对国内外植物园近十余年来发展的动向进行评述, 列举了近年来一系列重要的植物园国际会议与重大活动, 指出当前国际植物园工作的中心任务首先是物种保护。 总结和分析我国植物园发展的历史和现状、存在问题以及在园貌建设上与国际先进植物园的差距。 这些差距主要表现在:(1)植物的收集量;(2)活植物数据的积累;(3)罕见植物的引种;(4)现代技术的应用。 作者最后提出, 我国植物园发展应把握的几个主要问题是:(1)既是多功能全方位发展, 又应各具特色;(2)生物多样性是植物园永恒的主题;(3)植物园应着重物种迁地保护的研究和实践;(4)植物园应重视栽培和利用植物并着重以药用植物为对象。
 

Current trend of the development of botanical gardens in China and in the w orld are reviewed and discussed .A series of important international conferences are mentioned and major important activities are introduced .The hot points of botanical garden activities are interpreted and species conservation has become the major task of botanical gardens.A summarization and analysis of the histo ry and present status are given for Chinese botanical gardens and the main problems in the development of Chinese botanical garden system are discussed .Compared with the advanced botanical gardens in the world , the majo r differences and weaknesses of Chinese botanical gardens are :1)Far less in number of accessions of living collections ;2)The accum ulation of scientific data of living collections are not perfect ;3)Lacking of success in the introduction of rare and unique plants in their exhibition areas and 4)The application of advanced modern horticultural technique is not enoug h .The authors indicated that for the
development of Chinese botanical gardens the main points which should be carefully noticed are as follow s :1)Botanical gardens should be developed multifunctioned and multidimensional but every botanical garden should have its ow n characteristics ;2)Biodiversity is the everlast thesis for botanical gardens ;3)Botanical gardens should pay essential attention on the research and practice of plant ex-situ co nservation ;4)The activities of bo tanical gardens should be emphasize on the research and practice of cultivation and utilization of plants and focus on medicinal plants .