On October 26, the opening ceremony for the 19th NJU Reading Festival was held at Duxia Library, Xianlin Campus. Tan Zhemin, President of NJU and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suo Wenbin, Vice President of NJU, and Min Tiejun, former Vice President of NJU, attended the ceremony.
On behalf of NJU, Tan welcomed the guests. He pointed out that NJU has been committed to fostering a strong reading culture on campus. The Reading Festival has been successfully held 18 times, playing an important role in knowledge sharing, cultural inheritance, international exchanges and campus culture construction.
Tan thanked Yan Gongda’s generous donation of his calligraphy featuring NJU's anthem
Yan presented NJU with his calligraphy featuring the university's motto
Yan expressed his deep affection and good wishes for NJU
Yan, Tan, Suo, and Min jointly unveiled Yan's calligraphy of NJU's anthem
Min Tiejun, Wu Xinlei, Professor at School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University, Zhu Hanmo, Chair of Nanjing University Communist Youth League Committee, and Li Ting, Assistant Editor in Chief of Nanjing University Press jointly unveiled the plaque for the "Editions of Dream of the Red Mansion" Exhibition
Wu shared his experiences of previous Reading Festivals
Huang Xianjin, Director of NJU Libraries, introduced the overall arrangement of this year's Reading Festival
Leaders from NJU's schools unveiled related events
Zhang Yuqing, a reader representative, introduced her insights from studying at NJU
This year's Reading Festival was o-hosted by NJU Libraries and NJU Press, and was supported by NJU News Center, NJU Communist Youth League Committee, NJU Office of Humanities and Social Sciences, NJU Working Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, NJU Museum and Jiangsu Dazhong Bookstore Book Culture Co., Ltd.
Writer: Yang Yakun
Editor: Wang Yingxue, Song Jiaxin
