Afternoon of January 18, 2022,
Guangzhou Literary and Artistic Creation Base
"Pearl River Literary Creation Base" awarding ceremony
The Pearl River Literature Forum was successfully held.
Present at the award ceremony were leaders and guests from the Guangdong Writers Association, the Propaganda Department of the GUANGZHOU MUNICIPAL CPC Committee, the Guangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Guangzhou Writers Association, the Guangzhou Literary and Art Critics Association, the Writers Association of various districts, and representatives of young writers in Guangzhou.
The award ceremony was presided over by Zhang Hong, vice chairman of Guangzhou Writers Association, vice president and deputy editor-in-chief of Guangzhou Literature and Art Newspapers and Periodicals. Zhang Xin, chairman of the Guangzhou Writers Association, delivered a speech and summarized the literary history of Guangzhou and the fruitful achievements in recent years. Chen Chongzheng, head of the Pearl River Literary Creation Base, vice chairman of the Guangzhou Writers Association, and director of the editorial department of Guangzhou Literature and Art Newspaper and Periodicals Agency, reported to the participants on the preparation of the base and the next step of work ideas. Pi Jian, director of the Literature and Art Department (Film Department) of the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal CPC Committee and a first-class researcher, awarded the Guangzhou Writers Association the "Pearl River Literary Creation Base" plaque to the Guangzhou Writers Association. Hu Ziying, member of the party leading group and full-time vice chairman of the Guangzhou Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, delivered a speech.
Subsequently, Jiang Shuzhuo, chairman of the Guangdong Writers Association, carried out the Pearl River Literature Forum for young writers with the theme of "Guangzhou Literature in the Context of the New Era". Combining detailed theories and cases, he summed up the fruitful results of Guangzhou literature in recent years, which have been constantly pioneering and innovating, the creation of fruitful results, and the continuous emergence of new literary forces. Young writers have said that the establishment of the Pearl River Literary Creation Base is of far-reaching significance, providing a platform for the majority of writers to exchange and learn. They will seriously devote themselves to literary creation, strive to raise their creative level to a new level, and contribute to Guangzhou literature.
Zhang Xin, chairman of the Guangzhou Writers Association, delivered a speech
"Pearl River Literary Creation Base" is the second Guangzhou Literary and Artistic Creation Base established after the "Guangzhou Children's Cantonese Opera Textbook Drama Practice Base", jointly established by the Guangzhou Writers Association and the Guangzhou Literary and Art Newspapers and Periodicals, its main function is to revitalize Lingnan literary resources, cultivate young writers, promote literary exchanges in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and strive to create a diversified literary space that enlivens Guangzhou's literary atmosphere and explores literary innovation and development. This year, a series of activities will be held, such as the Pearl River Literature Forum, the Pearl River Literature PEN Club with the theme of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Literature Seminar, the Pearl River Literature Writing Camp, and the hiring of writers and editors as mentors, to provide professional guidance for young writers in Guangzhou in the form of mentor-apprentice pairing, to invite influential writers and editors in, so that Guangzhou's works can go out and more Guangzhou writers can benefit.
Hu Ziying, member of the party group and full-time vice chairman of the Guangzhou Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles
The official listing of the "Pearl River Literary Creation Base" and the successful holding of the Pearl River Literature Forum and the "Yunshan Zhushui Cultural Pulse Long" Guangzhou Literary Achievements Exhibition are not only the needs of literary development and the development of the times, but also the needs of writers and writers' associations to expand and innovate. The Pearl River Literary Creation Base will follow the principle of "adhering to the pace of the times, taking the people as the center, dedicating the people with fine products, and leading the fashion with Mingde", adhering to academic taste and carrying forward national culture and art as its own responsibility, and organizing and carrying out literary creation and exchange activities such as collecting style, PEN meetings, literary and artistic exchanges, academic research, creative practice, exhibitions and training.
On the same day, the exhibition of Guangzhou literary achievements of "Yunshan Zhushui Long Cultural Pulse" was also held. At the event site, hundreds of Guangzhou literary creation works were displayed, and an exhibition board of Guangzhou literary masters and guangzhou literary new forces was set up, which selected and displayed the creative achievements of representative writers, covering novels, essays, poetry, reportage, children's literature, literary criticism and other literary categories, and comprehensively presented the fruitful results of Guangzhou literature in the new era through a number of works reflecting Guangzhou's red culture, people's life, advanced figures and collective deeds. As a bright pearl of southern literature and art, Guangzhou literature has greatly promoted the vigorous development of local literature and even literature in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and helped to build a multicultural exchange demonstration zone in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Nowadays, the establishment of the Pearl River Literary Creation Base will drive a number of literary creation bases to become the vanguard of Guangzhou's literary creation and create a cradle for Guangzhou literature to nurture masterpieces. It is believed that with the joint efforts of the vast number of literary workers, Guangzhou's literary forces will continue to innovate, shine in the Bay Area, and move towards a broader world and a more brilliant tomorrow.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Correspondent: Guangzhou Literature and Art
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Li Yani