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CHINA DAILY
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Tourists to the coastal resort Qingdao this summer will not only be enchanted by beaches and the temples on Laoshan Mountain, but also by the Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition.
During the recent three-day International Workers' Day holiday more than 10,000 visitors enjoyed the wonderland of floriculture.
"It is an unparalleled chance for Qingdao to elevate its development and raise its profile by hosting such an international event," said Li Fengli, secretary-general of the expo's organizing committee.
It created a media bonanza in the month after it officially opened on April 25. All mainstream Chinese media outlets including newspapers, TV, and web portals have come to report and some foreign media organizations are beginning to pay attention as well.
Horticulture Week, one of the leading websites for horticulture professionals, reported on the unique design of the main Qingdao pavilion on April 29.
The 22,749-sq-m greenhouse is China's first low energy facility of its kind and the largest public greenhouse in Asia. It showcases conservation of plants from worldwide temperate habitats.
Gazette Newspapers in Long Beach, California reported on the display by students from the University of Georgia. It shows the approach of many private home gardens.
The expo that lasts until the end of October spreads across 241 hectares including 15.6 hectares of water in Licang district's Baiguoshan Forest Park.
Li said it is the first time the event has been held in a coastal Chinese city, and in the course of 184 days it will display the gardens planted and nurtured by representatives of 37 countries and regions.
The event is expected to draw more than 12 million domestic and international visitors to Qingdao.
The expo has nearly 2,000 different varieties of plants including a dozen different species of bamboo from across Asia, cactus species flown in from as far as South America, a 1,000-year-old litchi tree and a 400-meter-long expanse of algae from the US.
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