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.

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.

A photo exhibition named “image beauty of plants” simultaneously showed in the Museum helped visitors to know 25 kinds of rare and endangered plants.

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.