There are many labels in Shenzhen, such as "Shenzhen Speed", "Shenzhen Miracle", "Maker Paradise" and "Design Capital". These labels brought Shenzhen into people's field of vision and aroused people's amazement, but only one post-it note won everyone's respect-the city of reading.
In others' eyes, Shenzhen is an immigrant city that has sprung up overnight, a nouveau riche and a cultural desert. However, the fact is that while pursuing economic benefits, Shenzhen has not forgotten to improve the quality of its people. While proposing that "time is money and efficiency is life", it has not forgotten to "make this city win respect for its love of reading".
Reading is a tradition and a future.
Liu Chucai, the old curator of Shenzhen Library, has 1988 People's Daily. In the photo news of the newspaper, there are two photos side by side: one is that there are fewer and fewer cars and horses in front of her house, which is a famous library in China, and the other is a long queue in front of the Shenzhen Library. The sharp contrast is impressive.
On June 8th, 1996, 1 1, Shenzhen Book City and the 7th National Book Fair were grandly opened, and 5 yuan tickets were fired to 80 yuan. On that day, as many as 654.38 million people came to visit and buy books. This national book fair, which was once regarded as a loss-making business by other cities, ushered in its arrival in Shenzhen with an unprecedented ten-day sales of 2 1.77 million.
Obviously, Shenzhen is a nerd at heart. In the most difficult years, Shenzhen was not bent down by poverty to give up studying. In the era of rapid economic development, Shenzhen is not obsessed with reading. In Shenzhen, people with yellow hair will have their favorite books. Half of them inherit the precipitated past and half shoulder the academic future.
Reading will unite the city.
People's thirst for knowledge has enabled Shenzhen to create a feat of prosperity. In 2000, Shenzhen designated 1 1 month as "Reading Month". Since 17, the total number of activities held in Reading Month has reached more than 6,600, and 220 famous scholars and experts at home and abroad have been invited to give lectures here. The opening of Reading Month has become the most popular cultural carnival in Shenzhen, attracting not only scholars from all corners of the country, but also many writers. The communication collision between readers and authors has changed reading from one-way teaching to two-way output, and the cultural soil of Shenzhen is getting deeper and deeper among people's thoughts.
Mr. Jin Yong said: "The identity of a city begins with and focuses on the cultural identity of this city. Shenzhen has combed out a brand-new cultural image and city image because of reading month, which has made many cultural celebrities look at Shenzhen with new eyes. Shenzhen is becoming a respected city for reading. "
The library is always the soul of a city. In 2003, Shenzhen implemented the construction plan of "Library City". After more than ten years, Shenzhen has a perfect public library system envied by the public library community. The library system in Shenzhen implements unified service, and all libraries provide services for readers on the same service platform according to the same service rules, realizing one database, one system and one reader card. Readers can check all library resources at one time in any library that has joined the "unified service", and they can borrow and return documents, reissue certificates and return certificates in any library just by handling a reader's card.
Shenzhen is an inch of land, but it has given the most central and expensive place to Shenzhen Central Bookstore, the largest bookstore in Shenzhen. The bookstore covers an area of 8.7 hectares. There are adult bookstores in humanities and social sciences, language and writing, economic management, life science and technology, children's bookstores, and more unique art design bookstores, starlight reading stacks, art bookstores and Hong Wen bookstores.
At present, Shenzhen Central Bookstore has become an important place for cultural consumption of Shenzhen citizens, and it is also an important position for publishing institutions all over the country to hold new book releases, meet readers and famous forums.
Since 2006, Shenzhen has had a "never-ending 24-hour dating place"-24-hour book bar. The glass window of the book bar always says, "Even if the whole city sinks into the night, this lamp will shine for you." The success of 24-hour bookstore has played a good leading role in the development strategy tree of "one district, one store, one street, one bookstore" in 20/0/4.
Reading is Shenzhen's dream and life. In Shenzhen, people became attached to reading and spontaneously set up many reading organizations, such as Shenzhen Reading Club, Shenzhen University Reading Club, Little Women Reading Club and backyard reading club. , as well as the clover story family, public welfare study room and so on, which are deeply loved by children. People communicate and progress through large and small organizational activities, and feel the beauty brought by reading.
Now these non-governmental organizations, together with Shenzhen Reading Federation, Shenzhen Book City and Library System, have become active organizers of reading cultural activities, creating Shenzhen Reading Forum, classic poetry reading, top ten books of the year, top ten children's books of the year, books recommended by leaders, poets' world, live composition contest for primary and secondary school students, scholarly families, book donation, picture book drama contest, young workers' sunshine reading, mobile phone reading season, marine culture forum and warm reading night.
The city is brightened by reading.
By the end of 20 16, there were 627 public libraries, 3 municipal libraries, 8 district libraries, 6 grass-roots libraries at street level and below, and 240 24-hour self-service library in urban blocks, with 2.08 million registered readers, exceeding the permanent population of the city 15%. The annual literature borrowing volume is 1228.53 volumes. Moreover, the number of books purchased per capita in Shenzhen has been the first in the country for 26 consecutive years; 24-hour book bar/kloc-will not be closed for 0/0 years. Children borrow 28 books every year, and citizens read more than 1 hour every day.
As of April 20 17, public libraries at all levels in the city have held activities 12800 times. Since June, the total number of activities held in Reading Month has reached more than 6,600, and 220 well-known scholars and experts at home and abroad have been invited to give lectures here. The total number of people participating in Reading Month has reached1060,000. Therefore, "Reading Month" has been affectionately compared by citizens and experts as "a feast of spiritual culture" and "a carnival of urban culture", and major media have also praised it for creating a "Shenzhen miracle" for all people to read. The experience, mode and reading concept of Reading Month have been used for reference by more than 60 cities, and more and more provinces and cities have their own reading plans and activities.
In 20 17, there were 754 theme activities and 53 key theme activities in Shenzhen Reading Month, including seven sections: warm reading, internet plus, scholarly reading in Shenzhen, reading navigation, sharing and communication, happy growth and flying youth, which will once again set off the upsurge of reading for the whole people.
The reading style in Shenzhen has become an example not only for all parts of the country, but also for the world. The name of "Shenzhen" was highlighted at the launching ceremony of China National Reading Season in 20 17, because on 20 13 and 2 1 2, Ms. irina bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, personally presented the certificate of "Global National Reading Demonstration City" to Xu Qin, Mayor of Shenzhen, when she attended the Beijing Summit of Creative Cities and the First International Conference on Learning Cities in Beijing.
Irina bokova also said: Shenzhen decided to take the lead in setting up Shenzhen Reading Month in 2000, which is full of the spirit of reform and innovation, and public participation is really commendable. Shenzhen promotes reading for all and sets an example for the world.
The picture is from vision china.