In order to create a better green space for children, the International Symposium on the Construction and Development of Children's Botanic Gardens 2017 was held at the Chenshan Botanical Garden on Nov. 4 and 5. Nearly 100 well-known science education popularization experts and scholars from 49 domestic and overseas scientific research institutions, design companies, colleges and universities, including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Longwood Botanical Garden, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, gathered to share and discuss the construction and development of children's botanical gardens through special reports, communication reports and wall posters.

The two-day academic symposium reached many consensuses, facilitated many cooperation projects and provided many references for promoting the construction and development of children's botanical gardens.