Making dinosaurs come 'alive'

Many people love dinosaurs, but perhaps not as much as a group of Chinese designers and craftsmen dedicated to making perfect lifesize dinosaur figures.

In Southwest China, Zigong city is home to a Jurassic period site, Dashanpu, where workers building a parking lot unearthed a large number of dinosaur fossils in 1979.

The city's prehistoric ties with dinosaurs have nurtured the success of the animatronics production industry. There are 19 companies in Zigong making animatronic dinosaurs for theme parks and safaris in more than 60 countries and regions. Its annual export revenue totaled 62 million yuan ($9.25 million) last year.