Views of the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [Photo/ english.scib.ac.cn]

The South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1929, is one of the nation's most important botanical and ecological research bases.

The garden has a total land area of 300 hectares as well as 6,000 species of introduced tropical and subtropical plants, not to mention the special Magnoliaceae and Zingiberaceae gardens that are on a first class world level.

The garden, a national science popularization and education base and one of the Top Ten Tourism Sites of Guangzhou, is a National 4A Tourism Zone and one of the oldest and largest Chinese botanical gardens. It preserves the most plant species in the country, more than 13,000. There are 30-something theme gardens, including ones for Magnoliaceae, Zingiberaceae, bamboo, orchids, palms and cycads.

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