Senior foreign officials lauded Chinese philosophy for fostering harmony and peacefulness through its gardening culture and planting technologies during their visit to the Museum of Chinese Gardening and Landscapes Architecture in Beijing on Friday.

Gregory Riviere, the international secretary of Dominica Labor Party, who joined the Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, told China Daily after visiting the museum in Fengtai district, "The museum exhibits the history (of Chinese gardening and landscapes architecture), and helps us recognize the importance of gardens in Chinese civilization.... it shows China's keen attention to the environment even in those early civilizations."