From July 3 to 6, the 4th Jiangsu Book Fair, themed, “Reading helps realize our life dream,” will be held at the Suzhou International Expo Center, Jiangsu province.

For the first time, Jiangsu Book Fair is to be held in a city outside Nanjing, and Shanghai will be invited to participate in the fair as a guest province.

The book fair, with total area of 17,000 square meters, will have 670 booths. The fair integrates sales, group-buying, reading interaction, and entertainment.

More than 300 publishers and 300,000 varieties of publications will be displayed at the book fair. Publications from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, children's cultural and creative products, and special products from private bookstores will be also shown.

Visitors and guests at the book fair will share opinions about the subject of when reading should be a nationwide event. The fair is a gathering for writers, publishers, sellers, readers, storytellers, and promoters.