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The inaugural meeting of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute (CUSI) and its first general meeting were held at Changchun Haihang Changbaishan Hotel on July 18, 2011. The mayor of Changchun, Cui Jie, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The deputy mayor Wang Xuezhan was elected the first chairman of CUSI. The elected vice chairmen included Liu Tianfu (first), Xu Yifu, Feng Boyang, Yin Xiaofeng, Wang Jianguo, Jiao Hongjun and Li Songhai. Liu Tianfu held a concurrent post of secretary-general.
With the approval and registration of Changchun Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs, Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute (CUSI) is a municipal first-class social organization with independent legal status and is a high-level academic research organization combined by sculpture professionals, professional units of sculpture, groups and relevant units in Changchun by means of equal consultation according to the principles of democracy and voluntary participation. CUSI owns 63 unit members and 86 individual members now.
CUSI carries out work according to law under the operational guidance from the professional unit in charge, Changchun City Planning Bureau as well as under the supervision and administration from the nongovernmental organization registration administrative authority, Changchun Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs. The service of CUSI includes sculpture creation, theoretical research, business training, professional exhibition, book and magazine editing, international cooperation, consultancy service and legal aid.
    The inaugural meeting was hosted by the deputy secretary-general of Changchun Municipal Government, Zhu Yongjian. The leader of Changchun Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs read out the "Written Reply on Approving the Preparations for the Establishment of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute". Liu Tianfu, director of Changchun Administrative Office of Urban Sculpture Planning and head of preparatory group of CUSI, delivered the "Report on the Preparatory Work of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute", and the vice director Lin Wei read out the drafting instructions of the "Articles of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute". And the staff read out the "Articles of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute ". The "Report on the Preparatory Work of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute" and the "Articles of Changchun Urban Sculpture Institute" passed by a show of hands among the delegates.
    The first Executive Council was elected by a show of hands among the delegates.