Tianhe Wetland Park, covering a total area of nearly 47 hectares, was opened to the public in July 2016. It is the first ecological landscape in Guangzhou constructed in accordance with the national concept of "sponge city".

From a bird's-eye view, Tianhe Wetland Park boasts splendid natural scenery. [Photo by Liang Yongkang/thnet.gov.cn]

The park excavated the wetland to enhance the functions of precipitation, oxidation, purification and stabilization as the center of sponge reservoir. A rainwater collection and purification system was established together with a permeable square and greenways, realizing the flood regulation and ecological self-purification.

There are also terraces and several small squares in the park to allow visitors to get closer to nature. Basketball and tennis courts were also built in the middle of the wetland, which are connected with the greenways to offer a good place for fitness.

Tianhe Wetland Park is a nice weekend getaway for families. [Photo by Zeng Zhoumo/thnet.gov.cn]

At present, the park has become a multi-functional ecological wetland park integrating water purification, rainfall flood regulation and storage as well as scientific knowledge popularization. It attracts more than 40,000 visitors every year.