In the near future, some parts of Beijing city center will look like a deep forest rather than a crowded metropolis because an international architecture competition decided on a new environmentally change to the city.

After the Olympics, the pavements will look like a forest floor from permeable materials, solar panels will generate electricity and water will be reused.

Part of the design will be some quality parks, plazas and gardens to be reintroduced into an area that is mainly built from concrete.

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In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing people designed great sculptures portraying a greener version of China than we are used to seeing every day.

In the last few decades China has become a country of consumption which lead to devastating environmental consequences.

So what is China doing about these serious environment issues? Is appearing that Beijing is trying to make the city greener with the Olympic Gardens that have a beautiful design and amazing landscaping.

It has more than one million of rarity flowers and trees of over 1,000 species from 205 countries and regions in the five continents.

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