2023 is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Soong Ching Ling, one of the founders of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and honorary president of the country. On the occasion of this year’s World Reading Day, the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Committee of Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching Ling and the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Youth League jointly held the 100-day "First Progress Cup" Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching Ling Reading Marathon, and invited participants to read a series of related books, such as Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen, to read the broad and magnificent life stories of two century giants and approach them.
On the afternoon of April 17th, the launching ceremony of the first "Progress Cup" Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching Ling Reading Marathon and the launching ceremony of the question bank were held in Xujiahui College. Ni Yifei, director of Shanghai Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching Ling Cultural Management Committee, and Wu Bin, deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, delivered speeches respectively, and jointly launched the contest with Wang Zhihua, deputy head of Xuhui District, Su Min, deputy director of Shanghai Sun Yat-sen Soong Ching Ling Cultural Management Committee, and representatives of the contestants. At the launching ceremony, 150 contestants were divided into student group and adult group. They read Soong Ching Ling together in three divisions of Xujiahui Academy and completed the online answering contest within the specified time. After the launching ceremony, participating organizations and individuals will continue to carry out this "Reading Marathon" which lasts for 100 days.
"Song Qingling’s Special Bookcase" in Xujiahui Academy
"Song Qingling’s Special Bookcase" in Xujiahui Academy
Soong Ching Ling is the daughter of Shanghai. Her "lovely home" is located in Xuhui, Shanghai, and most of the women’s and children’s cultural and educational undertakings she initiated in her life germinated, took root, flourished and expanded in Xuhui. The competition was launched in Xujiahui Academy, and a code scanning entry area and a "Song Qingling’s special bookcase" were set up in this all-media era compound library, which switched reading online and offline to show the power of reading to the society and pay tribute to the two great men of the century.
