READING THE FUTURE
By Mei Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2018-07-27 07:29
The National Book Expo recently returned to Shenzhen after a gap of around 20 years, rekindling memories, Mei Jia reports.
In the past 20 years, Shenzhen has continuously been the top buyer of books in the country in terms of the annual amount of books bought per capita, the city's Party chief, Wang Weizhong, said at the opening ceremony of the 28th National Book Expo on July 19.
In 1996, when the 7th National Book Expo was held in the city, people flocked to buy books and the venue got so crowded that it had to be closed. And an old photo shows the glass door of the venue with a poster which says "Please come tomorrow" even as the crowd lingered on, unwilling to leave.
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