Heilongjiang to create 'icy city'

Heilongjiang Province will offer visitors a chance to explore a dream-like icy city at the 2010 World Expo to show how city dwellers can live well in ice and snow and in harmony with nature.

An artist's rendition of the Heilongjiang exhibition

It will produce an "icy crystal" effect with special materials in the theme "Ice and Snow Make Us Extraordinary."

An artist's rendition of the Heilongjiang exhibition

Heilongjiang is famous for its breath-taking winter scenery, sports and the annual Harbin Ice Sculpture Festival which attracts tourists from all over the world. The average annual temperature ranges from minus 5 degrees Celsius to plus 5 degrees.

The Beijing Youyi International Exhibition Ltd and Harbin Icecity International Exhibition Ltd have been chosen as designers.