Participants attend a cultural soiree at Xinghai Square during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009 in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, September 11, 2009. Participants of the meeting gathered here Friday night to experience fabulous cuisine varieties, Chinese traditional music, intriguing folk performances and fascinating lighting effects by the sea. [Xinhua]

A chef cooks sliced noodles for a participant at a cultural soiree held at Xinghai Square during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009 in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, September 11, 2009. [Xinhua]