"We need to hold high-level exhibitions to set trends in and contribute works, ideas and masters to the world's sculpture art, thus making Changchun a real art resort that is prolific in sculpture creation and gathering masters from around the globe," Guan says.

"We feel honored to host the 13th sculpture show this year and consider it a priority task in terms of promoting the city's cultural industry and advancing the construction of the Jingyue zone into a national pilot area for comprehensive reforms in the service industry," he says.

City officials estimate that the zone's service sector will realize 75 billion yuan in industrial output in 2015, with the cultural industry expected to take the lion's share, reaching 50 billion yuan.

It is obvious that Changchun wants all regions of the world represented in its sampling of sculptural styles and themes. That policy gives its sculpture selections a cosmopolitan flair.

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