What is New Chenshan Botanical Garden has been awarded as a "Shanghai Civilized Park" by the Shanghai cultural and ideological progressing office and Shanghai landscaping and appearance administration bureau.
A water park will be opened in western Shanghai as competition to the Disney park project under construction in Pudong district.
Trevor Christen, the deputy director of Adelaide Botanical Garden, South Australia, was invited by Hu Yonghong, his Chinese counterpart, to visit Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden on June 18.
Chenshan Botanical Garden held various activities to celebrate the Double Fifth Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month), also called The Dragon Boat Festival, on June 23, 2012. During the festival holidays, the garden received 4,000 visitors.
The theme "2012 Fun filled graduation season at Shanghai Happy Valley --Life is a roller coaster, happy graduation!"
With an invitation from Ma Jinshuang, the deputy director of the Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Professor Xiang Qiuyun from North Carolina State University in the US went on an academic exchange to the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden on June 13.
Graduates from middle and high school can enjoy half-priced tickets with their graduation examination admission cards.
Chenshan Botanical Garden is going to host a series of special events celebrating the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival on June 23.
