Beijing hosts garden expo

Updated: 2013-06-11 10:16

By China Daily (China Daily)

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 Beijing hosts garden expo

The Yongding Tower, a landmark building of the expo, has a total floor area of 8,000 square meters. It is the tallest antique-looking tower in Beijing, with a height of 69.7 meters. Photos by Wang Jing / China Daily

The Ninth China (Beijing) International Garden Expo kicked off on May 18 in the capital's Fengtai district and will run until Nov 18. The expo will showcase garden styles from 69 Chinese cities and 37 cities from 29 countries. The expo site, which covers an area of 513 hectares, comprises 128 exhibition parks, and is also the largest park in Beijing. The expo, which started in 1997 and is held every two years, is aimed at increasing communication within the gardening industry and boosting the development of the art of gardening in China. It has also become a platform for cultural exhibitions, academic exchanges, as well as business negotiations and promotions.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

Tourists visit a miniature of the old Summer Palace in the Museum of Chinese Gardens inside the garden expo.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

Visitors pose with the mascot of the garden expo before a flower bed.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

A foreign tourist walks outside the main exhibition hall of the expo.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

A sculpture is seen inside the expo. The event will run until Nov 18.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

People walk out of the gate of the garden expo.

 Beijing hosts garden expo

Visitors tour the "splendid valley", a key project of the expo. The valley was adapted from a section of the Yongding River.

(China Daily 06/11/2013 page6)