Editor's Notes: Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, put itself in the international spotlight when it hosted the Olympic Sailing Regatta and Paralympic Games in 2008, and it will once again gain worldwide fame as the host of the Qingdao International Horticultural Expo in 2014, when the city will demonstrate its stunningly beautiful scenery and supremely livable environment to the world once more.
Qingdao is making efforts to attract more exhibitors from home and abroad to the 2014 International Horticultural Expo.The exhibition will feature a Chinese park, international park and green park, with a total of 122 sections, said Wang Jianxiang, deputy mayor of Qingdao and head of the expo's organizing committee.
City preps for 2014 horticultural expoInspired by a tale of heavenly maidens, the blueprint of the 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition features elements both ancient and modern, fusing combined concepts from the East and the West.
Exhibition is the biggest event the coastal city has held since hosting the 2008 Olympic Regatta