The 13th Zhongshan Book Fair will be held from August 20 (Friday) to August 30 (Monday).

The main venue of the event will be at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Library, while sub-venues will be set up in library branches, culture and sports activity centers, Zhongshan Neighborhood Culture Homes and some physical bookstores in towns and districts. During the fair, various book reading activities, cultural lectures, exchange meetings and other activities will be held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Library, and various reading activities will also be held at the sub-venues.

In response to epidemic prevention and control requirements, an online platform will be built, and the organizing committee will invite famous cultural experts to provide special lectures on the platform. History experts and reading promoters will be invited to hold small offline lectures, which will also be broadcast live on the platform.

During the fair, book purchase vouchers will be issued online at various times and citizens can use them in Zhongshan's major physical bookstores within the specified time.

Famous Zhongshan sprinter Su Bingtian, who had great success in the just-ended Tokyo Olympics, also sent a special video message to "wish the Zhongshan Book Fair a complete success".