The broader adoption of wood construction in Guangdong can be traced back to a foundational moment in 2007, marked by the completion of a BC-supported wood structure in Zhujiang Park, Guangzhou. Developed through cooperation between Guangdong Province and British Columbia, and implemented by Canada Wood and the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of City Engineering and Gardening, the project was explicitly conceived as a technical demonstration. Canadian-sourced wood products were treated with advanced anti-corrosion technologies to address long-standing concerns about durability under South China’s hot and humid conditions. …What distinguishes this project is not its architectural scale, but its temporal performance. Nearly two decades on, the structure …remains in continuous public use and has become one of Zhujiang Park’s most popular destinations… Guangming Equestrian Centre demonstrates that Douglas fir–based mass timber systems can reliably support mega-span applications under demanding load and performance requirements, extending the practical range of wood construction in China…