[Explanation] On March 6th, the United Nations Biodiversity Space Breeding Program "Long March 5" Space Seed Planting Ceremony was held in Hong Kong.

On the same day, a total of 18 space seeds of three plants including nasturtium, butterfly pea flower and okra were sown in a space seed breeding base in Hong Kong.

　　[Explanation] The 18 seeds that were planted that day were one of the breeding materials used to board the Long March 5B carrier rocket into space in May 2020.

Through space breeding technology, crop seeds are sent to space, and the mutagenesis of special environments such as space high vacuum, cosmic high-energy ion radiation, cosmic magnetic field, and high cleanliness is used to mutate the seeds. After returning to the ground, new seeds can be selected and cultivated. New varieties.

　　[Concurrent] Li Yazhi, Volunteer of Aiyue Happy Holiday Farm

　　This is the second time it has been planted on our farm. The first time was in 2019. We did it very successfully.

We will plant two kinds of seeds today, one is our space seeds, and the other is ordinary seeds.

I planted this one, so I will be here every day to watch them grow, and I will record it. When we wait until May 22, when our seeds may bear fruit in the future, everyone is welcome to come to this farm. Inside, see how their changes are different from ordinary seeds.

　　[Explanation] It is reported that this event is one of the regional activities of the "UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development Global Action Plan", which aims to conduct expert lectures, workshops, visits to aerospace breeding bases, aerospace seed cultivation experience, and alliance schools. Teaching exchanges and other links enhance students' awareness of and protection of nature, and cultivate students' interest in scientific exploration.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Qin, Executive Chairman of the Hong Kong UNESCO Association

　　We hope that through this educational process, our students will be able to recognize and understand such a situation early, and be able to better care and protect nature, through their own planting, through data analysis, and more scientifically Coming (learning) is also a process of learning to learn.

Therefore, we are both focusing on “Sustainable Development Goal 15” and biodiversity, as well as a part of sustainable development education and quality education of “Sustainable Development Goal 4”. We hope that eventually the students can develop well. , And they can also build up their curiosity about science.

　　[Explanation] On the same day, many guests also participated on the spot to witness the opening, counting and planting ceremony of the "Long March 5" carrying seeds.

Participants said that the development of the project has positive significance for the education of Hong Kong youth.

　　[Concurrent] Guest Wu Jiandong

　　After the completion of the planting ceremony, it should have a good educational effect on the young people in Hong Kong, which means that they can appreciate the greatness of the motherland's space industry right in Hong Kong.

If you use this project to promote it, one can know the space seeds in school, and the second one can come to the farm to take a look at the space crops.

　　[Explanation] According to reports, in the future, the base will also build research and seminar rooms and other facilities to facilitate students to visit and record the growth process of space seeds.

　　Reporter Fan Siyi and Li Yue reporting from Hong Kong

Editor in charge: [Wang Sishuo]