On Jan 1 of this year, the troupe was invited to Foshan City to participate in the recording of CCTV's Children Spring Festival Gala. As a combination of puppet show and children's dance, this kind of wonderful performance has aroused widespread public attention.

The expectation of watching a boa "slithering" in the mountains and listening to the sounds of the waves piercing the mangrove forest will be a joyful and fascinating experience in the soon-to-open Zhongshan Forestry Biodome.

A set of two special stamps entitled "The Year of Ji-hai", with a face value of 2.40 yuan, was issued on Jan 5 by China Post. China Post also issued a stamp booklet priced at 12 yuan.