A total of 300 panda figures greeted visitors at a shopping mall in Taiyuan, capital of North China’s Shanxi province, on June 30, Shanxi Daily reported.

The art exhibit featured protection of the environment and pandas, an endangered species with 1,600 left in the world.

The display of 300 panda figures in different poses and expressions are so cute that many passers-by stopped to pose for photos with them.

The exhibition will stay for two weeks, to call for more awareness in protecting the natural environment of rare wildlife.

Citizens in Taiyuan play with the fiberglass panda figures on June 30. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]