average annual temperature of 18℃. Its diverse natural landscapes, featuring mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, and grasslands, offer ideal conditions to showcase a rich variety of global garden styles. The city's favorable climate allows for year-round operation, enabling visitors to enjoy the park in all four seasons. Wenzhou is well-positioned to host a Garden Expo that is colorful, seasonally vibrant, and set amid authentic natural scenery.

Secondly, Wenzhou is a birthplace of China's private economy and a major commercial hub on the southeast coast, functioning as a regional center and a national transportation nexus. It serves a broader area of 100,000 square kilometers and a population of 30 million, with high-speed rail and expressways linking it nationwide, and a 10-million-passenger international airport providing direct flights to Europe and Asia. With 2.45 million Wenzhou natives living across China and abroad, the city has established 268 off-site chambers of commerce and over 300 overseas Wenzhouese associations. Leveraging this extensive global network of commerce, information, and communication, Wenzhou is well-equipped to host a Garden Expo that connects China and the world, fostering global exchange with openness and inclusivity.

Thirdly, Wenzhou boasts extensive experience in hosting major international events. In recent years, it has successfully organized six editions of the World Young Scientists Summit and key global conferences such as the World Wenzhouese Conference. As a co-host city of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Wenzhou has demonstrated strong organizational capabilities. The city is well-prepared to deliver a Garden Expo that highlights global sophistication, Chinese cultural charm, Zhejiang's unique features, and Wenzhou's distinctive character.

The Garden Expo Park's master plan was collaboratively developed by over 10 leading Chinese experts, and adopts a spatial layout known as "Two Parks, Three Rings, and One Belt." The exhibition framework incorporates one classic Chinese garden, 34 city exhibition gardens, and 6 themed zones, along with iconic landmarks featuring "One Tower, Two Pavillions, and Twelve Scenes."

In terms of spatial layout, the North Park will serve as a vibrant leisure hub, featuring dining, trendy retail, themed exhibitions, cultural experiences, and accommodations. The South Park will highlight eco-friendly living by leveraging its natural landscape to incorporate research and educational tours, science popularization, live performances, family camping, wellness, and urban recreation. Together, they will form a dynamic park tourism destination offering spaces for entertainment, relaxation, interactive experiences, and consumer activities.

The 34 city exhibition gardens cover a total area of approximately 9.2 hectares, comprising international city exhibition gardens, provincial and municipal-level exhibition gardens, and the "Zhejiang Mountains and Waters Garden," featuring contributions from cities across Zhejiang Province.

The six themed exhibition areas include the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Zone, the Ou Culture and New Chinese Style Zone, the Garden Materials and Landscape Art Zone, the Future Garden Zone, the Specialized Plant Zone, and the Children's Garden Zone.

This edition of the Garden Expo leverages the global network of Wenzhouese around the world, actively enaging overseas Chinese communities, organizations, and influential figures to participate in both planning and exhibition. Design teams from nine countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Thailand, and Uzbekistan, are contributing to the creation of the themed gardens. A featured "Maritime Silk Road Garden" will highlight the cultural landscapes and distinctive charm of countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) will present a uniquely designed "IFLA Garden". Visitors to the Garden Expo Park will be able to explore classic garden styles, from British naturalistic and French classical gardens, to Italian terraced gardens, Japanese zen gardens, and Islamic courtyards. As visitors stroll through the ever-changing landscape tapestry, each step unveils a new blend of culture and aesthetics, offering a truly immersive experience of "touring the world’s gardens in Wenzhou."

Following the Garden Expo, core facilities, including the three major exhibition garden clusters, "Zhejiang Mountains and Waters Garden", provincial and municipal-level exhibition gradens, and international city and landmark structures like the Chinese Landscapes Pavilion, will be preserved and transformed into themed commercial zones, tiered hotel clusters, cultural experience hubs, and leisure and entertainment venues. These will be seamlessly integrated with surrounding functional areas such as the Garden Expo Town, forming an interconnected urban and tourism network. They will also link Wenzhou's premium tourism assets to create curated travel routes. The Park's natural features, like hills, waterways, and green spaces, will be adapted to host outdoor sports events, performances, and folk festivals, turning the Garden Expo Park into a vibrant destination for cultural and recreational activities in Wenzhou and a major attraction in the Yangtze River Delta.