Chengdu ready to lift curtain on horticultural expo

All preparations for the opening of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu on Friday have been completed and it is ready to welcome visitors from around the world, a senior expo official said on Tuesday.

With the theme "Park City, Beautiful Habitat", the expo in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, will run through Oct 28. It will showcase a diverse collection of flower and plant species, and gardening cultures from all over the world.

The installation of exhibitions at all 113 exhibition parks in the seven major exhibition areas of the main venue, as well as six core pavilions, has been completed, Zhang Yinchao, office director of the expo's organizing committee and secretary-general of the China Flower Association, told a news conference in Chengdu.