Prof. Shen Maocai, director of Qinling National Botanical Garden, led a 9-person group to XTBG on March 16. The visit was aimed at seeking cooperation in talents training. Entrusted by Dr. Chen Jin, assistant director Yin Shouhua gave warm reception to the guests.

    The two sides exchanged ideas on campus construction. Prof. Shen Maocai acknowledged XTBG for valuable support to Qinling Botanical Garden at the earlier stage of its construction. He hoped that XTBG will give more support in talents training, species introduction and domestication, garden management and science popularization.

    Under the joint sponsorship of the Shaanxi Government, the State Forestry Administration, CAS and Xi'an Government, the Qinling National Botanical Garden is under construction. It is designed to cover an area of 458 square kilometers, four times the size of Australia’s Queensland Botanical Gardens. When completed, Qinling Botanical Garden will be the largest and most functional botanical garden in the world.