Workers are putting final touches on a chocolate theme park in Beijing which features chocolate replicas of the Terracotta Warriors and part of the Great Wall.
It opens on January 29.
"Even though chocolate in China is not as popular as it is in Western countries, we hope to promote the chocolate culture and market in China," Zheng Yaoting, general manager of the firm running the park, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
The 20,000-square-metre "chocolate wonderland" will feature five temperature-controlled indoor areas and two outdoor sites where chocolate items will be on display, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Children will also be able to learn how to make chocolate and taste their creations with their parents, organisers said.
Previous reports said major sweets makers from Europe would participate in the project, hoping to break into a potentially lucrative market, but no names were revealed.
Organisers say they hope to attract one million visitors to the park before it closes in April, when the weather will begin to get too warm.
It will reopen next January, with all-new displays.
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