Beijing libraries seek to lure readers amid TV, Internet competition

The National Library of China (NLC), which was recently made free to the public, received more visitors during the Spring Festival holiday, with an increase of 1,000 in daily visits compared with last year, according to the statistics.

According to the fourth National Readership Survey, which was conducted by the Chinese Institute of Publishing Science in 2006, readership had decreased for six years in a row.