The document information resources mentioned in the preceding paragraph include books, newspapers, periodicals, microforms, audio-visual products, electronic publications and digital resources. Article 4 The municipal administrative department of culture shall be responsible for the management of public libraries in this Municipality and organize the implementation of these Regulations.
The district cultural administrative department is responsible for the management of public libraries within its administrative area.
Development and reform, finance, education, planning, land, human resources, construction, transportation and other administrative departments shall, according to their respective responsibilities, coordinate the implementation of these regulations. Article 5 The municipal and district people's governments shall incorporate the public library into the national economic and social development plan and annual plan, and the required funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level, so as to make the financial input adapt to the economic and social development and the service population, service scope, service demand and service function of the public library.
Public library funds include facilities, equipment, personnel, literature information resources, library operation and maintenance, etc. Article 6 Natural persons, legal persons or other organizations at home and abroad are encouraged to support the development of public libraries by donating funds, documents, facilities, equipment or other forms.
Encourage and support domestic and foreign natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to cooperate with public libraries or independently set up public welfare libraries to provide public welfare reading services. People's governments at all levels shall give support in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.
Natural persons, legal persons or other organizations at home and abroad who participate in library construction or provide public welfare reading services in the ways specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article shall enjoy preferential treatment such as taxation in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations. Public libraries can be named after donors or give corresponding honors to donors in other appropriate ways. Article 7 The municipal and district people's governments may initiate the establishment of social funds for the development of public libraries.
Encourage domestic and foreign natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to set up public library development social funds according to law, or make donations to public library development social funds.
The establishment, operation and management of social funds for the development of public libraries shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations. Article 8 The municipal and district people's governments shall promote public libraries to establish and operate corporate governance mechanisms, and establish and improve corporate governance institutions such as the board of directors. The Council is composed of representatives of cultural administrative departments, relevant administrative departments, public libraries, professionals and citizens. Article 9 April every year is Guangzhou Reading Month.
Cultural administrative departments, public libraries and other administrative departments and units shall organize and carry out nationwide reading promotion activities through various forms. Chapter II Construction of Public Libraries Article 10 The municipal and district people's governments shall, according to the social, economic, cultural development and population distribution in their respective regions, make overall plans and make rational layout, and establish a public library system covering urban and rural areas.
The municipal administrative department of culture shall, according to the national economic and social development plan, the overall urban planning and the overall land use planning, prepare the construction plan of public libraries, and report it to the Municipal People's Government for examination and approval after being audited by the municipal development and reform, planning and land management departments. Eleventh public library sites should be located in places with relatively concentrated population, convenient transportation, good municipal facilities, safety, hygiene and environmental protection standards and reasonable service radius.
If the site selection of a public library that has been built or started construction before the implementation of these Regulations does not conform to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the municipal and district people's governments shall gradually improve the public transportation and municipal facilities supporting the public library, and improve the safety, hygiene and environmental conditions around the public library in accordance with relevant standards. Article 12 The municipal and district people's governments shall set up public libraries at the corresponding levels.
Guangzhou Library, established by the Municipal People's Government, is the central library of the city's public libraries. According to the development planning and actual needs of public libraries, the central library can set up comprehensive or professional branches directly under it.
The District People's Government shall be responsible for the construction of district, town and street public libraries, and establish a general and branch library system with district public libraries as regional headquarters and town and street public libraries as branches. The towns and streets where provincial, municipal and district public libraries are located may not set up branch libraries. Thirteenth District People's government should promote the construction of village and community libraries or service outlets according to local conditions, and can set up libraries or service outlets in densely populated areas such as schools, enterprises, subway stations, railway stations, bus stations and airports.
The relevant units shall, according to the actual situation, provide necessary support for the construction of libraries or service outlets in terms of venues, supporting facilities and equipment. Article 14 The Municipal People's Government shall set up a children's library. The District People's Government may set up a children's library. The children's library established by the municipal and district people's governments is a professional branch of the central library and the regional general library.
Children's reading areas should be set up in the central hall and the regional general hall.