What changed
The Chinese Literature Foundation and Tomato Novel have donated nearly 18,000 books, worth more than 780,000 yuan, to five Yucai libraries in Sanjiang Miao and Dong Autonomous County, Guangxi.
The ceremony was held at the junior-high division of Sanjiang’s Ethnic Experimental School Group. The collection includes classic literature and books chosen for young readers and shared classroom reading.
Why it matters
This puts a substantial new library resource in a county where the Yucai project is intended to improve learning conditions in central and western China and former revolutionary base areas. The books are meant for both students and local residents, giving the donation a wider reach than a school-only handover.
The timing also connects the project to the first year of China’s National Reading Promotion Regulation. That makes the ceremony more than a charitable delivery: it is a local example of how the country’s reading campaign is being expressed through libraries, schools and literary organisations.
The practical test now is use. The donation’s educational effect will depend on whether students and residents regularly access the books; no measured outcome or replenishment schedule has been reported.
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