Book exhibitions, parent-child activities, and cultural exchanges are scheduled Sept 24 to 26 during the 2021 South China Book Festival at Zhuhai Museum & Planning Exhibition Hall, and Xinhua, Readzone, Coast Books, and Doumen Xiti bookstores.

A wide variety of books related to social science, literacy, art, children, and cultural education will be available at the main venue: Zhuhai Museum & Planning Exhibition Hall at the Lovers Avenue-Haihong Road intersection in Old Xiangzhou. Highlighted will be works on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, revolutionary and local culture, and best-selling literary works.

The Interaction Zone will feature Reading Pavilions and facilities that allow QR codes to be scanned for mobile reading.

Families can take part in a Story Box picture book exhibition hosted by Zhuhai Artistic Life Space and Kid's Republic Picture Book Store, children's painting exhibition, scroll graffiti, parent-child reading, and handcraft activities.

Reading atmosphere [Photo courtesy Guanhai App]

Cultural creative products with local elements such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Zhuhai Opera House, and Fisher Maiden statue can be purchased at the Children's Painting Exhibition Zone.

Zhuhai and Macao youths from the University of Macau and Macao-Hengqin Youth Entrepreneurship Valley (Inno Valley HQ) will be invited for cultural exchanges, and local authors will host autograph sessions during the event.

Other activities include Jin Cheng's comics fair, Yang Pao-an picture book salon, Cantonese Opera & Operatic Songs competition for Zhuhai-Hong Kong-Macao middle and primary school students, Zhuhai-Macao youth recital finals, and promotions of Zhuhai's civilization.

Meanwhile, a special column will be set up on Guanhai App for online lectures by reputed people and reading activities.

The Zhuhai sub-venue of the South China Book Festival is organized by Zhuhai Media Group and sponsored by the publicity departments of the CPC Zhuhai Municipal and Guangdong Provincial committees. The Zhuhai Education Bureau will provide support.

To promote mass reading beyond the festival, Zhuhai will set up a zone for One-Hour Tranquil Reading in public reading spaces and organize year-long selections of most beautiful bookstores and reading spaces in Zhuhai, a "The Way We Read" photo competition, and reading sharing activities.