In the building researchers, growers and the public can get acquainted with the latest techniques in the field of vegetable growing and ornamental horticulture. Around the central public hall of the building are three floors with vertical leafy vegetable and fruit vegetable cultivation, flower cultivation and a roof garden for trees and plants. The whole forms a department store of green solutions for the city.

The building is designed as a proud sculpture of steel and glass that stands out against the sky of Beijing with a series of transparent bay windows.