International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu Opens
25 Abril 2024 - 8:00PM
On April 26th, the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024
Chengdu (Expo 2024 Chengdu or EXPO) officially opened with the
central theme of "Park City, Beautiful Habitat", and will
continue until October 28th.
According to the organizing committee, this year's
EXPO will spread out over a total area of 3,633 mu
(approximately 2.42 sq km), and the number of exhibiting gardens,
number of gardens from abroad, number of gardens from
associations and corporations, among other aspects, have all set
new B category event records. The EXPO also compiled and
unveiled the Low-carbon Management Proposal, the first of its kind
in the history of the event in more than six decades.
To better showcase the characteristics of the host
city, the main venue in the Chengdu Eastern New Area played to its
natural strength by preserving over 100 endemic tree species in a
thorough demonstration of the harmonious co-existence between
humans and nature. Meanwhile, international gardens like those from
Montpellier, Manchester and the Berlin "Berlin Iceberg Rose Garden"
reflect the diversity and exchanges in global horticulture.
During the span of the EXPO, more than 2,000
activities like international flower gardening competition and
intangible cultural heritage exhibition will also take place in
Chengdu, so as to promote international interactions and
collaborations between gardening, horticulture, floriculture and
nursery industry, humanities and fine arts.
As to why this year's International Horticultural
Exhibition is hosted in Chengdu, perhaps people can find the
answer in a book by the British horticulturalist and botanist
Ernest Henry Wilson. In his work China, Mother of
Gardens published in the 1930s, Wilson referred to Chengdu as
the "Garden of Western China".
Wilson realized that "this beautiful and fertile
region" knows neither drought nor hunger, and basically all
vegetables and edible oil materials are found in Chengdu, with
their quality generally superior to counterparts from elsewhere.
Thanks to scientific research today, people have long
discovered the "secret" behind Chengdu's beauty and fertility: Over
5,000m in elevation difference is the foundation of Chengdu's
unrivaled advantage in biodiversity.
Wilson made his way around most of China, and he
concluded that "Chengdu has a population of 350,000, and in some
aspects it can be regarded as the most beautiful city in China."
Following development of the times, Chengdu's permanent population
has surpassed the 20 million mark, and the Sichuan provincial
capital is striding forward on the path of megacity sustainable
development, namely the building of a park city.
Due to progress in the park city construction
endeavor, Chengdu's horticulture industry has enjoyed a tremendous
boost. At present, Chengdu is home to over 1,500 species of plants,
overall plantation area amounting to roughly 900,000
mu (approximately 600 sq km), 26 professional floriculture and
nursery markets, and more than 2,000 floral shops, which is why it
is Western China's largest flower and sapling distribution
hub, with annual output of plants totaling around RMB 13
billion.
Source: Organizing Committee of the
International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu
Contact person:
Ms. Hou
Tel: 86-10-63074558