Shantou shines as world's toy capital

The sound of a piano rang out inside a newly built international exhibition center in Shantou, Guangdong province, as a musician tickled the "ivory" on a piano made of over 110,000 plastic building blocks.

The piano, which was completed by four designers and five builders from Shantou Gooders Precision Technology Co over the space of nearly half a year, was displayed during the 23rd Shantou Chenghai International Toys and Gifts Fair.

"We wanted to create the piano to demonstrate that China's building block design capabilities are on par with those abroad, as currently there is no 1:1 playable building block piano available on the market," said Chen Hongcheng, head of the large model division at Gooders.