President Xiao Yao of Southwest Floriculture School is a director of Kunming Floriculture Research Association, and a visiting teacher of Yunnan Arts Institute, Yunnan Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan Kunming Normal University and Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

With rich knowledge and experience in flower arrangement, the first Kunming International Agricultural Expo in 2005 won awards in the national large-scale flower arrangement art competition for many years (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou); 2006 Guizhou Province Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture Flower Arrangement Competition; 2006 hongta group Art Flower Arrangement Competition; The success of the Kunming Garden Cup Art Flower Arrangement Competition in 2007, the Agricultural Expo in 2008 and the second South Asia-ASEAN Commodities Fair in 2009 won unanimous praise from people in the industry.