Artisans in China are gaining a reputation for their high quality sculpture.

1. Wide street scene with people walking and on bicycles 2. Man driving small tractor with pile of stones 3. Tracking shot of slabs of stone and carved Buddha images and lions by the road 4. Pan down from close up of white marble woman statue to factory yard with slabs of stone and workers 5. Factory yard with workers chiseling large slabs of marble 6. Close up of worker hammering with white marble dust covering his face 7. Mid shot of workers using electric saw to cut marble slab 8. Sculptor holding picture while worker with hammer and chisel carves statue on ground 9. Mid shot of finished statue with workers behind carving other statues 10. Exterior of factory gate with Roman style white marble columns 11. Man going through door into showroom with dozens of white marble statues 12. Various statues in room 13. Tracking shot of general manager and factory founder Zhen Yan Cang as he walks down steps 14. SOUNDBITE:(Mandarin)Zhen Yan Cang, Factory founder "Now is the time for extensive cultural exchanges between the East and West. Western style carvings have their own value, not only on the world market, but also here in China. This is a historical trend. I seized this opportunity, so my business has developed very fast." 15. Interior of studio with sculptor Liu Song Tian working in the background 16. Close hands of Liu with tool modeling clay leg and foot 17. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Liu Song Tian, Sculptor "Western style carving is something new to our workers. Now they can only create by imitating pictures from books. If they want to improve this technique they'll have to be well trained." 18. Interior of studio with Mr. Zhen Cong Hu seated on floor sanding a marble statue 19. Completed statues standing in room, tilt down to Zhen sanding figure of woman 20. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)Mr. Zhen Cong Hu, Sculptor "If there was no carving factory we would still be farming in the fields with our face to the earth and our backs to the sun. Now we can work on carving stones. My whole life has changed." 21. Interior of office with two lap top computers on desk and employee in suit taking his seat at desk 22. Close up of computer screen with factory web page www.xinyingcarving.com.cn 23. Wide exterior of statue in silhouette looking toward the sunset STORYLINE xfa The small town of Quyang in China's northern Hebei Province is carving out an international reputation as a source of high quality sculpture created by artisans with special talents. The town's many factories provide jobs for over 10-thousand county residents. Some of the finest work comes from the Quyang Xinying Stone Carving Factory where sculptors render large blocks of white marble into human forms for markets in Europe, Japan and North America. The Xinying Carving Factory has tapped into the rich market of copying Western figures and no request is too outrageous. A collection of winged angels stand ready to fly off to customers in Rome or be loaded onto trucks for the drive to Beijing where a new market booms among a growing middle class. On the showroom floor prices range from five hundred (US) dollars for a one meter carving to twenty five hundred (US)dollars for larger pieces. Foreign dealers earn more than ten times these fees in the art markets of Paris, Tokyo and New York. Entrepreneurs like 63-year-old factory founder Zhen Yan Cang is pleased with his ability to turn stone into a fortune for himself and his 186 employees. Successful township enterprises are absorbing some of China's millions of unemployed workers, dismissed from failing state owned factories. Changes in the way the world conducts business led to the factory's presence on the Internet in 1998. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/586f396f9ddd17304dbd41c3cb543600 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork