Huaxi Subalpine Botanical Garden

The West China Subalpine Botanical Garden is jointly built through the cooperation between the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the People's Government of Dujiangyan City. The garden is mainly characterized by the introduction and domestication of rhododendron resources, as well as the conservation and popular science display of rare, endangered and endemic plant resources. Its "Chinese Rhododendron Garden" is the largest rhododendron specialty garden in China and even in Asia in terms of area, and it preserves the largest number of wild rhododendron species.