The 9th CHANGCHUN CHINA INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM
JULY 26 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2008      Changchun, CHINA

                                                            January 1st, 2008

Dear Sculptors:

China Changchun Municipal Foreign Affairs Office extends its sincere compliments to you.

Changchun is capital of Jilin Province, a beautiful city in the northeast China. It has silvery winter with snow and cool summer with pleasant view. It's delightful in all seasons. Its area covers 20,571 square kilometers and the total population is 7.15 million including over 2.7 millions urban citizens. Changchun has been enjoying its good reputation of "Automobile City", "Movie City" and "Forest City". Now it is making great efforts to build itself up as a "Sculpture City".

From 1997 to 2006, eight sessions of symposiums were held. In September 2003, International Sculpture Conference was held successfully. Up till now, 347sculptors from 172 countries have created 391 sculptures for the city representing diverse kinds of artistic styles from around the world. The sculptures are all displayed in Changchun World Sculpture Park. The park covers 92 hectares, in which a specialized Sculpture Gallery covers 12.5 thousand square kilometers, holding nearly 100 excellent works created by national and international well-known sculptors and over 500 African Makonde wood sculptures with unique style.

With the theme of "Friendship, Peace and Spring", the 9th Changchun China International Sculpture Symposium will be held from July 25th to September 5th, 2008, for further promoting international cultural exchanges and improving Changchun urban sculpture construction.

Concrete sculpture proposals not exceeding 3 meters with distinctive characteristics showing YOUR national and local culture relating to the theme of "Friendship, Peace and Spring" are appreciated.

All the applicants are requested to provide the followings when submitting proposals:

1. Please deliver at least three proposals by express (the fastest way to send mails) to the organizing committee before June 30th, 2008. Please specify the dimensions and materials of proposed works. If it is made of stone, please tell us the types and colors of stone required.

2. Please fill in the registration form and enclose your passport size photo, your daily photo and your resume.

3. Please deliver A4 size color design sketches or photographs of maquettes of your proposals and their email attachments in the form of a JPEG mode.

All the proposals will be carefully and extensively reviewed before being approved and confirmed by nationally noted artists. If any of your proposals gets approved, you will receive a visa invitation to China for realizing your sculpture.

We will provide you with the followings if you are accepted to participate in the symposium:

1. Permanent display of your completed sculpture at the suitable place in the Changchun World Sculpture Park.
2. A diploma of honor, picture album, souvenir and allowance of US$2000, issued by the organizing committee.
3.  Tours and sightseeing activities during your stay in Changchun.
4. An assistant, materials for realizing your sculpture and commonly used processing tools.
5. Provide you one-time round-trip economic flight tickets (from your residence to Changchun), and accommodations in Changchun.

For further information, please contact with Mr.Wei Shuo at:
Tel: +86-431-88776734 or +86-13384301725   Fax:+86-431-88776714
E-mail: wbweishuo@sina.com

Yours sincerely

Wang Yu

Director-general
Changchun Municipal Foreign Affairs Office
78 Renmin Street, Changchun, 130056, P.R.China

Part Ⅲ  Contact Person

Liaison Officer,
The Organizing Committee Office of the Symposium
Larry Xu (English)
E-mail: xuhuaiwu@sina.com
Tel: +86-431-88776728
Mobile: +86-431-86586158 or +86-13384301703
Fax: +86-431-88776724

Culture Section Chief,
Changchun Municipal Foreign Affairs Office
Wei Shuo (Chinese)
E: wbweishuo@sina.com
Tel: +86-431-88776734
Mobile: +86-13009100620
Fax: +86-431-88776714

Volunteer
Aimee (English)
E-mail: happyzyever@sina.com
Tel: +86-431-85670603
Mobile: +86-13943054070
Fax: +86-431-85670603

Volunteer
Angela (English)
E-mail: wbweishuo@sina.com
Tel: +86-431-88776734
Mobile: +86-15843180300
Fax: +86-431-88776714