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Officials open the festival on Saturday.
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Shanghai singer Hu Yanbin is named the festival’s image ambassador this year.
The 7th Shanghai International Nature Conservation Festival opened on Saturday with Shanghai Ambassador, this year’s singer Hu Yanbin, calling on audiences to stick to a low-emission lifestyle of carbon.
On the theme “Celebrating diversity, jointly building an eco-city”, the event takes place from Saturday to October 29. It offers a variety of environmental protection and popular science activities both online and offline.
Hu shared his understanding of low-carbon living and an eco-friendly city during the opening ceremony at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Pudong New Area.
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A girl met a festival mascot at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on Saturday.
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Children sing during the opening ceremony.
“Every little thing people do for low carbon emissions and environmental protection will influence others and bring big changes and surprising pleasure to the world,” he said.
The Huangpu River lined with jogging trails and the Suzhou Creek which attracts birds because of its clean environment are the epitome of the desire for an “ecological city,” Hu said.
He made a proposal for a low carbon lifestyle campaign at the ceremony, calling on the public to join the “green living, green transport, green work and green consumption” campaign to protect biodiversity, build an ecological city and contribute to peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality.
The festival will include a conference with domestic and foreign experts to share nature preservation, visits to ecological and environmental protection facilities, guided tours to explore nature, a photo exhibition and a photography competition. with shutters.
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Hu Yanbin makes a low-carbon lifestyle proposal at the opening ceremony.
On Sunday, a roundtable on Chongming Island will invite experts and academics to reflect on topics such as the protection of biological diversity, the application of technological innovation to green development and carbon neutrality.
During the festival, the public can visit the popular science and environmental protection places in the city, and teenagers can participate in various ecological activities such as wildlife viewing.
A photo exhibition with 120 photos selected from 3,218 works on display will be held at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum from Saturday to October 29.
A shutter competition encourages audiences to capture nature and the low carbon acts around them on camera and to share the photos and videos on digital media platforms.
At the same time, nearly 30 nature and science films will be screened in the city’s museums, schools and communities.
