Spring is now in the air in Beijing. Co-hosted by the BPAFFC and the Changping District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, the 2026 Beijing International Friendship Forest Tree Planting Event was held in Baishan Town, Changping District, on April 24. Nearly 200 participants including diplomats to China, foreign experts, and international students, from 42 countries across five continents, including Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Guyana, Cabo Verde and Micronesia, participated in the event, helping green up the capital city.
Amid a bustling and joyful atmosphere, international friends of diverse ethnicities and languages worked together with great enthusiasm. With shovels in hand, they carefully dug holes, positioned saplings, mounded soil to form watering basins, and carefully watered each sapling. Over 600 saplings, including the Chinese white pine, magnolia, flowering almond, and crabapple, were planted that day. These fresh green shoots, standing tall in the spring breeze, not only add vibrancy to the landscape of Changping but also symbolize how international friendship takes root through shared effort. When participants learned that the planting site would become part of an upcoming suburban park, many remarked that contributing to the park brings them a strong sense of engagement and fulfillment.
Dialogue on economic and trade cooperation
That afternoon, more than 60 diplomats to China and foreign experts who had participated in the tree-planting event visited the Champion Bio to attend Changping Business Salon. Vice District Mayor Zhang Shuo elaborated on Changping’s industrial strengths and development strategy.
Representatives from the Investment Promotion Service Center of Changping District and Beijing Changping Technology Innodevelop Group. introduced the district’s investment policies and industrial structure.
After the salon, the guests visited the China Innovation and High-Quality Development Hub for Advanced Medical Equipment, where they gained an up-close look at the innovations of Beijing’s medical device manufacturing industry.
