Interior lighting and flowers outside the entrance create a welcoming night scene night at the Xingchen Library at Wuhan University of Bioengineering in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"The university provides a good environment and services to attract and encourage more students to read," said Li Ziyu, a freshman from the College of Life Science and Technology. "It is my first goal after entering the university to get a seat in the library."