More than 400 psychologists from 52 countries and regions are attending the 17th International Conference on Cross-Culture Psychology being held in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The psychologists will focus their topics on "cultural differences and outlook of psychology in the 21st century" during the five-day conference.

Convention of the conference in China will enable Chinese psychologists to enhance academic exchanges and cooperation with their counterparts in other countries and help expand China's influence in the world arena in this respect, said Zhang Kan, president of the China Psychology Society.

The five-day conference started on Monday is jointly organized by Shaanxi Normal University and the China Psychology Society.