Chicago-Beijing Parks Collaborative

Ron Henderson joined Arnold Randall, Director of Cook County Forests and Preserves, and Terry Guen, Landscape Architect, for a workshop and collaborative exchange in Beijing with Beijing Forestry and Parks Department as well as Beijing Forestry University. The workshop grew out of an initiative launched by Beijing and Chicago mayors to exchange expertise into integrating and managing ecological systems in public lands.

The workshop included Wang Xiaoping, Deputy Director General of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Forestry and Parks; Zhou Caixian, Director General of Beijing Forestry and Parks (BFCA / BFPIC); Zhu Jiangang, Project Coordinator for Beijing Forestry and Parks (BFCA / BFPIC); and Zhi Xin, Senior Engineer for Beijing Forestry and Parks (BFCA / BFPIC).