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on september 21, the 2024 beijing cultural forum came to a successful conclusion. two books carefully planned and published by beijing publishing group - "i love beijing - 2024 global youth essay collection" and "beijing new beijingers in novels" appeared at the 2024 beijing cultural forum, adding a touch of book fragrance to this national cultural event and providing participants with a window to deeply understand beijing culture and chinese stories. these two books show the rich and diverse charm of beijing's ancient capital and the style of the times from different angles, and demonstrate beijing's cultural confidence and diverse charm as a historical and cultural city.

in order to strengthen international cultural exchanges, tell beijing's stories well and spread beijing's culture, under the guidance of the publicity department of the beijing municipal party committee, beijing publishing group jointly organized the "i love beijing" global youth manuscript solicitation activity with many units. the "i love beijing" 2024 global youth manuscript solicitation activity received more than 30,000 submissions from more than 30 countries around the world. beijing publishing group selected 82 articles and paintings from the winning works and compiled them into "i love beijing-2024 global youth essay collection". the book is divided into four themes: "memory of beijing", "feelings for beijing", "fireworks beijing" and "imagine beijing". the children described the beijing in their hearts from the perspectives of beijing's history and culture, natural scenery, market life, and future scenes, and expressed their love for beijing, showing the world an ancient beijing, an open beijing, an innovative beijing, and an imaginary beijing.

"new beijingers in novels" is an anthology of novels focusing on the urban life experience of contemporary beijing. it mainly includes outstanding works about beijing since the new era. these works contain new perspectives and new voices for the city of beijing, and show the romance, liveliness and vitality of beijing.

the guests at the meeting said that they were surprised to see such a book full of vitality and creativity as "i love beijing - 2024 global youth essay collection" at the beijing cultural forum. this book shows the deep feelings of young people from all over the world for the city of beijing. we look forward to more young people to discover, feel and express, and continue to pass on the beauty of beijing and china. "beijing new beijingers in novels" keenly captures the pulse of beijing, focuses on fresh life experiences, and writes vivid and moving city stories. reading this book, readers can feel the warmth and breath of beijing.

source: beijing daily client

reporter: lu yanxia