Beijing horticultural expo to hold 'Hainan Day'

The 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, the world's largest expo exhibiting flowers, fruit, and vegetable farming, will hold a special "Hainan Day" from July 21 to 23 in Beijing. 

The press conference for "Hainan Day" at the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition is held in Haikou on July 15. [Photo by Zhang Jie/Hainan Daily]

According to a press conference held on July 15, thorough preparations for "Hainan Day" have been made. The South China island province will take full advantage of the expo's popularity to showcase Hainan's renowned environment, enticing tourism attractions, and unique garden art through artistic shows, intangible cultural heritage shows, as well as local specialty exhibitions and promotion seminars of the Hainan Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and Free Trade Port (FTP).

 "Hainan Day" will kick off with an opening ceremony, which will also serve as a promotion event for the province's tourism and culture, as well as the Hainan FTZ and FTP. Over the three days, more promotions will be held to increase global exposure of Hainan in terms of its tourism, duty-free shopping, healthcare, as well as its MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions, and events) and wedding tourism industries.

The beautiful scenery of Longmuwan in Ledong Li autonomous county. [Photo by Zhang Jie/Hainan Daily]

A special "Haikou Day" and "Sanya Day" will also be launched during the "Hainan Day" event to promote the two cities. Intangible cultural heritage shows are also slated to treat visitors of the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition to traditional textile dyeing and weaving techniques, bone carving techniques of the Li ethnic group, as well as other distinctive local music and dances. 

Themed "Live Green, Live Better", the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition is the world's largest expo of its kind. It got underway on April 29 and will last until Oct 7.

Yahu terraced fields in the city of Wuzhishan is just one of the beautiful sites of Hainan province. [Photo by Zhang Jie/Hainan Daily]