Gong Zheng is inspecting the Shanghai Book Fair to create a cultural platform that serves the whole country and likes the good reading habits of citizens. | Culture | Shanghai
The 2023 Shanghai Book Fair and "Bookish China" Shanghai Week kicked off. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, came to the Shanghai Book Fair this morning to experience the cultural atmosphere of nationwide reading with book lovers.
Gong Zheng and his delegation arrived at the Shanghai Exhibition Center and walked into the theme exhibition area. Along the way, they inspected the theme bookshelves, the Renaissance Library, and the National Exhibition of Digital Integrated Publishing, gaining a detailed understanding of the publication of theme books and related reading activities. The main venue of this Shanghai Book Fair has gathered more than 20 publishing groups, about 350 publishing houses, and over 180000 high-quality books from across the country. The total number of events in the city is about 850. Gong Zheng arrived at the central hall and walked into the Sichuan Publishing House, Shanghai Century Publishing Group, China Publishing Group, etc. He carefully examined the exhibited books and had in-depth exchanges with the head of the publishing house. Subsequently, the city leaders came to Dongyi Hall to inspect the Century Fine Exhibition of Chinese Classic Literature, National Studies Hall, Taoshu Le, and Future Reading Hall, to observe the heavyweight achievements of book publishing, and to listen to introductions on digital content production and new media applications.
Gong Zheng pointed out that the love of reading is a good habit of Shanghai citizens and a distinctive feature of Shanghai's urban cultural atmosphere. The Shanghai Book Fair should play an important role in promoting public reading and enhancing cultural heritage, and further establish the Shanghai Book Fair brand. We must vigorously develop cultural undertakings and industries, create a modern public cultural service system that citizens love, enhance the competitiveness of the cultural industry, actively promote the application of new technologies, products, and models in the cultural field, and better meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people. To build world-class cultural facilities, create an international first-class cultural development environment, continuously improve the identification, reputation, and perception of urban culture, and provide citizens with more sense of gain and happiness.
City leaders Zhao Jiaming and Liu Duo attended.