Source: Qinhuangdao Daily
Reporter: Wang Dong
Translator:Hu Zhili, Proofreader: Shao Lijun
On July 3, Information Office of Hebei Provincial Government held the press conference for the 2nd Garden Expo in Hebei province.
Photographer: Li Duo
The press conference held by Information Office of Hebei Provincial Government on July 3 announced that the 2nd Garden Expo will be grandly opened in Qinhuangdao on July 16th, and closed on October 18th .The theme is “Port City with Mountains and Sea• Green Dreams”, and all the preparatory work has currently been completed.
The 2nd Garden Expo will be sponsored by Provincial Housing Urban and Rural Construction Department, organized by Qinhuangdao Municipal Government, and co-organized by other cities of Hebei province. The Expo, located at the eastern foot of Qiyun Mountain, Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, covers an area of 2,000 Mu. The activities and events are themed at three levels: “International theme, Asian theme, and Hebei theme”, and 21 main activities of 5 categories are planned, including policy, academics, creativity, regional coordinated development, and integration of industry and city, etc.
Photographer: Li Duo
Entrusted by Zhang Ruishu, the mayor, Chen Yuguo, standing member of the CPC Qinhuangdao municipal committee, head of the Publicity Department, issued a report on the preparations and characteristics of the Expo, and answered the reporter's questions.
Chen Yuguo pointed out that Qinhuangdao city was awarded the national civilized city last year, which promoted the city's spiritual civilization construction to a new height. At present, the construction of ecological civilization has become the consensus of citizens who are willing to join this campaign. Qinhuangdao city has taken the construction of expo garden as an important starting point to promote the construction of ecological civilization, and built the largest green park in Qinhuangdao, turning the barren Qiyun Mountain into the Golden and Silver Mountain. It provides a fresh model of green rebirth and ecological restoration to create a new engine for green development. Environmental remediation of airport, railway stations and major streets in Qinhuangdao has been carried out, public security and food safety managements have been strengthened, securities in all aspects have been provided to ensure visitors’ happy staying here, and make them enjoy the beauty of nature and humanity in Qinhuangdao. Meanwhile, the successful practices in the construction process will be solidified into regulations, adhering to normalized and institutionalized management, and striving to improve the level of urban management. We will create innovative expo, low-carbon expo, sponge expo, smart expo and common people's expo in an all-round way, and strive to make Qinhuangdao a first-class international tourism city.