In late November, the Beijing Municipal Government published a list of bookstores in the capital that will get subsidies from the government. The measure has received a warm welcome, providing a glimmer of hope to physical bookstore owners like Hong Xia.
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Bookstores seek to write better plot By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-15 08:13 Share CLOSE Crystal Palace Arts Bookstore (above) in Shanghai is a bookstore awarded for its outstanding achievement in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 at the recent China Bookstore Conference.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Sharp fall in customers and profits mean that a new storyline is needed to meet a challenging market, Wang Ru reports.
Bookstores hope a new page can be turned and a success story will unfold as COVID-19, unsurprisingly, led to significantly fewer customers and greatly reduced income, according to a survey.
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