A photo exhibition entitled "China Through the Eyes of the Bulgarian Youth" opened here Friday on the Bridge of Lovers.

The one-week exhibition, organized on the occasion of the EU-China Year of Youth, features about 100 landscapes, portraits and events of everyday life taken in China by more than 15 photographers.

Sergei Ignatov, Minister of Education, Youth and Science, said at the opening ceremony that the exhibition is a really important event for young people from Europe to meet with the great Chinese civilization.

Chinese Ambassador to Bulgaria Guo Yezhou said the exhibition would act as a bridge that connects the youth of China and Bulgaria.