On May 18th, the opening ceremony of the Second International

“Fascination of Plants Day” popular science activities and the

awarding ceremony of the “Second International ‘Fascination of

Plants Day’” National Elementary-High School Composition Contest

were held at Shanghai Chen Shan Botanical Garden.

The CSPB, the activity coordinator in China, participated in the

organization of the activities whose theme was to promote the

relationship between plant science and everyday life. This

coordinated activity, aiming to popularize knowledge on plant

science, will plant virtual and constantly germinating seeds in the

collective mind of the Chinese and world public recalling that plant

science is of critical significance to the social, environmental and

economic landscape now and into the future.

During the following two weeks, Shanghai Chen Shan Botanical

Garden, South China Botanical Garden, Wuhan Botanical Garden,

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Beijing Botanical Garden,

Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and other more

than 20 organizations hosted a series of popular science lectures

and exhibitions on botanic life. The activities featured topics ranging

from plants and the environment, biofuel to food nutrition,

transgenic plant to food safety, combining science with colorful

activities.

版纳植物园国际植物日新闻报道

5月 18日是第二届国际植物日，位于祖国西南边陲的中国科学

院西双版纳热带植物园在这天为公众提供了精彩纷呈的科普活动。

继成功在勐仑中心小学开展“成长中的望天树”科普讲座后，

植物园科普老师在 5月 18这天带领来自勐醒中学和南腊中学的 100

余名中学生在的参观了植物园。在参观开始前，植物园科普老师为

同学们安排了活泼的生态游戏（“蝙蝠与蛾子”，“大风吹”），

有趣的游戏深深的吸引了同学们，同时也拉近了参与者之间的关系。

在参观过程中，同学们最感兴趣的是观看跳舞草和科普展览，在整

个参观过程中，同学们认真聆听并记录植物和生物多样性知识，因

为他（她）们都要为自己起一个“自然名”进行知识储备。在参观

结束后，科普老师引导同学们开展“我心中的生态家园”绘画，更

加深了本次活动的教育意义。

除了上述活动外，在植物园博物馆开展的科普展览受众超过

1000人，青年团员赴版纳植物园旧址考察活动也取得了良好的效果。