The second meeting of the organizing committee of 2019 World Horticultural Expo was held in Beijing on December 23, 2015. The work of the previous period was summed at the meeting while the task of the next phase studied and deployed. Wang Yang, Member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council and Chairman of the organizing committee chaired the meeting with a speech. Guo Jinlong, Member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and first deputy director of the organizing committee attended the meeting and made a speech.
37 members of the organizing committee from the Publicity Department of the CCCPC and National Development and Reform Commission were present. Deputy directors of the organizing committee, including Chairman of the CCPIT Jiang Zengwei, Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun, General Director of the State Forestry Bureau Zhang Jianlong, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong and Chairman of the China Flower Association Jiang Zehui, made reports on the progress of the committee, the preparatory work for the expo and respective work.
The documents including the 2019 World Horticultural Expo Action Plan, the Comprehensive Plan and Nearby Infrastructure Plan for 2019 World Horticultural Expo, the General Planning for International Exhibition Invitation for 2019 World Horticultural Expo were deliberated and approved at the meeting.
Jiang Zengwei introduced the work of the organizing committee. He said, since the first meeting of the committee, all the members attached great importance to the work by cooperating with each other and have done lots of fruitful work in international recognition procedure, editing guidance documents, publicity and promotion, as well as legal protection improvement, laying a good foundation for further work.
Jiang made a three-point proposal for the expo in terms of expo infrastructure and park construction, initiation of international exhibition invitation and publicity: create a new benchmark for Recognized International Exhibition, continue to lift awareness and enhance support for the expo, and ensure the level of international exhibitors.
Guo Jinlong said, under the strong leadership of the Central Committee and State Council, in accordance with world class standard, Beijing will make steady headway in various preparation work including park construction, exhibition design, exhibitors invitation at home and abroad, event planning and publicity. He added the city enhances overall planning and make full use of domestic and international resources with overall concept during the preparation. The city also focus on work innovation and innovation in exhibition design, working methods and mechanisms with the advantages of talents and technology, to improve the effectiveness and quality of the expo.
Vice Premier Wang Yang said, the expo is a window to showcase the achievements of China's ecological civilization construction and a lively practice of beautiful China. He required the preparations be made under the guidance of the spirit of the fifth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee and the theme of the expo "green life and beautiful home”, to make the expo a wonderful event with characteristics of the times, Chinese and Beijing’s characteristics and a gift for the 70th anniversary of the new China.
Wang stressed that the expo is a platform for China to demonstrate achievements and practice in new development concept. He required the combination of the concept of innovation, green, openness, and sharing with the whole process of the expo, and innovation in expo concept and mode while referring to China's long tradition of garden culture and horticulture. He stressed austerity in organizing the expo, while calling for new creative ideas to attract, enlighten people and leave some precious spiritual heritage.
He also called for extensive publicity of green production, green consumption, and green living philosophy to make green awareness deeply rooted among the people through the expo. He stressed learning organizing experience and gardening ideas from the advanced countries, and compliance with the rules of international horticultural exhibition organizations to make the organization work more specialized, standardized and internationalized.
Wang said, the preparation of the expo will be in full swing since 2016 and each member should fulfill their duties with close cooperation. He required to accelerate infrastructure construction like transportation, improve facilities for accommodation, medical services and leisure, start the exhibitors invitation work with focus on quality and quantity, and enhance publicity to lift the recognition, attention and participation of the expo.
Wang Jinzhen, Vice Chairman of the CCPIT and member of the committee attended the meeting with the accompany of Lin Shunjie, Director General of the Trade and Investment Promotion Department of the CCPIT and Zhang Liang, Deputy Director of the department.
2019 World Horticultural Expo is an A1 expo approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers and International Exhibitions Bureau, sponsored by the Chinese government and held by Beijing city. Themed on “green life and beautiful home”, the expo is scheduled to be held during April 29 to October 7, 2019 in Yanqing District, Beijing.