Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo on trial operation

Working staff are in the wrap-up stage of the snow sculpture for the 24th Harbin (China) the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 16, 2011. The expo whose theme lies in Russian culture this year, opened on Friday for a trial operation. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]