“It is so pretty, I can take these books home and tell my parents how beautiful my school is !” Selina, a foreign student learning language in Zhejiang University, muttered with the her classmate as she read “West Lake Panorama”. On the morning of May 16th, “To Read Zhejiang With Pleasure”foreign students reading activities, which were co-organized by the Information Office, Provincial Education Department and Provincial Publishing Group of Zhejiang, started in the International College, Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University. 165 versions of book will be freely sent to the foreign students in Zhejiang.

LinshengMao, member of Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Publicity Minister, and DeshuiJin, party secretary of Zhejiang University, attended the launching ceremony and delivered speeches. Vice President of Zhejiang University PingWu also attended. The ceremony was held by ShengxianJiang, vice secretary of Provincial Education Working Committee and deputy director of provincial education department. The participating leaders cut the ribbon together and gave away foreign language books to the representative from universities.

The activities of “To Read Zhejiang With Pleasure”are designed to enrich the cultural life of foreign students on campus, increase their knowledge and understanding of Zhejiang Province, and build a new platform for cultural exchange and dissemination of elite culture at the same time. Organizers set up book counters freely providing foreign language version of Zhejiang complimentary books and journals for foreign students in the province's 21 universities where foreign students are concentrated. Zhejiang version of books reflect the history, culture, folklore, economic and social development of the province.