Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark is regarded as Educational Exercise Base by Xi’an Jiaotong University recently. Fu Qiang who is Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine president, Guo Zengjun who is deputy president, Wang Xumei who is Pharmacognosy Depart director and Han Hong who is general manager of Zhuque Scenic Spot are presented the ceremony. Then, they investigated the geopark and Qinling International Juvenile Geoscience Campsite, and the attitude of them is in the affirmative about biodiversity and TCM resources (more than 800 kinds plants including less than 200 kinds using for medicine in Zhuque Scenic Spot) of Zhuque Scenic Spot. Besides, the cooperation of flora research and resources protection needed to be strengthened.
The Educational Exercise Base is useful for students to consolidate and strengthen basic theory and knowledge of medicinal botany, do observation, comparative and analysis about many typical kinds medicinal flora represent, know the relationship between flora and environment correctly and recognize features, medicinal and economic value of flora group’s family, genus and species to establish foundation for reasonable development, use and protection.
So far, Zhuque Scenic Spot has been regarded as Educational Exercise Base for School of Journalism and Communication Renmin University of China, School of Medicine Xi’an Jiaotong University, Northeast A&F University and others where offers favorable environment for student study.
