Shanghai's Pudong New Area unveiled its first celebration of Reading Festival on April 23 to coincide with World Reading Festival. The event will run until August.

Lujiazui Financial City, a key area in Pudong, is actively participating in the festival and has planned a wide range of reading-related over the next few months. Here we take a look at a selection of the upcoming events.

Cultural lectures

The campus of New York University Shanghai is located in the city's Lujiazui area. [Photo/Xinhua]

A series of lectures on culture will be given by professors from New York University Shanghai (NYU Shanghai) from April to October.

NYU Shanghai, located in the city's Lujiazui area, is the first China-US independent joint venture school to have received Chinese Education Ministry approval. It intends to integrate the campus of a world famous university in the dynamic city of Shanghai.

Date: April – October

Venue: Pudong Library