Editor's Note:
The 11th G20 summit, to be held from September 4 to 5 in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, is fast approaching.
As the world’s gaze turns to Hangzhou, Chinese citizens are rolling out the welcome mat in a variety of creative ways.
Photos: CFP
Farmers in Huangshan, East China’s Anhui Province, welcome the coming G20 summit with the help of carefully arranged corn and chili peppers on August 29. 
An artist sculpts an elaborate sandcastle in Zhoushan, East China’s Zhejiang Province, on August 29. Around 60 such sandcastles, featuring representative imagery from the G20 economies, will be on display at the 18th Zhoushan International Sand Sculpture Festival, which opens with a G20 theme on September 9. 
Zhang Weiyong, a teacher at Fuchun River Junior High School in Tonglu, East China’s Zhejiang Province, proudly displays his paper art depicting famous tourist sites from the G20 economies on August 25. 
A G20 themed topiary display is seen in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, on August 22. 
57 buses park in a G20 formation in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, on August 12. 
Hangzhou resident Fang Jianguo, 61, presents his G20 paper cut artwork in support of the summit on August 13. 
An enormous replica of the G20 logo can be seen in a rice field in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, on July 11. 
A plant-covered wall displays the G20 logo in Hangzhou on May 18. 
1,000 volunteers stand in a “G20” formation to mark their commitment to ensuring the security of the G20 summit in Jinhua, Zhejiang, on May 12.
