Source: People's Daily - Hong Kong and Macao Channel Original draft
People's Daily Hong Kong, July 12 (Reporter Chen Ran) The Hong Kong Book Fair, which has been postponed twice due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, will be held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong for seven consecutive days from July 14. United Publishing Group held a press conference on the 12th to announce that in response to the theme of this year's book fair, "Inspirational Heart", the Group will launch more than 320 new books, hoping that readers will draw beneficial nutrients from reading and inject sufficient energy into the soul.
According to reports, the publishing houses under the United Publishing Group, including Sanlian Bookstore, Zhonghua Bookstore, Commercial Press, Wanli Organization, etc., have launched more than 320 new books; the Group will also launch audio e-books and online courses under its knowledge service software "Zhishu", and simultaneously carry out the largest online book fair in Hong Kong on the online cultural reading platform "One Book", bringing readers a rich cultural experience.
On the same day, the Group announced that it will cooperate with the public welfare person with the signature "A Retired Cultural Worker Who Wants to Unite Hong Kong's Positive Energy" to donate HK$1 million each to organise a book gift voucher lottery, and eligible Hong Kong citizens who have been vaccinated with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine can participate in the lottery, up to a maximum of HK$10,000 book vouchers.
Li Jiping, Vice Chairman and President of the Group, said that the epidemic has a great impact on business operations and public life, and hoped that the lottery would encourage Hong Kong people to get vaccinated as soon as possible, so that Hong Kong could establish a vaccine barrier as soon as possible.
He introduced that during the epidemic period, the Group launched a variety of anti-epidemic books, distributed 350,000 copies of the "COVID-19 Epidemic Protection Reader" free of charge, and held a large-scale online public welfare cultural activity to work with the whole Hong Kong public to prevent and fight the epidemic with the whole Hong Kong public to read and comfort the soul.