Beijing Expo 2019 Joins Hands of “Autumn Love” Flower Art Festival in Nanchang of Jiangxi to Select Exhibits for the Expo

On the morning of September 28, the 2018 “Autumn Love” Expo Flower Art Festival of Nanchang in Jiangxi was held in Meihu Lake Scenic Spot. On one hand, the event created the atmosphere for the Beijing Expo 2019. On the other hand, it is expected to select a number of exhibits and programs for the exhibition and activities for Jiangxi Garden of the Expo. Before the event, Deputy Director of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture Liu Guanghua held a discussion with representatives from the Beijing World Horticultural Expo Coordination Bureau on the preparations for the Beijing Expo 2019.Rao Jianru, Deputy Director of Economic Plants Bureau of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture, Yao Wen, Vice Chairman of Jiangxi Flower Association, Wang Chuncheng，Deputy Director of Beijing World Horticultural Expo Coordination Bureau, Liu Mingli, Vice-Chairman of CPPCC of Yanqing District of Beijing and Deputy Head of the Leadership Team of Yanqing District for Preparation of Beijing Expo, and others participated in the discussion.

During the discussion, Deputy Director Liu Guanghua introduced the development achievements of flower and agricultural industry and expressed the willingness to create fine agriculture and flower produces of Jiangxi to show the beautiful province on the international stage of Beijing Expo 2019. Meanwhile, he requested the organizations of Jiangxi participating in the event to go all out to promote the construction of gardens and pavilions under the unified requirements of the organizing committee.

Deputy director Wang Chuncheng expressed that Beijing Expo 2019, as an A1 World Horticultural Exposition themed on flowers and gardening, will provide an open platform for international exchange between participants from all over the world and exhibit such products as flower, fruit, medicine, vegetable, tea and coffee in broad sense of horticultural. The gardens, pavilions and exhibits of different provinces, municipalities and districts will be the focus of the exhibition and we are looking forward to see what Jiangxi Province will exhibit. In the future, Beijing Expo 2019 Park will seek common development together with Badaling Great Wall, Beijing Yeyahu National Wetland Park, Beijing Winter Olympic Games venues, Longqinxia Gorge Sea of Flowers, and other scenic spots surrounding the area to be a “Grand Garden” for citizens to be close to the nature and embrace green life.

Discussions on the progress of preparations for Beijing Expo 2019

The Flower Art Festival is hosted by Jiangxi Flower Association and co-organized by Nanchang Water Resources Investment Group and Nanchang Meihu Lake Scenic Area under the guidance of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Agriculture. As an important measure for Jiangxi to promote flower culture of Nanchang, it perfectly combines flowers with culture and art to provide a brand new audiovisual experience for the visitors. Apart from enjoying the splendid sea of flowers, visitors can appreciate many large-scale art performances during the flower art festival.

According to Yao Ji, Chairman of Jiangxi Flower Association, they are striving to integrate Meihu Lake Scenic Area, Eight Shanren Memorial, Flower Expo Garden and Geshan Garden with the joint efforts of different parties to create a name card of flower culture with distinctive features of Jiangxi to improve the competitiveness of flowers, planting technology and culture brand in Jiangxi for presenting a gift for Beijing Expo 2019.