This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On April 30, 1999, the International Horticultural Expo kicked off in Kunming, Yunnan province. It was the first time that the event had been hosted in China.

Under the theme of "Man, Nature and Machine in the 21st Century", the 187-day expo attracted 9.5 million visitors from 95 countries and regions. An item from June 19, 1999, in China Daily showed street performers from the United Kingdom at the expo venue.