Recently, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly issued the National Botanical Garden System Layout Plan, which determined to select 14 candidate national botanical gardens to be included in the national botanical garden system layout on the basis of the two national botanical gardens already established.

China is one of the countries with the richest plant diversity in the world, with more than 38000 species of higher plants, spanning 6 climatic zones and 8 major vegetation types. In 2022, the two National Botanical Gardens set up in Beijing and Guangzhou will be the first to be put into operation, making a solid step forward in promoting the construction of the national botanical garden system. In 2022, three giant konjac plants in the National Botanical Garden achieved the first group flowering under artificial cultivation in the world, and produced fruits and seeds through artificial pollination; The National Botanical Garden has successfully introduced 24 species of spruce from all over the world, accounting for more than half of the world; The National Botanical Garden has become a "Noah's Ark" for protecting rare and endangered plants.

All things have their own harmony to live and their own sustenance to become. The construction of national botanical garden system is the practical need to protect plant provenance. At present, China is building a three-level "in situ protection" system of "national park nature reserve natural park", and establishing an ex situ plant protection system with the National Botanical Garden as the main body, in order to achieve full coverage of plant diversity protection. The so-called ex situ protection refers to the removal of the species whose survival and reproduction are seriously threatened from the original place to the botanical garden for special protection and management, which is equivalent to the "backup" and "insurance" of the species outside the reserve. It can be said that the National Botanical Garden has become a base for biodiversity conservation, a reserve of strategic plant resources, and an important platform for plant science communication in China. It represents the highest level of national plant diversity conservation, research and utilization, and is one of the symbols of national soft power.

Let "green" grow vigorously and tell a good story about Chinese plants. The establishment of the National Botanical Garden can not only become an important carrier to show China's long history, culture and national spirit, but also provide people with high-quality ecological products and beautiful spiritual enjoyment, and provide a platform for close exploration of natural ecology. From the National Botanical Garden Science Popularization Hall set up in the National Botanical Garden Science Popularization Museum to the South China National Botanical Garden to host the "Hello, National Botanical Garden" Guangdong Province Children's Natural Art Research and Practice Activity... In creating a harmonious relationship between man and nature, create a relaxed and happy leisure environment for the public, The National Botanical Garden is contributing its due strength. In the National Botanical Garden, the public has the opportunity to appreciate many rare and endangered plants, explore plant ecology, appreciate exotic flowers and plants, feel the mystery of natural evolution, enhance the awareness of wild plant protection, and make a real end of a better life.

However, we should also be aware that the construction of the National Botanical Garden system is a long-term cause that has been merited for a long time and passed down from generation to generation. China is still in its infancy. The road to plant protection in China is still a long way to go, and we must make unremitting efforts to this end. In this process, it is not only necessary to solve the problem of talents, to achieve the goal of leading disciplines with tasks and talents with disciplines, to solve the problem of weak scientific research strength, but also to focus on capital investment, give play to the role of market resource allocation, establish a long-term and stable diversified capital investment mechanism, accelerate the application of new technologies in real situations, and constantly enhance the supply capacity of science and technology, In order to better support China's biodiversity conservation work.

If you keep going, you can expect the future. According to the construction goal of the national botanical garden system, by 2025, China will set up about five national botanical gardens; By 2035, we will strive to establish about 10 national botanical gardens. This is a clear goal blueprint, so that the world can see the responsibility of a responsible big country. Let's work together to provide more Chinese wisdom for biodiversity conservation in the world.

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