In order to implement the “Regulations on Promoting Reading for All” and implement the tasks of the 2026 government work report, recently, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Ministry of Social Work, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing, Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage jointly issued the “Notice on Supporting Physical Bookstores to Serve Reading for All”. The notice suggests that it is necessary to improve the supply quality of bookstores, implement the “Thousand Store Managers” growth training plan, enhance bookstore product selection capabilities, establish a public database of “bookstore speakers”, promote the renewal of store outlets in Xinhua Bookstores, encourage the differentiated development of private bookstores, and rely on bookstores to carry out volunteer service activities to promote reading. It is necessary to cultivate characteristic reading spaces, create a number of landmark bookstores, specialty bookstores, themed bookstores, and “small but beautiful” spaces, integrate them into urban renewal actions, and integrate them into complete communities and the city's convenient living circle for a quarter of an hour. The notice stipulates that bookstores should be supported to participate in public cultural services, undertake the operation and management of reading facilities for all at the grass-roots level, provide library services and reading activities, promote the deep integration of bookstores with public cultural institutions, and integrate them into the general branch system of county-level public libraries and the scope of support for new public cultural spaces in conjunction with actual practice. It is necessary to empower the construction of Shuxiang campuses, encourage bookstores to build off-campus reading guidance classes and reading practice bases, participate in school reading space construction, themed reading activities, and library book updates and supplements, and support the construction of campus bookstores. The notice makes it clear that financial support and guidance should be strengthened, local financial support should be given to bookstores to participate equally in government procurement service projects such as public reading services, the central financial administration should reflect performance rewards, and all regions should promote book reading and sales by issuing vouchers to benefit the public to buy books and reading vouchers for all. It is necessary to help bookstores reduce costs and increase efficiency, encourage state-owned enterprises and institutions to reduce rent and other expenses, optimize bookstore multi-license processing processes, promote online and offline docking and integration, promote bookstore map navigation, and continue to standardize the order of online book distribution. The notice suggests that all relevant departments in all regions should establish and implement a correct view of political achievements, focus on various work arrangements, adapt detailed measures according to local conditions, establish collaborative promotion working mechanisms, and promote the formation of a strong atmosphere for all sectors of society to support the development of bookstores and participate in reading for all.

In order to implement the “Regulations on Promoting Reading for All” and implement the tasks of the 2026 government work report, recently, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Ministry of Social Work, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing, Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage jointly issued the “Notice on Supporting Physical Bookstores to Serve Reading for All”. The notice suggests that it is necessary to improve the supply quality of bookstores, implement the “Thousand Store Managers” growth training plan, enhance bookstore product selection capabilities, establish a public database of “bookstore speakers”, promote the renewal of stores in Xinhua Bookstores, encourage the differentiated development of private bookstores, and rely on bookstores to carry out volunteer service activities to promote reading. It is necessary to cultivate characteristic reading spaces, create a number of landmark bookstores, specialty bookstores, themed bookstores, and “small but beautiful” spaces, integrate them into urban renewal actions, and integrate them into complete communities and the city's convenient living circle for a quarter of an hour. The notice stipulates that bookstores should be supported to participate in public cultural services, undertake the operation and management of reading facilities for all at the grass-roots level, provide library services and reading activities, promote the deep integration of bookstores with public cultural institutions, and integrate them into the general branch system of county-level public libraries and the scope of support for new public cultural spaces in conjunction with actual practice. It is necessary to empower the construction of Shuxiang campuses, encourage bookstores to build off-campus reading guidance classes and reading practice bases, participate in school reading space construction, themed reading activities, and library book updates and supplements, and support the construction of campus bookstores. The notice makes it clear that financial support and guidance should be strengthened; local financial support should be given to bookstores to participate equally in government procurement service projects such as public reading services; the central financial administration should reflect performance rewards; and all regions should promote book reading and sales by issuing vouchers to benefit the public to buy books and reading vouchers for all. It is necessary to help bookstores reduce costs and increase efficiency, encourage state-owned enterprises and institutions to reduce rent and other expenses, optimize bookstore multi-license processing processes, promote online and offline docking and integration, promote bookstore map navigation, and continue to standardize the order of online book distribution. The notice suggests that all relevant departments in all regions should establish and implement a correct view of political achievements, focus on various work arrangements, adapt detailed measures according to local conditions, establish collaborative promotion working mechanisms, and promote the formation of a strong atmosphere for all sectors of society to support the development of bookstores and participate in reading for all.