A short film introducing Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen issued on the internet recently.

　　Through hard efforts of several generations,, Nanjing Botanical Garden Mem. Sun Yat-Sen, as the first national botanical garden established in 1929 in China, has turned into a well-known modern comprehensive botanical garden that incorporates scientific research, botanical education and tourism. The garden has a living collection of about 4500 taxa and is divided into Northern Garden and Southern garden. As a research center on central and northern subtropical floras of China, the Northern Garden consists of 10 specialized gardens and 700, 000 sheets of herbarium specimens. With collection, introduction, development, utilization and protection of plant resources as its major target, the Northern Garden has gained rich achievements in the research on plant taxonomy, medicinal plants, economic plants, ornamental plants, plant phytochemistry, environmental plants and biodiversity protection. With Tropical Palace as its centre, the Southern Garden consists of specialized garden such as Garden for the Visually Handicapped Grass Garden, Aquatic Plant Garden, Rock Garden, Bamboo Garden, Recreational Forest Section, Spore Plant Section, City Landscaping Plant Section Economic Plant Section and Plant Maze.

　　The film gives a panoramic view of the garden.

　　Please click here to watch the film: http://www.cubg.cn/info/membernews/2017-02-22/1579.html .