Joy of reading

To mark the 28th World Book and Copyright Day and the eighth Eighth Shenzhen Minors Reading Day, Shenzhen is holding more than 1,000 activities for citizens to advocate creating a daily reading habit. According to Shenzhen Library, the “City of Library” network prepared 1,164 reading activities for residents. Among them were 756 offline and 359 online activities, respectively, and 49 were held simultaneously online and offline.

Children recite Chinese poems during a reading event held at Shenzhen Library in Futian District yesterday, the 28th World Book and Copyright Day and 8th Shenzhen Minors Reading Day. Photos by Sun Yuchen, Liu Xudong, Lin Songtao

Video by Sun Yuchen