Unveiled today! What’s different about the National Botanical Garden?

April 18

National Botanical Garden

Officially unveiled in Beijing

(Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)

The National Botanical Gardens is

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (South Garden)

and Beijing Botanical Garden (North Garden)

Based on existing conditions

It was formed through organic integration through capacity expansion and efficiency enhancement

The total planned area is nearly 600 hectares

my country has a huge geographical span

Diverse landforms and climate

Rich vegetation types

It is one of the countries with the richest plant diversity in the world.

There are about 37,000 species of higher plants

Establishment of the National Botanical Garden in Beijing

It embodies the cordial care of several generations of leaders of New China

It is the ardent expectation of botanists and the common wish of the general public.

(Photo source: National Botanical Garden official website)

National Botanical Garden

The plan focuses on collecting native plants in the Three North regions

Representative plants of the northern temperate zone

Representative plants from different geographical regions around the world

More than 30,000 species of rare and endangered plants

A collection of 5 million representative plant specimens from five continents

20 special parks have been built

7 systematic evolutionary plant display areas and

1 native plant conservation area

We will also establish cooperative relationships with botanical gardens and professional institutions in hundreds of countries

Have you heard of the world's "loneliest" grape?

Land lotus, Chinese pigeon tree?

…

Every flower and every leaf is a gift from nature to mankind

Distributed throughout the motherland

Illustrated guide to rare plants in China, how many have you seen?

at present

The National Botanical Garden has collected more than 15,000 species of plants

Ex situ conservation of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Davidia involucrata, etc.

Nearly 1,000 species of rare and endangered plants

It has the largest herbarium in Asia

6 national flower germplasm resource banks and

International Begonia Variety Registration Rights

Possessing the top domestic plant science research team and platform

According to the introduction

On the existing basis

The new National Botanical Garden

The focus will be on the ex situ conservation of **** plants

Benchmarking against the world's top botanical gardens

Every blade of grass

Waiting for you in the spring breeze

Experience China in Spring

Comprehensive sources: Science and Technology Daily, People's Daily Online, National Botanical Garden official website, etc.