President James Hayter attends 2019 CHSLA annual conference

The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA) and the 2019 CHSLA annual conference were held from October 19 to 21 in Shanghai. Mr. James Hayter was invited to attend and address the conference on behalf of IFLA. The conference was attended by about 2,000 representatives from landscape architecture enterprises, institutions of higher education, research institutes and management organizations in 29 provinces and municipalities across China. Under the theme of "landscape architecture and beautiful China", the event is composed of three major parts, including the plenary session, parallel sessions and field trips. The conference was also graced by eight experts in the fields of architecture, land planning, urban planning and landscape architecture from China, the United States and Japan, who delivered keynote speeches. These speeches had touched upon various topics including land space planning, national park construction, ecological restoration and environmental improvement, protection of historical scenic spots resources, landscape planning methods, construction of green intelligent cities, as well as practices in the construction of Shanghai’s green system. In addition to the plenary session, there are six parallel sessions, nine sub-forums and two youth forums, with a total of 184 reports. The CHSLA annual conference is the largest high-level professional event with the most participants in the Chinese landscape architecture field to promote discussion and exchange both in academic and practice sectors.