According to the data, since the announcement of World Reading Day, more than 100 countries and regions have participated in this activity. Many countries will carry out colorful activities on this day, week or month. During this period, libraries, media, publishing houses, schools, shops, communities and other institutions and groups will do things such as giving books and reading books to encourage people to read, and turn the publicity activities of reading into a lively and happy festival.
China
1997 65438+ 10, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Culture, the State Education Commission, the State Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the press, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the All-China Women's Federation issued the Notice on Organizing the Implementation of the "Knowledge Project" throughout the country.
In 2004, in order to implement the "knowledge project" aimed at "advocating universal reading and building a reading society", library society of china held large-scale activities nationwide to let the public know about "World Reading Day".
Shakespeare once said: "life without books is like life without sunshine;" Wisdom without books is like a bird without wings. "Reading has a great influence on people's growth. A good book can often change a person's life. A person's spiritual development history should be his own reading history; The spiritual realm of a nation depends largely on the reading level of the whole nation. One of the important reasons why the Chinese nation has become a country of etiquette and an ancient civilization is that we are a nation that loves to learn and works hard. Today, the task of building an innovative country and a learning society needs to create a society rich in books more than ever before, and reading is irreplaceable as a force to promote social development. Advocating reading can keep the development of the nation alive. As the masters of the future and the backbone of building a learning society, our reading level is related to the future of the motherland and the rise and fall of the nation.
April 23rd, 2009 is the14th World Reading Day. The National Children's Reading Year with the theme of "Let's grow together in reading" was launched in Tianjin Children's Library. The relevant person in charge of the Professional Committee of library society of china Children's Library proposed that all kinds of libraries in China, especially public libraries, children's libraries, primary and secondary schools, should act together to launch the "National Children's Reading Year", vigorously promote children's reading promotion, and strive to establish a children's reading festival throughout the country, so that children can enjoy reading, get used to reading, be happy in reading and grow up in happiness. From April 2009 to April 2065, the "National Year of Children's Reading" series of activities was divided into six stages to promote 438+00:
Tianjin held the launching ceremony of the main venue of the National Children's Reading Year and the children's reading high-level forum;
On June 1 day, the exhibition month of children's reading year was held in Guangzhou, the main venue, and the report of urban children's reading survey was released to show the results of reading activities.
From July to August, various reading year competitions will be held intensively;
From September to 10, the Children's Reading Year Open Day was held in Chongqing and Beijing, and the Children's Popular Science Activities of the National Public Library and the Bibliography Exhibition of Excellent Popular Science Books on the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of New China were held. Publish outstanding reading materials that have influenced three generations in the past 60 years in New China, and publish some reading survey results;
20 10 in April, the National Children's Reading Carnival was held in Changsha, and the final of the reading performance show was held, and various awards for reading year activities were awarded, and the national children's reading survey report was released.
20 1 1 April, Yueyang Pingjiang, Jiayi town central primary school organized 850 students to carry out the activity of "reciting classics of Chinese studies", inheriting Chinese culture from generation to generation.
20 12 In May, the opening ceremony of Weifang Pen Club to commemorate 17 World Reading Day was grandly held in Linqu, Shandong Province, the famous hometown of small drama painting and calligraphy and the hometown of strange stones. The17th World Book Day Weifang Pen Club is a literary event jointly organized by more than ten media such as China Central Radio and TV University Press, Du Yue Tianxia All Media Planning and Publishing Center, Weifang Fushan Group and Du Yue Magazine. Mr. Zhang Wei, Deputy Director of Communication Network Center of the State Council Information Office, Mr. Yuan Tianpei, Chairman of Haina Xiechuang Consulting Co., Ltd., a well-known domestic telecom expert, Mr. Chai Zhihua, Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Writers Association and Vice President of Hebei Normal University, Mr. Lu Heng, Vice Minister of Propaganda Department of Linqu County Committee, Mr. Wan, Secretary of Party Working Committee of Dongcheng Street in Linqu County, and Editor-in-Chief of Reading and Joint Media Publishing Planning Center of Central Radio and TV University. In order to increase public interest in reading and promote book publishing, UNESCO launched the plan of World Book Capital under the framework of World Book Day in 20001,and declared Madrid, the capital of Spain, as the World Book Capital in 20001. Since then, a city has been awarded the title of "Book Capital of the World" by UNESCO every year.
The cities that have been elected as the "Book Capital of the World" over the years are:
Madrid (Spain, 200 1)
Alexandria (Egypt, 2002) New Delhi (India, 2003)
Antwerp (Belgium, 2004)
Montreal (Canada, 2005)
Turin (Italy, 2006)
Bogota (Colombia, 2007)
Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2008) Beirut (Lebanon, 2009)
Ljubljana (Slovenia, 20 10)
Buenos Aires (Argentina, 20 1 1 year) Yerevan (Armenia, 20 12 year)
Bangkok (Thailand, 20 13)
Britain, England
Local people often hold "Reading Day" celebrations before March 6th. According to statistics, every year, schools, libraries and bookstores hold more than 1000 celebrations, including story imitation contest, story time at noon and various book fairs. Some educational institutions and bookstores will also issue book day coupons with a face value of 1 to children, so that children can buy a favorite book in book day member bookstores.
Spain
Catalonia, as the birthplace of the legend of "Reading Day", has a tradition. You will see many people walking down the street with roses, which is as interesting as Valentine's Day. So almost every year on April 23rd, the price of local books will be reduced by 10%, and the price of roses will suddenly rise.
Japan
Children in Tokyo receive the most preferential treatment on World Book Day.
Japan: 60% of adults study.
South Korea
On April 23rd, the South Korean government will issue a commemorative stamp of "World Reading Day", so that local children can spread the atmosphere of reading and writing to every corner of the world through exquisite stamps and letters.
Mexico
Guadalajara International Book Fair, founded 20 years ago, is the largest book market in Spanish-speaking countries. Every year, there are a large number of publishers, literary agents, public relations readers, translators and librarians. Gather here for business or professional exchanges. Over 350,000 people (including 654.38 million children) will visit Guadalajara, the largest cultural festival in Latin America.
Jamaica
"Reading Day" will be divided into two parts: children and adults. Invite the children who officially started to attend the opening ceremony to write down their impressions of Jamaican writers; Writer Tan Ya&; S226 Saviji delivered a speech on behalf of Jamaican writers based on his own book. The anti-piracy video clips produced by UNESCO were also displayed on the big screen. Jamaica also organized a series of exhibitions, which were exhibited in the libraries of various districts. In adult activities, Dr. Bruwood, a respected Jamaican scientist, told the public about the future of robots.
France
France: per capita 1 1 book 1997 1. 10, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Culture, the State Education Commission, the State Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the Press and Publication Administration, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Women's Federation jointly issued "On Organizing the Implementation in the Country", which is a social and cultural systematic project with the development of library as a means and the purpose of advocating reading, spreading knowledge and promoting social civilization and progress. In 2004, the National Leading Group for Knowledge Engineering entrusted library society of china to hold the annual National Reading Month. In order to implement the "knowledge project" with the aim of "advocating universal reading and building a reading society", library society of china will further stimulate the reading enthusiasm of the whole people, promote the construction of learning society, learning organization and learning family, and prepare to hold large-scale activities nationwide in 2004 to let the public know about "World Reading Day". The local celebrations in Britain are the most comprehensive. They even advanced the reading day to March 6th, and held more than 1000 celebrations in schools, libraries and bookstores, such as story imitation contest, midday story time, various book fairs and so on. On the Reading Day in 2004, official website also held a writer's lecture/exchange meeting on the Internet, and broadcast reading-related programs. The local authorities even gave the children World Reading Day book tokens with a face value of 1, so that they could buy a favorite book in the member bookstores on Reading Day. The organizer specially published six new books for World Reading Day; We also set up a list of good books, which not only recommended 25 interesting books to children, but also provided a series of activity suggestions for teachers as teaching reference. There is a local tradition in Catalonia, and you will see many people walking in the street with roses, just like Valentine's Day, which is very interesting. South Korea issued "World Reading Day" stamps to spread the message of promoting reading and copyright. In 2004, a local story book will be published for World Reading Day to explain to children what copyright is, hoping to raise the awareness of the younger generation about copyright. In addition, the authorities issued "World Reading Day" stamps to spread the information of promoting reading and copyright. The publishing house sent 35,000 books to local schools for free on April 23rd. Hold a charity auction, and the proceeds from local artists' 15 works will be used to promote young people's reading. In addition, there are donation activities for new or used books. The Tokyo government of Japan issued a decree to designate April 23rd as Children's Reading Day. The long-term goal is to cultivate children's language, imagination and sensitivity, and help them "experience life" more deeply. In 2005, the Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun made a survey on reading in China. The results are as follows: 14% reads every day 1 hour, 19% reads for half an hour, 10% reads for 20 minutes, 9% reads 10 minutes, and does not read. In France in 2004, 24% of French people read 12, and more than 55% of them read 1 to 12. Judging from the crowd, everyone reads 1 1 book on average. Israelis like reading, shopping and writing. In Israel, people who concentrate on their studies can be seen everywhere, whether in the streets or alleys, whether in the stations or squares. This research is necessary in every family. During the Sabbath, all shops, restaurants and entertainment places run by Jews were closed, and traffic was completely interrupted. Everyone must rest and pray at home, and it is forbidden to visit relatives and friends and go out for an outing, but only one thing is allowed, that is, reading and buying books. If you look down from the balcony, you will find that there is no one over the beach, the streets are deserted, and only bookstores are open. Every bookstore is crowded with people, and there is no big noise. People buy books quietly. Business in every bookstore is booming. It seems that Israelis love books more than religion. Israel implements the policy of cultural opening, and there are all kinds of books in bookstores, from the most abstruse to the most popular, with many readers. In the street kiosks, you can buy the Times, The New York Times, Le Monde and other western newspapers published the day before, as well as various pictorials and videos. Besides mastering Hebrew mother tongue, ordinary Israelis can also speak fluent English. /kloc-there are 29 newspapers published in 0/5 languages, and radio stations and TV stations broadcast in two languages.
According to the survey of UNESCO 1988, Israel has the largest number of libraries and publishing houses per capita in the world. Not only cities, but also villages and towns have elegantly arranged libraries and reading rooms. It is shocking that there are 890 kinds of publications in this country with a population of only 5 million. Books and periodicals are very expensive in Israel. Most newspapers have 48 pages a day, and the price is 6 dollars. If you subscribe to the newspaper, it costs $0/80 a month/kloc. Ordinary Israelis subscribe to at least several newspapers and periodicals every year. Jerusalem Post is one of the most influential newspapers in the world, with a daily circulation of 1 10,000 copies, with an average of 1 copy for five Israelis. In addition, Israelis over 65,438+04 read 65,438+0 books every month, and the country has a public library for every 4,000 people. Among the 5 million people in China, there are more than 1 10,000 people who have library cards. Because of this, a large number of world-renowned writers, such as Agnon, yehuda Amihai and Osi, have emerged. Agnon 1966 won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Amihai is one of the six or seven top poets in the world so far. Of course, Israel has also made great achievements in music and dance. A bookish country is bound to be a country full of hope. (Source Library) Online reading is very different from traditional reading. Traditional reading has a strong purpose. After reading, readers will understand and digest the contents of the book, and also have the opportunity to make rational judgments and rational thinking. Good books need to be read carefully and savored slowly. Online books usually use bright colors, prominent illustrations and even music to stimulate readers' senses, which is suitable for fast reading. Reading is generally carried out in a relaxed state, and what has been read is not easy to remember. And we must rely on some hardware support, such as computers and smart phones. You also need a fixed place, and you can't read it anytime and anywhere like reading a book. So you can only browse on e-books, so readers should look at the rise of online reading objectively and comprehensively, and make the right choice between electronic reading and traditional reading, so as to achieve the situation of * * * * *. Reading is an important way for a person, especially young people, to cultivate the mind, shape the character and guide the outlook on life. No matter what method is adopted, the key is to bring readers back to reading. Schools, families and even the whole society should create an atmosphere of scientific reading and reasonably guide readers, especially teenagers' reading behavior.