The Luohu Library organized an online reading activity on April 23, World Book Day, with other public libraries in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Macao.
About 12,000 “bookworms” took part in the half-an-hour reading activity of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The participants were from schools, enterprises, volunteer organizations, and communities. Some of them expressed their opinions on the books they read through online platforms to exchanges ideas and share the joy of reading.
World Book Day, short for World Book and Copyright Day, is an annual celebration on April 23 declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.