On the same day, the new library of Chongqing Yongchuan Library was officially opened. The library covers an area of about 7,000 square meters, with more than 20 functional windows such as information inquiry, book reading and borrowing, children's reading, newspaper and periodical reading, elderly reading, visually impaired reading, digital literature reading, etc., which can receive more than 1,000 readers at the same time.
In recent years, Yongchuan District of Chongqing has scientifically laid out urban and rural reading spaces, actively created a "15-minute reading cultural circle", and strived to make the urban area full of "book aroma".
On January 4, readers read in the new library of Chongqing Yongchuan Library. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao
Staff (left) of the new Library of Yongchuan Library in Chongqing help readers apply for book cards on January 4. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao