Statement on Our Academic Activities in China

Recently, it was learned that the Yuan Ye Summit Forum which was planned to be held in Shanghai on January cancelled. We were shocked to acknowledge that the Shanghai Society of Landscape Architecture issued a boycott document on January 2, stating untruth words on Asian Landscape Architecture Society and Ms. Wang Xiaolin. The document intermingled exchange and cooperation of the international landscape architecture industry.

Hereby, we make statement as below:

1. At the end of December 2018, we learned that the Chinese government issued Overseas NGO Law at 2017. We fully respect it and we will file for documentation and carry out activities in strict accordance with the law. If there were any discrepancies with the relevant laws and regulations, it was caused by our unintelligence. We have no intention to violate deliberately. And we will take responsibility.

2. The Asian Landscape Architecture Society is a legally registered NGO whose mission is to actively organize academic exchanges and cooperation to promote the prosperity and development of the Asian landscape architecture industry. China has made remarkable achievements in the landscape architecture industry in recent decades. The Society is willing to provide opportunities and platforms to share the Chinese experience with Asian counterparts.

3. It needs to clarify that the Shanghai Society of Landscape Architecture declared in the official document "ALAS was established after Taiwan was forced to withdraw from the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)", which is unreal. Ms. Wang Xiaolin has kept good relation with many Provinces and Cities’ landscape organizations in China, and she devoted herself into the landscape architecture academic exchanges between Taiwan and the mainland, as well as with Asian countries.

4. Yuan Ye is a monograph of ancient Chinese gardening. It has played a significant role in the world landscape theories. www.yifenx.cc has launched the Yuan Ye Award to promote Chinese traditional gardening art and craftsmanship. Yuan Ye Summit Forum has successfully held 8 years in a row and it has become an annual industry event in Asia. It is totally in line with ALAS chapter and mission to support and participate Yuan Ye activities. We are willing to strengthen communication and exchanges with all Chinese landscape architecture associations, including the Shanghai Society of Landscape Architecture. At the same time, we hope that the Shanghai Society of Landscape Architecture will stop and put an end to all the activities that may damage the normal exchanges between the landscape architecture.

5. ALAS fully respects the Chinese government's ideas of peaceful reunification and foreign policy, and promotes mutual learning and cooperation in the future international landscape communication.        

Asian Landscape Architecture Society

                  January 7, 2019

 
關(guān)於我會(huì)在中國(guó)境內(nèi)開(kāi)展學(xué)術(shù)活動(dòng)有關(guān)情況的聲明

近期獲悉，園冶杯原定一月份的上海論壇取消。一月二日上海市風(fēng)景園林學(xué)會(huì)下發(fā)抵制文件，對(duì)此我們表示震驚！文中涉及亞洲園林協(xié)會(huì)以及王小璘女士的有關(guān)言論不利於國(guó)際間風(fēng)景園林行業(yè)的交流與合作。為此，特發(fā)表聲明：

一、在2018年12月底得知，中國(guó)政府出臺(tái)法令，規(guī)定從2017年開(kāi)始國(guó)際組織在中國(guó)境內(nèi)開(kāi)展活動(dòng)要備案。對(duì)此，我方將充分尊重中國(guó)政府的規(guī)定，今後在中國(guó)境內(nèi)開(kāi)展活動(dòng)前將按規(guī)定辦理相關(guān)手續(xù)。此前本會(huì)活動(dòng)如有與相關(guān)法令不符之處，悉因本會(huì)不瞭解中國(guó)相關(guān)法令所致，並無(wú)惡意違反的主觀意願(yuàn)，對(duì)此，本會(huì)願(yuàn)承擔(dān)相應(yīng)責(zé)任。

二、亞洲園林協(xié)會(huì)是合法註冊(cè)的NGO，其使命就是積極組織開(kāi)展學(xué)術(shù)交流與合作，推動(dòng)亞洲園林事業(yè)的繁榮和發(fā)展。中國(guó)近幾十年來(lái)園林事業(yè)取得舉世矚目的成就，本會(huì)願(yuàn)意提供相應(yīng)交流機(jī)會(huì)和平臺(tái)，讓亞洲國(guó)際同行分享中國(guó)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

三、需要澄清的是: 上海市風(fēng)景園林學(xué)會(huì)在正式文件中宣稱(chēng)“ALAS是在臺(tái)灣被迫退出國(guó)際風(fēng)景園林師聯(lián)合會(huì)（IFLA) 後成立的”，這與事實(shí)不符。王小璘女士長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)與中國(guó)許多省市的園林行業(yè)組織有著友好關(guān)係,  一直致力於臺(tái)灣和大陸間以及亞洲各國(guó)風(fēng)景園林界的學(xué)術(shù)交流。

四、《園冶》是中國(guó)古代造園專(zhuān)著?？梢哉f(shuō)，在世界園林理論中有舉足輕重的地位。風(fēng)景園林網(wǎng)發(fā)起園冶杯活動(dòng)，推廣中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的造園藝術(shù)和工匠精神是非常有意義的。園冶高峰論壇已經(jīng)連續(xù)舉辦了八屆，已經(jīng)成為亞洲地區(qū)的年度行業(yè)盛會(huì)。支持和參與園冶杯活動(dòng)，是符合協(xié)會(huì)章程和使命的。我方願(yuàn)與包括上海市風(fēng)景園林學(xué)會(huì)在內(nèi)的一切中國(guó)園林同行加強(qiáng)溝通與交流，同時(shí)希望上海市風(fēng)景園林學(xué)會(huì)停止和杜絕一切有損風(fēng)景園林國(guó)際正常交流的行為。

五、本會(huì)完全尊重中國(guó)政府和平統(tǒng)一的主張以及外交政策，並在今後的國(guó)際風(fēng)影園林交流中促進(jìn)相互學(xué)習(xí)與合作。

亞洲園林協(xié)會(huì)

二〇一九年一月七日

（轉(zhuǎn)載自亞洲園林協(xié)會(huì)官網(wǎng)，原文網(wǎng)址：http://www.laasia.org/article.php?id=183）