On May 21, the Public Science Day (Chenshan) 2017 & the Research Center's Open Day event was successfully held.

This event was jointly organized by Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Stress Biology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. More than 60 citizens came to Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden (Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), attended the science lecture "About Roses", visited the Research Center's exhibition hall, Shanghai Chenshan Herbarium, Chenshan Botanical Garden's Library, Public Plant Experiment Platform, Phytotron, Plant Stress Biology Laboratory, and had a tour in Chenshan Botanical Garden.

The Public Science Day (Research Center's Open Day) event has been held at Chenshan Botanical Garden for 3 years in succession and become a characteristic event for citizens in Shanghai and surrounding areas to learn plant science, gardening and botany.