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ethos and enhance its cultural strength, said the document jointly issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
More resources will go to thorough surveys of ancient books across the country, improved storage facilities and security measures, as well as the restoration of endangered ancient books, including those in ethnic-minority languages, it said.
The document also promised greater efforts to compile and publish ancient books, as well as to digitize them. Libraries and archives are encouraged to open their collections and digital resources to the public.
Efforts will also be made to raise public awareness at home and abroad, and to encourage more people to read ancient books.
The deadline for contributions has been extended to March 31, 2023, said the circular released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which noted that the policy does not apply to travel agencies contributing the surety in the form of bank guarantees or insurance, or those whose surety has been frozen by court order.
China requires travel agencies to contribute a surety for travel service quality, which is used to compensate tourists who have suffered from substandard services or to pay for emergency aid to members of tour groups whose personal safety is in danger.
China has called for all possible efforts to be made to ensure the smooth transportation of medical and COVID-19-prevention materials, daily necessities, and postal and express deliveries, Xinhua reported on April 12.
Local authorities are prohibited from blocking or closing expressways, ordinary roads, waterways or ship locks without authorization, according to a circular issued by the State Council COVID-19 Response Inter-agency Task Force.
The circular noted that expressway services areas, ports, docks, railway stations and airports must not be shut down without authorization.
It further said that freight vehicles and passengers of these vehicles must not be arbitrarily restricted.
The document urged for the establishment of material transfer stations in hard-hit areas for the transit of emergency supplies.
Traffic permits recognized across the country should be issued to vehicles carrying important supplies, the circular said, urging to ensure the operations of postal and express delivery vehicles.
It also said free nucleic acid testing services should be offered to truck drivers and ship crew members, and that they should be provided with basic living services when stranded due to the pandemic.