Special Supplement: Changchun sculpture show bridges East and West

After having successfully hostied the Changchun International Sculpture Exhibition eight times since the event began in 1997, this year's artistic festival opened at the capital of Jilin province on September 6. It lasted two days.

Liu Tianfu, vice-director of Changchun's urban planning bureau, said the exhibition has attracted more than 390 sculptures by 370 artists from 72 countries.

"We invited artists from another 30 countries that have not participated in the exhibition before," he said.