Today, a national project appeared in Guangzhou!The meaning behind it is not simple

Zhigu Trends (ID: ZGTREND) | Wu Yan

On July 11, a national project was unveiled in Guangzhou.

The South China Botanical Garden was officially upgraded to the South China National Botanical Garden, and the Beijing National Botanical Garden, which was listed in April, formed two major camps, one south and north.

There are nearly 200 botanical gardens (trees gardens) on the vast land of China, but there are only two that can cover the "national" golden signboard.

Why is the botanical garden so important overnight? There are so many cities across the country, why is it settled in Guangzhou, economically developed?

Historical choices have never been accidental.

Why build a national botanical garden?

The construction of the National Botanical Garden is not a tide.

As early as 2021, at the 15th Conference of the Convention on the Convention on the Convention on the Biological Diversity, it has clearly stated that the construction of the national botanical system of the Beijing, Guangzhou and other national botanical gardens has been clearly stated.

In the biological diversity system, the responsibilities of the national botanical garden are very clear, mainly based on the protection of plant resources and the research of plant science, supplemented by scientific communication, and garden gardening display.

The most critical part is "protection" and "research".

Some people may ask. Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, various capitals have poured into strategic emerging industries. Chip, artificial intelligence, aerospace and other high -tech fields are too busy. Is it necessary for plants to move on the plants?

But don't underestimate this tree, the strategic significance behind it is not simple.

American scientist Kot Steiger mentioned in "Poetic Atom" that one -eighth of carbon elements in the human body comes from carbon dioxide discharged by chemical energy. People are about to become the "son of exhaust gas".

You may not know that the fossil -based carbon content buried underground is actually twice as many as the global carbon cycle project. Originally these fossil energy sources were hidden under the surface and have been isolated from the world for millions of years.

However, modern humans excavate oil, natural gas, coal, or burning power generation, or processing into various industrial raw materials. These carbon elements have nowhere to escape. They are forced to enter the natural circulation system on the ground, and eventually enter the human body through the food chain.

We cannot stop the pace of energy mining. Therefore, if you want to reverse the fate of the "son of exhaust gas", you must ask for a variety of plants.

High school biology textbooks have been said that under the influence of photosynthesis, plants will transform carbon dioxide and water into organic matter storage energy, and release oxygen.

As more and more motor vehicles in cities and more and more population gather, carbon elements have long been invisible to form the city's CO2 dome. Under this large net, plants are almost the only natural "purifier".

Without their existence, it is impossible for us to maintain the normal operation of the entire city and even a country. Therefore, the more large cities, the more they should pay attention to the protection and research plants.

The national botanical garden settled in Guangzhou this time, showing Guangzhou's position as a national central city.

Although plants do not have the hard power of technology, the small body contains huge energy, and plant research can even feed on the national economy.

For example, in the past, rubber was an extremely important strategic resource and was included in the embargo list. There is a general understanding internationally, and rubber should not be planted north of 17 ° north latitude. Most of my country's tropical and subtropical areas are exactly north latitude north latitude. It is a full "restricted area". The output of rubber has been very low.

However, after many years of research in the South China Botanical Garden, we finally successfully realized the north of the rubber tree, creating a miracle in the history of the world's plant.

In 1982, the South China Botanical Garden won the first prize of the national invention with the "rubber tree at 18 ° ~ 24 ° in the north latitude". The domestic rubber output has increased rapidly, and finally there is no need to be stuck around the neck. At the same time, it has also led to the long -term development of China's tires, shoes and other industries.

It can be seen that the seemingly inconspicuous plant research work can also become a combustion agent for the Chinese industrial system.

After the South China Botanical Garden is upgraded to the National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou will undertake more plant research. Perhaps in the near future, these achievements can be used in our national economy.

In addition, the national botanical garden also assumes the important functions of scientific communication and garden gardening. By continuously improving the popular science education function and showing the charm of biological diversity, it can stimulate everyone's awareness of protecting the green home, which is of great benefit to carbon neutralization and carbon peaks.

(Picture source: CCTV News Official Weibo)

Why is Guangzhou

Since the gold content of the national botanical garden is so heavy, why choose to settle in Guangzhou.

First, the latitude of Guangzhou has a natural advantage.

30 degrees north latitude, the African continent is the desolate Sahara Desert, but the East Asian side is the flowers of flowers like flowers.

Judging from the map, most of the North Tropics are desert. Only in South China is a lush forest, this oasis are unique.

Such a rich plant type, if it is to be protected by cross -latitude, the effect is not ideal. As the old saying, Orange Sheng Huaibei is a cricket, and the kapok in the south cannot survive.

Therefore, plants are more suitable for relocation protection in the same latitude. This is the "natural endowment" of the National Botanical Garden to land in Guangzhou.

You know, Guangzhou itself is one of the most rich plants in all large cities in China. In the future, from Hainan Island to the south of the Yangtze River, its rare plants can be migrated to the South China National Botanical Garden. If Beijing will become a plant bank in China's temperate region, Guangzhou will become a subtropical plant museum. The two will supplement each other, forming two plants, one north, one south.

Secondly, the South China Botanical Garden has a thick historical heritage.

As early as 1929, Chen Huanhuan, a famous botanist in China, founded the Sun Yat -sen University Institute of Botanicals in Guangzhou -this is the predecessor of the South China Botanical Garden and later changed to the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

South China Botanical Garden is the longest, most type, and largest South Asian tropical botanical garden in China. It is known as the "World Qi Shi Expo", which is never concluded, and is known as "Southern China Emerald".

It has a mature mechanism in plant protection. It has a rare plant conservation center and 38 specialized parks including Mulan Garden, Ginger Garden, Bamboo Garden, Lan Garden, Palm Park, and Su Tieyuan. There are 17,168 types of ground conservation plants, and more than 430 endangered wild plants protected by the state.

As one of the three major botanical gardens in the country, South China Botanical Garden's skill in plant science research is also very solid. There are more than 130 Chinese scientific research results published in the annual average, covering nearly 20 disciplines.

Therefore, upgrading to the national botanical garden is logical and water.

Once, we demolished the walls and many historical and cultural buildings, which caused the embarrassing thousands of the city today. This is a great regret in the process of urbanization in China. The uniqueness of Chinese culture has lost many display carriers.

Today, with the national botanical garden, the excavator cannot move the "root" of the plant.

Some comments pointed out that the national botanical garden is similar to the museum, not only a data outfield, but also a public instrument about the country and national narrative.

The start and construction of the national botanical garden can collect and display the cherishing endangered plants with national characteristics, making it an important carrier to show China's long history, culture and national spirit, and help improve national cohesion and create Chinese characteristics.

This time, Guangzhou was committed to telling the world's important mission to tell Chinese plant stories worldwide. This is another affirmation of Guangzhou as a forefront of reform and opening up, and it is also the responsibility of Guangzhou as a national central city.

In the future, Guangzhou will play the role of leaders in the era of global biological diversity under the spotlight.

The best ecological environment

In recent years, Guangzhou has made "embroidery kung fu" in the ecological environment, and has successfully created the unique city landscape of "forest encirclement, green road penetration city, green full city, four seasons flower cities". This also constitutes the confidence of Guangzhou's dare to undertake the historical mission of the National Botanical Garden.

There are more than 10,000 ancient trees and famous trees in 11 districts in the city. They use the Internet+to create a "green brain". The first in the country.

The city's green road stretches for more than 3,500 kilometers, and more than 500 landscapes and attractions are connected in series, and the service population has more than 10 million people to create a low -carbon living circle for Guangzhou citizens.

A total of more than 330 bridges in the city have completed the three -dimensional greening, forming a distinctive urban air green gallery and flower gallery, which beautify the living space of citizens and increase the characteristics of "Huacheng".

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These efforts have made Guangzhou a proud "green" transcript, and its green coverage rate has soared from 20%in 1991 to 45.52%now.

In 2020, in major cities across the country, the per capita park area of ​​Guangzhou was 23.35 square meters, and it ranked first in the country, far exceeding the second Hohhot.

In areas where economy is developed, it can also maintain such a high per capita green value. It is precious.

As "National Garden City", "National Forest City", "National Green Model City" and "Advanced City of Forestry Ecological Construction", Guangzhou is definitely one of the most livable areas among first- and second -tier cities.

Don't underestimate these efforts. The high -quality environment is a great weapon for talents and resources inside and outside the siphon.

In this regard, Singapore is a precedent for success. It is famous for its "garden city" label. Its green area accounts for 45%of the land area, and the green coverage rate has reached more than 80%.

This success stems from the grand idea of ​​leader Lee Kuan Yew.

He was worried that Singapore became a cold industrial city due to economic development, and he launched a "green movement", hoping to use green vegetation to soften steel concrete.

Li Guangyao believes that if Singapore can be made into a "Southeast Asian oasis" that distinguish between neighboring countries, it can attract more foreign capital to settle in and achieve a leap from the third world to the first world.

This "green strategy" really worked. Singapore has grown into a four -dragon in Asia. With the green livable environment, it has gathered high -end talents in the world, and wrote a legend of the three -level national jump.

As an old -fashioned industrial and commercial city, Guangzhou also benefits from a good business and ecological environment, and has maintained a high speed of development.

In the past ten years, Guangzhou's permanent population has rushed from 12.7 million to 18.68 million, and the population growth has ranked second in the country. In 2020, there were 115 academicians of "two houses" working in Guangzhou, 1224 high -level talents, 3117 foreign high -end talents, and 7056 holders of talent green cards.

In the "Global City Comprehensive Ranking" released by Korney, a well -known internationally renowned management consulting agency, Guangzhou jumped from 71 in 2019 to 61 in 2021, second only to Taipei, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Shanghai. In the "Future Potential Ranking of Global Cities", Guangzhou has jumped from 54 in 2020 to 34 in 2021. It has advanced to 20 a year, which is very amazing.

In a word, urban comfort is becoming the unique competitiveness of Guangzhou, allowing it to stand out in a crowded urban track.

Next Silicon Valley

In addition to the upgrading of the South China Botanical Garden to the National Botanical Garden, there is also a recent major event in Guangzhou quietly kicked off, that is, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) was officially approved.

Two things that seem to be unrelated, in fact, have a common direction:

Have you noticed that the Greater Bay Area with Guangzhou as the core point is more and more like Silicon Valley?

First of all, the climate characteristics of the two regions are very similar from an environmental point of view.

The climate of Silicon Valley is mild and pleasant, mild in winter, and dry heat in summer. Many entrepreneurs at home and abroad have been attracted by the climate here.

The father of the crystal pipe Xiao Keli is a good example.

After leaving the Bell Lab, he will span the entire United States to the West Coast to create a semiconductor laboratory because the whole year is sunny, and the suitable climate has great temptation to him.

Since ancient times, Guangzhou has the reputation of Huacheng. It has warm winter in summer, and the flowers of the four seasons are often opened.

After the formal landing of the National Botanical Garden, the construction of ecological and environmental protection and ecological civilization in Guangzhou is likely to enter a higher level. Urban construction moves towards a more detailed management direction. Resisting the environment, attracting more "the strongest brain".

Secondly, from the perspective of innovation, the education and R & D strength of the two places is becoming increasingly comparable.

The university in Silicon Valley is a master of master Lin Li, gathered in Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Western University in the United States.

On the Greater Bay Area, the education strength is not inferior.

From the perspective of the world ranking, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, Kaishi Negellon University, St. Clara University, University of California Davis, University of California San Cruz, and San Francisco University ranked 3rd, 27th, 52 respectively , 74, 102, 375, 1001.

Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Chinese, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong City, Hong Kong Science and Technology, South University of Science and Technology, China University, Australia, Huagong, and University are ranked 21, 28, 40, 54, 65, 226, 267, 304, 406, 701 On the left and right, the future ranking is expected to continue to rise.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) approved this time carried out undergraduate and master doctoral education, which was independent of the legal person, financial independence, and equal status with the two universities of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Its landing has expanded the top students in the Greater Bay Area again.

The National Botanical Garden will continue to optimize the "environment", and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) will continue to transport "talents". Both factors are necessary conditions for the International Science and Technology Innovation Center.

The Greater Bay Area with Guangzhou as the core point is getting closer to the next Silicon Valley.

The accumulation of thickness, the future of Guangzhou is not limited.

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