2018 Shanghai Book Fair kicks off
By VCG, Published: 2018-08-15 17:28:56
The Shanghai Book Fair saw many visitors on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Editor's Note:
The week-long 2018 Shanghai Book Fair kicked off at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, along with over 100 other venues scattered around Shanghai, on Wednesday. This year's fair highlights books demonstrating China's success in reform and opening-up. Over 500 new books will be released at the fair.

A child looks through the stacks of books at the fair. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An employee, dressed in an ethnic costume, from the Guizhou People's Publishing House, answers visitors’ questions at the book fair on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
The book fair attracted visitors from all around the world. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An elderly woman reads a book next to a person playing on his phone. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
People visited the Shanghai Book Fair on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Different book releases were held at the fair. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Visitors wait to enter the Shanghai Exhibition Center to visit the fair on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
A woman reads a book carefully at the book fair on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
A publishing house uses the Monkey King, one of the main characters from the Chinese classic epic novel Journey to the West, to attract visitors on Wednesday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An elderly couple visit the book fair on Wednesday. Photo: Song Yingqi/GT
Children read books while sitting on the ground near book shelves. Photo: Song Yingqi/GT