The International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 opened in Chengdu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Friday. With the theme of "Park City, Beautiful Habitat," the exhibition will continue until October 28.

Covering a total area of more than 2.42 square kilometers, the expo showcases a variety of horticultural technologies and garden arts from home and abroad.

During the expo, more than 2,000 activities, including an international flower gardening competition and an intangible cultural heritage exhibition, will also take place in Chengdu to promote international interactions and collaborations among the gardening, horticulture, floriculture and nursery sectors, humanities and fine arts.

According to the organizing committee, various aspects of the exhibition have achieved new records, including the number of exhibiting gardens, the number of gardens from abroad and the number of gardens from associations and corporations.

The expo also compiled and unveiled the "Low-carbon Management Proposal," the first of its kind in the history of the event in more than six decades. Following the conclusion of the exhibition, the central buildings will be transformed into garden museums, cultural hubs and art centers.