such ...

A machine carves out patterns on a bamboo fan in Anji in March 2023. SHI ZINAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE As an Anji local, Bai is well-acquainted with the long-standing role of bamboo in daily life.

Completed in 2015 in Lishui, China. Images by Ziling Wang, Dan Han. Bamboo is a quickly growing grass that is found in every garden in China and as spare woodland in many hilly regions. The ...

Antonio Vega-Rioja (left) and Manuel Trillo, in the bamboo nursery constructed in the Guadalquivir valley. PACO PUENTES. Bamboo is a grass, a giant grass, but it is still a humble herbaceous plant of ...