Background
The National Botanical Garden is a comprehensive institution that integrates functions such as off-site conservation of plants, scientific research, scientific communication, landscape and horticultural exhibition, and sightseeing or leisure. It is not only a national base for plant diversity protection, but also an important indicator of a country's sustainable economic, technological, cultural, ecological, and social development level.
During the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, president Xi Jinping said it has started building a national botanical garden system in places including Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province. In August 2023, Xining National Botanical Garden was listed as a candidate garden for the National Botanical Garden. Xining National Botanical Garden' s Construction is an important measure of implementing guiding principles set forth by above speech and the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is an important scientific and technological support unit for the construction of Xining National Botanical Garden. It shoulders a mission of promoting international academic exchanges in the field of botanical garden construction. In order to accelerate the preparatory work for the establishment of the Xining National Botanical Garden and actively promote international academic exchanges in the field of botanical garden construction, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will hold the International Conference on Xining National Botanical Garden's Construction in Xining from October 20 to 22.
Theme and Contents
Theme: Construct Xining National Botanical Garden with high quality
The conference invited renowned international experts including professor Stephen Blackmore, professor Peter Crane, professor Timothy John Entwisle, professor Paul Philip Smith, professor Gunter Fischer, professor Christopher Willis, and Professor Alberto Gómez Mejía.
Stephen Blackmore is the president of the International Botanical Garden Conservation Union (BGCI) and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Peter crane is the president of the American Oak Spring Garden Foundation, an international outstanding scholar of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Royal Society of Britain, a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, an academician of the German National Academy of Sciences, a foreign academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The above seven foreign experts have deep research achievements in botany and plant protection.
At the same time, well-known domestic experts were also invited to attend and give presentations.
Lead Organization
Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
South China Botanical Garden ，Chinese Academy of Sciences
Forest and Grass Bureau of Qinghai province
Partner Organizations
National Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding
Botanical Society of Qinghai Province
Xining Botanical Garden
Date
October 20-October 22, 2023
Registration time
September 20-October 13, 2023
Meeting Venue
Academic Lecture Hall, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (23# Xinning Lu, Xining, Qinghai, China).
Accommodation
Hotel: Qinghai Hotel
Address:158# Huanghe Lu，Xining，Qinghai，China
Contact us
Fang WANG +8615202566362, Jiao MO +8615529036720
Email： wangfang@nwipb.cas.cn mojiao@nwipb.cas.cn
Address：23# Xinning Lu, Xining, Qinghai, China