每日一词∣全民阅读大会 National Conference on Reading

首届全民阅读大会4月23日在京开幕。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平发来贺信，表示热烈的祝贺。习近平希望广大党员、干部带头读书学习，修身养志，增长才干；希望孩子们养成阅读习惯，快乐阅读，健康成长；希望全社会都参与到阅读中来，形成爱读书、读好书、善读书的浓厚氛围。

The First National Conference on Reading was held in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a congratulatory letter to the conference. Xi called on Party members and officials to take the lead in reading and learning, foster virtues and ideals and improve abilities. He hoped that all children will have a habit of reading, enjoy reading and grow up in a healthy way. He also expressed a wish that all Chinese people are engaged in reading and contribute to an atmosphere where everyone loves reading, has good books to read and knows how to gain from reading.

4月23日，首届全民阅读大会在北京开幕。黄坤明宣读习近平贺信并讲话。（图片来源：新华社）

【知识点】

首届全民阅读大会由中央宣传部（国家新闻出版署）、北京市委、北京市政府指导，中宣部出版局、北京市委宣传部主办，主题为“阅读新时代、奋进新征程”，包括系列论坛、展览展示、发布和主题活动等环节。有关部门负责同志、出版发行单位和社会组织代表、专家学者和作家读者代表等参加大会。

大会开幕现场发布的第十九次全国国民阅读调查结果显示，2021年我国成年国民各类媒介的综合阅读率为81.6%，中青年人成为数字化阅读的主体，纸质图书的阅读优势仍然明显。2021年我国成年国民人均纸质图书阅读量为4.76本，高于2020年，有11.9%的国民年均阅读10本及以上纸质图书。在传统纸质媒介中，2021年我国成年国民人均每天读书时间最长，为21.05分钟。调查还显示，2021年我国0-17岁未成年人图书阅读率为83.9%，其中14-17岁青少年课外图书的人均阅读量最大，为13.1本。该年龄段未成年人每天的阅读时长为51.90分钟。

【重要讲话】 

阅读是人类获取知识、启智增慧、培养道德的重要途径，可以让人得到思想启发，树立崇高理想，涵养浩然之气。中华民族自古提倡阅读，讲究格物致知、诚意正心，传承中华民族生生不息的精神，塑造中国人民自信自强的品格。

Reading is an important avenue for humans to acquire knowledge, expand wisdom and cultivate virtues. It enlightens us and helps us aim high and stand upright. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have advocated reading and stressed the acquisition of knowledge through studying the nature of things and rectification of mind through thinking with sincerity. Reading helps the Chinese people to carry on the traditional spirit of perseverance and shape their character of self-confidence and self-reliance.

——4月23日，习近平致首届全民阅读大会举办的贺信

【相关词汇】

自信自强

self-confidence and self-reliance

修身养志

foster virtues and ideals

书香社会

a nation of avid readers