New group seeks to preserve ancient books

Society needs to be mobilized to better preserve China's written history, according to a national meeting in Beijing last week.

The China Ancient Book Protection Association kicked off on Friday at the National Library of China. The industry association will function as a complement to efforts to better preserve the country's uncountable written treasures, the initiators say.

The first meeting of this nonprofit included a 62-member council from public libraries, colleges, scientific research institutions, academia and enterprises nationwide.