On October 21, Chen Jie, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, led a team to the new city to carry out the work of reading supervision for the whole people and held a symposium. Yuan Huizhong, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee, attended the meeting.
The meeting listened to the work report of the new city on the assessment of the 2021 national reading index, and the relevant departments exchanged speeches.
Chen Jie fully affirmed the achievements made by Xincheng in promoting reading for the whole people. He stressed that it is necessary to further intensify propaganda and enhance the masses' awareness of reading. Online and offline multi-channel and multi-means publicity, popularize the concept of reading for all, and expand the influence of reading for all. It is necessary to further optimize reading facilities and improve the reading experience of the masses. Benchmarking rural bookstores to upgrade standards, pay close attention to implementation, and focus on building a number of exemplary farmhouse bookstores with bright spots. It is necessary to further enrich reading activities and create a strong reading atmosphere. Relying on the regional advantages of the new city, we will solidly promote the "seven advances" of reading for the whole people and create a new city of books.
Yuan Huizhong said that the new city will further promote the in-depth development of the reading work of the whole people in accordance with the requirements, effectively promote the strengthening and deepening of the reading of the whole people in the village community; improve the input mechanism, increase the policy support and financial support for the rural bookstore; and carry out reading activities with the characteristics of the new city according to local conditions by learning from the excellent practices of other counties and urban areas, and form the brand of the new city.
Responsible persons of the Party and Mass Department, the Economic Development Bureau, and Hangji Town attended the meeting.