China plans biggest garden show ever The Beijing Expo, the biggest international horticultural exhibition ever staged, will be a centrepiece of China’s celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Communist state Beijing Expo 2019: 960-hectare site, half as big again as park made for 2008 Olympics – city’s previous record-setter Performance Centre Ecological Garden Life Experience Pavilion International Gardens International Pavilion China Gardens Education and Tech Gardens Chinese Medicine and Cultural Gardens Green Life Experience Agricultural Experience Green Industries Demonstration Area Eco-Tech Show Centre Waterfront Garden Plant Pavilion China Pavilion Guishui River N 300m 1,000ft Enclosed area 503 hectares Unfenced area 399 hectares Horicultural village 58 hectares Main entrance Secondary entrance VIP entrance HEBEI Yanqing BEIJING Beijing Great Wall of China 30km 20 miles Beijing CHINA Sources: AIPH, Beijing Expo 2019, ECADUS, The Economist © GRAPHIC NEWS