A technical hearing was held on December 4 at XTBG to review the feasibility of the project “Landscape Optimization of Tropical Living Plant Collections”, which new plan was set forth by XTBG. The expert panel discussion was organized by the CAS Bureau of Life Sciences & Biotechnology.

  XTBG proposed, on the basis of preliminary development over the past years, to optimize and perfect the landscape in the Garden. The new plan includes construction of “Energy Plants Collection”, “Wild Related Species of Cultivated Plants Collection”, “Vine Garden”, Riverside Seasonal Rainforest Plants Collection” and “Collection of Typical Tropical Plant Species”, and reconstruction of the Nursery.

 The experts concluded that the project had clear-cut goals and objectives as well as performance indicators; that the overall technology road map was reasonable and feasible. They recommended that the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) approve the project in a timely fashion. The experts suggested that the project be jointly sponsored and funded by Yunnan Provincial Government and the CAS, so as to promote the smooth implementation of the project.

  The experts also suggested that XTBG further condense Science & Technology objectives, in accordance with mind identity of scientific botanical garden, and optimize the implementation plan.

  The implementation of the project “Landscape Optimization of Tropical Living Plant Collections” is aimed to improve the function regionalization within the Garden, to strengthen the functions of living collections as public education and species preservation, and to step up the gardening levels. All in all, it is to contribute to XTBG to be worthy of the name “A Leading Tropical Botanical Garden in the World”.