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18 | Monday, June 1, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY LIFE o foster a love of reading than 30,000 bookrelated events, and build a learning socie influencing more than 10 million ty was an area of focus at people, according to Beijing Reading the recent two sessions, as Festival, a readingpromotion orga Tmembers from China’s top political nization. advisory body suggested on May 25 Love of books Zhu Yongxin, another CAPD cen to elevate the idea to that of a nation tral committee vicechairman, has al strategy, and ensure its implemen spent 30 years promoting the habit tation by setting up administrative Delegates at the recent two sessions offer suggestions to elevate the of reading and has brought up the regulations. idea of national reading day for 18 “A reading day is better to be set promotion of reading to that of a national strategy, Mei Jia reports. years during the two sessions. and included as a national festival,” Zhu is accustomed to rising early said Zhang Yudong, member of every day to read and write. He National Committee of the Chinese keeps diaries, and has had several People’s Political Consultative Con published. ference and vice chairman of China “The reading day is not about holi Association for Promoting Democ day leave, it’s about an awakening racy central committee, in a speech and a ritual to remind people of how made via video conference during reading shapes us and our society,” the third session of the 13th CPPCC Zhu said. National Committee. Twenty years ago, parents would Reading is the most straightfor snatch picture books or cartoon ward, efficient, convenient and the books from their children, believing least costly way to eliminate educa that they were not reading the tional injustice and to raise the over “right” material, such as textbooks all caliber of the population, Zhang or that which was related to school said.
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