The Chinese Book Fair, sponsored by General Administration of
Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China, kicked off
in Kathmandu Wednesday.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese Book Fair
with the theme "Reading China," Nepali Minister for Information and
Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara stressed on the importance of
book in course of search for information and truth. While
expressing confidence that similar fair would continue in the days
ahead, he laid emphasis on the need of study for enhancement of
knowledge.
Saying that those Nepalis who are eager to learn about China are
somewhat disheartened due to lack of Chinese publications which
were easily available in Nepal in the past, Minister Mahara
expressed optimism that the success of this book fair would give
continuity to such fairs in the days to come.
The book fair, jointly organized by China International Book
Trading Corporation and a Nepali company World Cultural Net, is
displaying diversified exhibits with more than 2,000 book titles
published from China in Chinese, English and Tibetan languages and
covering Chinese traditional culture, history, literary classics,
traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese martial art "Kungfu", text
books for learning Chinese, children's books and other topics.
Besides, the event also includes exhibitions of audio-video
products and Chinese arts and crafts.
A 20-member Chinese team are visiting Nepal to participate in
the book fair which is also scheduled to hand over books to
Kathmandu University during the visit.
(Xinhua News Agency June 7, 2007)
