On the morning of September 23rd, The first national reading conference of Henan- Sanmenxia Branch activites kicked off with the theme of "Reading in Every Household ; Striving for a New Era" in Hangu Pass historical and cultural tourism area, Lingbao. Liu Nanchang, Secretary of Sanmenxia Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech via video.

Wang Songzhao, member of the Standing Committee of Sanmenxia Municipal Party Committee and minister of the United Front Work Department, attended the opening ceremony.

Liu Nanchang said in his speech, "One who is filled with knowledge always behaves in elegance.”Xi Jingping, General Secretary pointed out that "Reading is an important way for people to acquire knowledge, enlighten wisdom and cultivate morality. It can inspire people's thoughts, set up lofty ideals and cultivate noble spirit.", which provide us a correct direction and a fundamental guideline for national reading. Xiaohan area which Sanmenxia is located has a long history and profound culture. Yangshao culture lit up "the first ray of dawn of Chinese civilization"; The philosopher Lao Zi wrote the scriptures in Hangu Pass, the government officer Yang Zhen created theories in Hongnong prefecture, which nourished Chinese civilizations; Comrade Liu Shaoqi wrote "On the Cultivation of Communist Party Members" in Mianchi county, which is an immortal chapter for Communists to temper their Party spirit. Such good merits including classic inheritance and pleasant learning and so on have been deeply integrated into the blood of Sanmenxia people, and become an inexhaustible driving force for us to maintain integrity and create, so as to make us keep going.

Liu Nanchang said that knowledge changes destiny and innovation wins the future. At present, Sanmenxia is in the initial stage of building a national innovative city, and the importance of reading wisely, learning diligently and building a knowledge-based society is more prominent. He hoped that the majority of Party members and cadres could take the lead in reading and studying, cultivate their moral integrity and improve their abilities; He also hoped that the majority of young people could consciously cultivate their reading habits, read happily and grow healthily; He hoped that the whole society could participate in reading and form a strong atmosphere of loving and reading good books. Sanmenxia Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government would spare no efforts to provide more better reading environments for everyone, create a strong reading atmosphere which is studious, discerning, thoughtful, knowledgeable and practical, and provide strong spiritual support to ensure high-quality construction of modern Sanmenxia and high-level realization of modern Sanmenxia.

Based on "reading from the Tao Te Ching" as the main line and around "Tao Te Ching" of this Sanmenxia culture card , The opening ceremony took excellent Chinese classics as the basic standard and reading aloud as the main means of expression to invite experts from all over the country to deeply illustrate the profoundness of “Tao Te Ching”. Representatives of all ages and professions talked about their reading experiences, which fully demonstrated the reading life and reading style of the masses, It depicts the achievements and characteristics of this reading 

activity in Sanmenxia”, and outlines the profound historical and cultural image of Sanmenxia.

All units in Sanmenxia launched a nationwide reading campaign based on public libraries, the New Era Civilization Practice Center, cultural centers and stations, Xinhua bookstores, rural and urban bookstores and other reading places, which focused on a series of themes. The National Reading Conference will last for one month. Sanmenxia is expected to carry out 9 classic reading activities, 29 social publicity activities, 107 reading theme activities on Yellow River culture, and 1343 Sanmenxia book exhibitions. Sanmenxia will continue to educate and guide its people to launch a wave of "love reading and good reading”activities and create a strong atmosphere for the successful opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.