Visitors will have a chance to see yews, a rare and endangered plant, according to the executive committee of the Qingdao International Horticultural Exposition.

Construction has begun for the yew garden, which will exhibit yews from different countries and introduce their traits, history and evolution. It will be an exhibition combining gardening arts with education.

As an old plant species originating in Quaternary glaciers 2.5 million years ago, yew plants are now endangered in the world. They are recognized as a "living fossil plant" and the "panda of the plant kingdom".

China has listed yews as a national first-class protected plant, and the United Nations has made laws to prohibit yew deforestation.

Edited by Michael Thai, Li Xiaoliang and Gao Yuan