Modern Express News (correspondent Shao Chunyong reporter Chen Xi) On April 23, the first national reading conference opened in Beijing, focusing on the theme of "reading a new era and striving for a new journey" to help the whole people read in depth. On the night of the opening ceremony, "Reading for All China Good Books", as one of the important release activities of the conference, was broadcast on CCTV, and the 2021 China Good Books were announced on the spot, and a total of 42 kinds of books in 6 categories, including theme publishing, literature and art, humanities and social sciences, children's books, popular science life, and honorary books, were selected. Among them, Lian Shang's original work "Bungee Jumping" was listed as a network literary work in the list of good books in literature and art.
"China Good Books" is a book selection activity sponsored by the China Book Critics Society under the guidance of the Publishing Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, with the purpose of "finding readers for good books and finding good books for readers", aiming to transmit positive energy through the promotion of good books and promote and guide the reading of the whole people. Since 2014, "China Good Books" has been held for nine consecutive years, and has become an annual landmark event in reading, publishing and even the cultural circles, and its recognition and praise in the industry have increased year by year, and it is a good book vane in China's publishing industry.
"Bungee Jumping", which was selected as a good book in the literary and art category this time, is an original novel of online literature by Lianshang Literature Chasing Waves Network, and it is also the first outstanding literary work to show the magnificent practice of mainland diplomacy in the form of a long novel. "Bungee Jumping" explains to the reader the profound connotation of building a community with a shared future for mankind with a vivid story and immersive details. Taking many years of real diplomat experience, diplomatic observations and diplomatic documentary materials as the source of creation, the author successfully shaped the image of the protagonist Zhong Liang as an excellent diplomat, who went to a tropical island country in the depths of the ocean to create an embassy, endured the loneliness far away from the motherland and relatives, faced one thrilling crisis and dangerous moment after another, demonstrated excellent diplomatic wisdom, successfully completed a series of glorious diplomatic tasks delivered by the motherland, and successfully won the strong support and firm friendship of the government and people of the host country. It depicts the group portraits of the front-line diplomats of new China and also highlights the glorious image of the mainland.
Lu Shan, the author of "Bungee Jumping", is a former ambassador to foreign countries who studied at the Chinese College of Foreign Studies in Beijing and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where he received a master's degree in philosophy. He has been engaged in international exchanges for more than 30 years, and has been stationed in Europe, North America, Latin America and Africa, and has served as an ambassador twice. He loves to write, and has written dozens of prose works, and is currently working on novels in the field of diplomacy.
The story described in "Bungee Jumping" is suspenseful, the sense of substitution is extremely strong, the readability is extremely strong, and there is a wealth of diplomatic knowledge, which has been well received by readers after being serialized on the Internet, and is published by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, and has won many awards in the field of online literature and book publishing. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has strongly recommended "Bungee Jumping" on Weibo and Dangdang.com, and Former Foreign Ministry Spokesperson and former Ambassador to Foreign Countries Zhu Bangzao believes that "Bungee Jumping" very well reveals the values of Chinese diplomats "loyalty, mission and dedication". Sun Haichao, vice chairman of the China Foundation for International Studies, believes that "Bungee Jumping" portrays the group portrait of diplomats who do not forget their original intentions, keep in mind their mission, are not alarmed, and persevere, reflecting the hardships of the working and living environment of diplomats from one side, and helping readers to understand and understand "what is diplomacy". Yang Jian, a former Chinese ambassador to Brunei and a researcher at Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, said that the content described in the book, especially the various ideological activities of the protagonists, although they are familiar, do not coincide with any specific events. The perseverance of the protagonist demonstrates the core values of "loyalty, mission and dedication" of diplomats.
In recent years, the number of realistic theme works in the original works of online literature has increased year by year, and "Bungee Jumping" has been selected as the 2021 China Good Book, which shows the further improvement of the quality of the realistic theme works of online literature and the expansion of the theme. Excellent works such as "Bungee Jumping", "2.24 Meters of Skyline", "Aiding Foreign Benevolent Doctors", "Illuminating the Sun and Moon", and "Living Up to Shaoguang" respectively tell the stories of diplomats, women's volleyball teams, foreign aid doctors, judges, and community governance, showing the creative concept of online literature creators adhering to the people's position and taking the people's lives as the source.
(Editing by Wu Yanran)