BIHECB Executive Director General Zhou Jianping Meets with Executive Director of UAE National Media Council

Recently, Mr. Zhou Jianping, executive director general of Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition Coordination Bureau (BIHECB), and BIHECB Deputy Director General Wang Chuncheng met with a delegation headed by Dr. Rashid Al Nuaimi, chief representative of the United Arab Emirates for the Beijing Expo 2019 and executive director of the UAE National Media Council. 

Mr. Zhou extended his welcome and gratitude to Dr. Nuaimi, and elaborated on the Beijing Expo 2019. He also noted that the Expo will provide considerate service for exhibitors from UAE. 

Zhou Jianping, executive deputy director of Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition Coordination Bureau

Dr. Nuaimi expressed his gratitude to Mr. Zhou and BIHECB for their warm reception. He said that the UAE-China relations have been comprehensively strengthened since Chinese President Xi Jinping’s successful visit to UAE, and the Chinese government had declared that it would support UAE in hosting the Dubai Expo 2020 and actively participate in the event. 

Dr. Rashid Al Nuaimi, executive director of the UAE National Media Council

The UAE government authorized its National Media Council as the agency responsible for the country’s participation in the Beijing Expo 2019. So far, the design company entrusted by UAE has completed garden design. Next, UAE will select a contractor to construct its garden as soon as possible, so as to display the country’s spectacular horticulture at the Beijing Expo. 

During the meeting, the architect of the UAE garden gave a detailed introduction of the garden’s design plan to Mr. Zhou and others. He noted that the garden will showcase the dream of UAE people—a green UAE—as well as the development of UAE. Utilizing new materials and innovative technologies, the UAE garden will organically combine deserts and oases, horticulture and architecture, tradition and modernity, thus creating a unique tourist experience. Mr. Zhou spoke highly of the design plan of the UAE garden, saying that its design reflects the essential nature of the Expo and fully demonstrates the themes of “green” and “horticulture,” which has high-degree operability and a sense of in-depth design. Moreover, Mr. Zhou gave some advice concerning the UAE garden’s vegetation planting, transport supporting, material selection, etc. His advice won recognition and applause from the UAE side. 

The architect of the UAE garden gives a briefing on his design plan

The two sides also exchanged views on other specific affairs concerning UAE’s participation in the Beijing Expo 2019 during the meeting until it ended in a cordial atmosphere. After the meeting, Dr. Nuaimi and other guests from UAE conducted a field survey on the Expo Site, accompanied by staff members of BIHECB. Dr. Nuaimi lavished praise on the construction of the Expo Site and the preparatory work for the Beijing Expo 2019, and wished the Expo a great success.