The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward "developing reading activities for all", which fully reflected the central government's great attention to this cultural and livelihood project. In-depth reading by the whole people is of great significance for promoting the construction of socialist core value system, improving the scientific and cultural quality and ideological and moral quality of the people, promoting the construction of a strong socialist cultural country and building a well-off society for all.

In order to make the reading activities of the whole people extensive, in-depth and lasting, CPPCC member Nie Zhenning suggested:

1. the State Council decided to set up a "national reading festival" (or "national reading festival").

2. "National Reading Festival" is on September 28th every year.

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The significance of reading festival:

September 28th is Confucius' birthday. Defining Confucius' birthday as "National Reading Festival" (or "National Reading Festival") not only embodies the tradition and characteristics of China culture, but also helps to attract worldwide attention and recognition. The National Office for the Promotion of Chinese Teaching can take the lead in organizing Confucius Institutes around the country to hold activities on September 28th every year to commemorate Confucius' birthday and carry out activities of reading China.

The benefits of reading:

1, reading helps to increase the connotation, reading can improve a person's self-cultivation and make people very temperament.

2, reading is conducive to learning knowledge, books are usually aimed at a certain aspect of knowledge, avoiding the fragmentation of knowledge.

Reading helps to understand the thoughts of the wise. There are many famous books now. Reading these famous books can help us appreciate the thoughts of other wise men and broaden our horizons.

The most important thing of reading is to help establish a correct outlook on life. Reading can help us understand the joys and sorrows of many people, understand the changes in the world, so as to see the society as soon as possible, and then establish a correct outlook on life.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-National Reading Festival