Beijing's Haidian district hosted a book fair at Peking University's campus last week. Hundreds of students visited to trade books and share reading experiences. [By Du Juan/chinadaily.com.cn]
Beijing's Haidian district hosted a book fair at Peking University's campus last week, ahead of the 30th World Book and Copyright Day, which falls on Wednesday. The fair attracted hundreds of students who traded books and shared reading experiences.
The event, themed "Old Books and New Knowledge: Reading for Education", is part of a series of reading events in Haidian which will last until October.
Beijing's Haidian district hosted a book fair at Peking University's campus last week. Hundreds of students visited to trade books and share reading experiences. [By Du Juan/chinadaily.com.cn]
During this period, the district will hold more than 400 reading and communication activities, featuring participation from 20 cultural institutions, including the China Bookstore and Kongfz.com (an online platform for Chinese old books), which supply rare academic publications and ancient books.
Students will participate in cultural exchanges through themed exhibitions, author meet-ups, and book-swapping activities.
The initiative will expand to seven other universities, including Tsinghua University and Beihang University.
Beijing's Haidian district hosted a book fair at Peking University's campus last week. Hundreds of students visited to trade books and share reading experiences. [By Du Juan/chinadaily.com.cn]
Haidian is Beijing's science and technology hub. It develops new records for the science and technology industry and cultural initiatives.
Since 2020, the district has allocated an annual fund of 20 million yuan ($2.74 million) to support brick-and-mortar bookstores. By March this year, Haidian boasted 248 bookstores.
