Nantong is famous for its profound cultural heritage of respecting teachers and valuing education. In recent years, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have attached great importance to reading for all, rallied social forces, advocated the participation of all, and constantly promoted the high-quality development of reading for all. In 2020, our city was awarded the "Model City for the Construction of Scholarly City in Jiangsu Province".

202 1, Nantong national reading index ranks first in Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu. Nantong Taofen Reading Festival is a landmark project of national reading activities in our city. Nantong Taofen Reading Festival was founded in the late 1990s, and was once rated as one of the top ten national reading promotion activities and excellent national reading project by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the province. The theme of this year's reading festival is "reading a new era and pursuing a new journey". From April to June, 10, more than 200 rich activities will be organized.

Nantong Taofen Reading Festival is held once a year. Nantong Taofen Reading Festival has been held for 19 times. Taofen Reading Festival is to commemorate the revolutionary martyr Zou Taofen, and at the same time cultivate citizens' reading habits and promote reading for all.

In addition, we also actively promote the construction of farmer's bookstores, Bird's Nest bookstores, Taofen bookstores and e-readers.

As the venue of the launching ceremony of the 17th Nantong Taofen Reading Festival, Nantong Chongchuan Library will be officially opened to the public. Chongchuan District Library is located in Chongchuan District Cultural and Art Center, with a designed collection of 200,000 books and an existing collection of nearly 65,438+10,000 books. It is positioned as a modern comprehensive public library, with general information desk, youth lending area, newspaper reading area and visually impaired reading room.