During October 23 and November 18, Dr. David Westcott of CSIRO came to visit XTBG at the invitation of Prof. Chen Jin, director of the Garden. His visit was for collaborative research on seed dispersal. While his staying at the Garden, training on bird remote sensing monitoring techniques was carried out. Scientific personnel and postgraduate students of the research group of plant-animal interaction took part in the training.

During November 7-9, a 6-person delegation of Vietnamese Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), headed by its deputy director Dr. Pham Van Quy, came to visit XTBG at the invitation of CAS Kunming Branch.

During November 3-7, seminars on the program of “conservation of cultural landscapes through diversification of resource use – strategies for agro-ecosystems in mountainous South China”, which is planned to be collaboratively applied by XTBG and University of Hohenheim, Germany, were respectively held at Jinghong and XTBG for the first time.

During October 11-17, Prof. Dr. Juergen Kesselmeier, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany came to visit XTBG on invitation.During his visit, Dr. J. Kesselmeier delivered two lectures.

Participants were from the Royal Society, Royal Botanic Garden (Kew & Edinburgh), London Natural History Museum, Edingbur College of Arts, British Consulates in Guangzhou and in Chongqing, as well as a number of botanical gardens and research institutes in China.

Prof. Dr. Sellamath, Head of Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, India made a courteous visit to XTBG on invitation during September 4 – 19. Academic exchanges have been carried out between him and some XTBG scientific personnel.

Prof. Victor D. Phillips, ecologist and bioresources management specialist, is the fourth dean of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s College of Natural Resources, USA. During July 15 and July 17, Prof. Victor D. Phillips made a second visit to XTBG, heading up a delegation.

During June 10 and June 14, 2005, Prof. Carol Baskin and Prof. Jerry Baskin from Kentucky University, USA came to visit XTBG on invitation. Academic exchanges have been carried out between them and some XTBG scientific workers and postgraduate students.

Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, made a courteous visit to the botanical garden on May 13, 2005.