To mark the 28th World Book and Copyright Day and the eighth Eighth Shenzhen Minors Reading Day, Shenzhen is holding more than 1,000 activities for citizens to advocate creating a daily reading habit. According to Shenzhen Library, the “City of Library” network prepared 1,164 reading activities for residents. Among them were 756 offline and 359 online activities, respectively, and 49 were held simultaneously online and offline.

The Shenzhen International Brand Underwear Fair (SIUF) kicked off at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District yesterday. The three-day event is one of the most influential trade fair of its kind in Asia, offering trade visitors from the underwear industry the opportunity to learn about current trends and developments.

Now through April 25, a temple fair is being held at North Deity Ancient Temple in Xixiang Subdistrict, Bao’an District to celebrate Sanyuesan, the third day of the third month in Chinese lunar calendar that falls on April 22 this year. The parade, which set off from Xixiang Park at noon yesterday, not only featured lion dance, dragon dance, yangge dance, hanfu show and other folk performances by local residents, but also dazzled visitors with intangible cultural heritage performances, including Meiling piaose from Wuchuan City, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, and Yingge Dance from Puning City, Jieyang, Guangdong.

More than 7,600 job openings were provided by 325 employers for talents from home and abroad at the 21st Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (CIEP), which was closed at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District yesterday.