It’s not hot in the early summer, and flowers and grass are growing well. Shanghai is full of flowers in May. As a comprehensive flower event with the largest scale, the highest level and the biggest influence in the field of flower horticulture in China, the 10th China Flower Expo kicked off today in Chongming. In the following 40+ days, a beautiful picture of “Blossoming with the Chinese Dream” will unfold on the “flower island on the sea”... The beauty of the Expo lies in that it reflects the concept of mutual appreciation of each other’s beauty The Century Pavilion shapes like a butterfly with open wings, the Fuxing Pavilion impresses visitors with magnificence, the Bamboo Pavilion seems to be emerging from the chrysalis, the Baihua Pavilion looks like two connected hearts, and the Floriculture Pavilion has various flowers competing with each other for beauty... With meticulous design, construction and exhibition arrangement, the China Flower Expo presents unique flowers and trees, featured buildings, and delicate exhibition gardens. It brings together the flower culture with a long history, new varieties of flowers and new technologies of gardening, especially China’s flower art, to the big stage of the Expo, enabling them to fully display their beauty for mutual appreciation, and allowing citizens and tourists to roam in the world of flowers and fully enjoy the beautiful scenery. The beauty of the Expo lies in the picture of ecological civilization it shows The China Flower Expo is not only an arena for the exchange and mutual learning of garden cultures, but also a window to show high-quality development, high-quality life and high-efficiency governance. Adhering to the guiding principle of “ecology, innovation, frugality, integrity and safety”, Shanghai has firmly seized the important opportunity of the China Flower Expo to demonstrate the latest achievements in building Chongming into a world-class ecological island and the beautiful picture in Shanghai’s ecological civilization construction. During the stress testing of the China Flower Expo not long ago, a row of “Shanghai’s longest flower viewing benches” in the North Garden quietly went viral and became a must-visit for many tourists. The benches that can be disassembled like a jigsaw are environmental-friendly, with the raw material coming from millions of recycled milk cartons. The row of benches embody deeper connotations of the Expo: they not only provide an opportunity to appreciate the flowers and gardens of various places for citizens who love green life, but also create a sample of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Careful viewers will surely find that there are more vivid and rich interpretations of the creative details hidden in greenery in the China Flower Expo Garden. The beauty of the Expo lies in the momentum it triggers in the flower industry With the per capita flower consumption ranking first nationwide for a long time, Shanghai is undoubtedly China’s largest flower consumption market. The huge demand is an inherent industrial advantage. Relying on the brand of China Flower Expo, Shanghai has made up its mind to further amplify its influence and driving effect, accelerate the development of related upstream and downstream industries such as the flower industry and tourism industry, and better transform its ecological advantages into development advantages. As the venue of the Expo, Chongming will step up efforts to turn the flower industry into a new growth point for urban modern green agriculture, build strong momentum for high-quality development, and make big strides towards a world-class ecological island. The Expo has several firsts - it was held on an island for the first time, in the countryside for the first time, and in the forest for the first time. It was attended by all provinces, autonomous regions and cities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It had the most outdoor exhibition gardens, and saw the most enthusiasm of foreign cities. It paid special attention to ecological protection, insisted on pursuing excellence, stayed committed to technological innovation, and strove to create a scene of all flowers blooming together. Having integrated many innovations, the 10th China Flower Expo will surely be a beautiful, unforgettable, colorful event, making contributions to the development of China’s ecological civilization and construction of a beautiful China.