To follow the opening of the 2011 Science and Technology Week on May 14, XTBG organized a series of activities to increase awareness of protecting rare and endangered plants.
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XTBG researchers introduced the importance of protecting rare and endangered plant species.
Focusing on orchids, the visitors had a chance to watch the flower structure and seeds of orchids, take orchid photos in the Shade Plant Garden, and understand the importance of protecting biodiversity.
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A photo exhibition named “image beauty of plants” simultaneously showed in the Museum helped visitors to know 25 kinds of rare and endangered plants.
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The theme of the 2011 Science and Technology Week is “building an innovation-oriented country”, running from May 14-20.
Initiated in 2001, the National Science & Technology Week, China's annual nationwide science publicity event, takes place in the third week of every May.
About Since the over-exploitation of orchids is a worldwide concern, all orchids are isted as key preserved plants by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in 2000.