Reading for better life
4 years, 1 month ago

Reading for better life

China Daily  

Children enjoy reading time at a "neighborhood library" in Foshan, Guangdong province. Organization donates many books to children in poor areas to help locals turn a new page, Yang Yang reports. Fourteen years ago, when Wu Jingxun started visiting villages in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the country, the volunteer teacher visited families to see what books the children read. "The kids knew enough words and the parents also understood the importance of education, but there was no other reading material apart from those, the covers of which had been worn out," recalls Wu, 46, who's from Foshan, South China's Guangdong province. "The gaps regarding reading and vision are among the growing differences between children in urban areas and those in the countryside," Wu says, based on 15 years of volunteer teaching in poor areas in Qinghai, Yunnan and Gansu provinces, and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

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Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas

China Daily  

Visitors chat at a rural bookstore at Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Hebei province in early June. XI'AN — Jiao Meining, 47, took a particular liking to a picture book titled That Book Woman, based on the true story of female librarians traversing mountains to deliver books to children in the rural United States, which went on to …

Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bookstore owner brings passion for reading to rural areas

China Daily  

Visitors chat at a rural bookstore at Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Hebei province in early June. XI'AN — Jiao Meining, 47, took a particular liking to a picture book titled That Book Woman, based on the true story of female librarians traversing mountains to deliver books to children in the rural United States, which went on to …

Rural libraries open exciting chapter for children
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rural libraries open exciting chapter for children

China Daily  

Established in Xingyi, Guizhou province, in 2012, Dashan Xiaoai is a children's charity dedicated to narrowing the regional gap in education and broadening the children's perspective, with various activities, such as movies, book fairs and reading clubs. Children in one village in the Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, in Guizhou province, have a new place to spend their winter …

Rural libraries open exciting chapter for children
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rural libraries open exciting chapter for children

China Daily  

Established in Xingyi, Guizhou province, in 2012, Dashan Xiaoai is a children's charity dedicated to narrowing the regional gap in education and broadening the children's perspective, with various activities, such as movies, book fairs and reading clubs. Children in one village in the Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, in Guizhou province, have a new place to spend their winter …

Readers line up for book fair in SAR
1 year, 5 months ago

Readers line up for book fair in SAR

China Daily  

Visitors read at a booth during the 33rd Hong Kong Book Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on Wednesday. Thousands of book lovers queued up on Wednesday and filed into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre as the 33rd Hong Kong Book Fair kicked off. In addition, this year's book fair …

Report on reading trends in Shanghai released
1 year, 8 months ago

Report on reading trends in Shanghai released

China Daily  

Yough readers at the new campus of Shanghai Children's Library. Children aged between 4 and 11 accounted for 80 percent of the active young users of public libraries in Shanghai, and those between 7 and 9 borrowed the most books, according to the 2021-2022 Shanghai Public Library Children's Reading Report that was released on Sunday, which marked World Reading Day. …

Vital chapter
1 year, 8 months ago

Vital chapter

China Daily  

Various reading events for children have been held across the country, including in Beijing and Shanghai. Country marks Book Day this year with events promoting reading among rural children, Li Yingxue reports. The Soong Ching Ling Angel of Peace Art Group performed a song on April 2, International Children's Book Day, to raise awareness about the importance of reading among …

Shandong promotes reading
2 years, 4 months ago

Shandong promotes reading

China Daily  

The first Shandong Reading Conference and Qilu Book Festival, The Mengyin County Library offers a parent-child reading room in Linyi, Shandong province. During the reading promotion event, a series of exhibitions, such as the national reading achievements exhibition, themed book exhibitions, the children's picture book exhibition, and exhibitions on ancient books, will be held at Shandong Book City. The "2022 …

Iranian readers club talks about Chinese poverty alleviation
2 years, 5 months ago

Iranian readers club talks about Chinese poverty alleviation

China Daily  

An online activity of the Chinese literature overseas readers club was held in Iran on July 26, 2022. The activity invited more than 30 people including local publishers, translators, cultural figures and culture lovers to gather in an Instagram conference room to talk about the Chinese poverty alleviation in the book Gaoqiang. The book Gaoqiang, with the title literally meaning …

Iranian readers club talks about Chinese poverty alleviation
2 years, 5 months ago

Iranian readers club talks about Chinese poverty alleviation

China Daily  

An online activity of the Chinese literature overseas readers club was held in Iran on July 26, 2022. The activity invited more than 30 people including local publishers, translators, cultural figures and culture lovers to gather in an Instagram conference room to talk about the Chinese poverty alleviation in the book Gaoqiang. The book Gaoqiang, with the title literally meaning …

每日一词∣全民阅读大会 National Conference on Reading
2 years, 8 months ago

每日一词∣全民阅读大会 National Conference on Reading

China Daily  

首届全民阅读大会4月23日在京开幕。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平发来贺信，表示热烈的祝贺。习近平希望广大党员、干部带头读书学习，修身养志，增长才干；希望孩子们养成阅读习惯，快乐阅读，健康成长；希望全社会都参与到阅读中来，形成爱读书、读好书、善读书的浓厚氛围。 The First National Conference on Reading was held in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a congratulatory letter to the conference. He also expressed a wish that all Chinese people are engaged in reading and contribute to an atmosphere …

每日一词∣全民阅读大会 National Conference on Reading
2 years, 8 months ago

每日一词∣全民阅读大会 National Conference on Reading

China Daily  

首届全民阅读大会4月23日在京开幕。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平发来贺信，表示热烈的祝贺。习近平希望广大党员、干部带头读书学习，修身养志，增长才干；希望孩子们养成阅读习惯，快乐阅读，健康成长；希望全社会都参与到阅读中来，形成爱读书、读好书、善读书的浓厚氛围。 The First National Conference on Reading was held in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a congratulatory letter to the conference. He also expressed a wish that all Chinese people are engaged in reading and contribute to an atmosphere …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

More Chinese willing to 'pick up a printed book' during 2020 epidemic
3 years, 8 months ago

More Chinese willing to 'pick up a printed book' during 2020 epidemic

China Daily  

A kid reads books in a bookstore in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. The latest annual report on Chinese people's reading habits showed that more were willing to pick up a book in print in 2020, against the ever-running challenges from e-books and digital reading. In 2020, the adult Chinese read on average 4.7 books in print and 3.29 digital …

Read all about it is good advice
4 years ago

Read all about it is good advice

China Daily  

Veteran education expert Zhu Yongxin reads books to inquisitive children on a video program at the National Library of China in 2016. Two sessions refers to the annual gathering of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's biggest annual political events. "It's possible in space and time, with the railways running on strict timetables, …

Reading for better life
4 years, 1 month ago

Reading for better life

China Daily  

Children enjoy reading time at a "neighborhood library" in Foshan, Guangdong province. Organization donates many books to children in poor areas to help locals turn a new page, Yang Yang reports. Fourteen years ago, when Wu Jingxun started visiting villages in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the country, the …

Gift a reading life to a child this festive season
4 years, 2 months ago

Gift a reading life to a child this festive season

Live Mint  

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Love of books
4 years, 7 months ago

Love of books

China Daily  

A family of three read books in a bookstore in Nanjing on May 3. YANG SUPING/FOR CHINA DAILY To foster a love of reading and build a learning society was an area of focus at the recent two sessions, as members from China's top political advisory body suggested on May 25 to elevate the idea to that of a national …

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