Bookcrossing station inaugurated in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — A bookcrossing station serving overseas Chinese in Nepal was inaugurated in the Nepali capital on Friday afternoon.
Cheng Xueyuan, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, attended the inauguration ceremony and urged the overseas Chinese community to actively draw upon and carry forward China’s outstanding traditional culture, and promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations.
The bookcrossing station located in Kathmandu shall have over 1,000 books of all types, with contributions from Nantong Overseas Chinese Library, the federation and other donors, according to Jin Xiaodong, president of the Overseas Chinese Association of Nepal.
The association signed an agreement over the establishment of the bookcrossing station with the library situated in Nantong City in east China’s Jiangsu Province in early September.
The library started to set up bookcrossing stations in foreign countries at the end of 2021 and more than 120 stations have been established in over 50 countries ever since. ■