12. Construction fund of six literary creation centres exceeds RMB 100 
    million
    http://www.chinanews.com/news/9603/04/030415aa.eng
  
  
  Beijing, March 4 (CNS) -- At present, China has six national
  centres for literary originality. A construction fund and a
  literary fund stand possessed of RMB 100 million and 8
  million respectively.
  
  From the National Centre for Literary Originality Symposium
  which ended today, it is known that the present period is one of
  unprecedentedly huge investment in literature in China.
  
  The six centres were set up in Hunan, Guangdong, Shanghai,
  Shandong, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia in July last year. The
  aim is to encourage full-length novels, films, literary and
  artistic creation for youth and children. In recent years,
  President Jiang Zemin has emphasized these kinds of literary
  creativity as the "three planks" of literature.
  
  In recent years, the Chinese Writers Association has adopted
  new measures to encourage the publication of full-length
  novels, films, literary and artistic creation for youth and
  children. The establishment of the six centres is a part of these
  efforts.
  
  Now the basis of the six centres has been set up. At the same
  time, a series of writers' living compounds have been
  established to create conditions under which writers can
  produce works of literary merit. In Shandong, there are ten
  such compounds.
  
  The centres mark a breakthrough for the literary world in
  China. The style of literature differs from the traditional; new
  and innovative work is a novel experiment.
  
  The Guangdong and Shandong centres have worked out plans
  and administration measures. The focal point of development is
  that literary work should reflects people's life in the process of
  opening reform and modernization.
  
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