One of the world's favorite cartoon characters, Hello Kitty, will travel to China next year to sing and dance on stage.

Pop singer Zhang Hanyun promotes the upcoming musical drama "Hello Kitty's Dream Light Fantasy," at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, October 9, 2007.

A Tuesday press conference in Beijing announced that a musical drama, featuring the hyper-cute cat and her friends, will debut in China this coming January.

For "Hello Kitty's Dream Light Fantasy," Hello Kitty and her friends will team up with three Chinese creatures -- a Chinese white dolphin Yangyang, giant panda Maomao, and Tibetan antelope Lingling -- to fight evils.

The drama is being produced by Beijing Hengle Children's Culture Limited, which has obtained production rights from the Japanese company Sanrio, Hello Kitty's creator.

It plans to tour across China, giving 500 shows up until January 2011. Each ticket sold will donate one yuan (around 13.3 US cents) to the China Guanghua Foundation.
 
(CRI.cn October 10, 2007)