The event "Reading China: International Exchanges on Beijing Literature" was held at the NIO Innovation Center in Berlin, Germany, on Oct 20.

First-level inspector of Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles Tian Peng, representatives of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles including authors such as Li Er, Xu Zechen, Qiao Ye, Zhou Xiaofeng, Zhou Min, Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the Free University of Berlin Pan Lu, professor from the Free University of Berlin Andreas Guder, German translators Daniel Fastner and Anike Müller, as well as local readers attended the event.

The Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Beijing Lao She Literature Academy presented Collected Works of Lao She and works of Beijing literature to the library of the Free University of Berlin.

The event was hosted by the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and co-organized by China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corp, the Beijing Lao She Literature Academy, the Confucius Institute and the Sinology Department of the Free University of Berlin.

The event is an extension of the 2023 "Beijing Author Day". "Beijing Author Day" is a literature brand activity that has been held for four years. It aims to introduce Beijing literature to the world and to create a platform for Beijing authors to engage in a broader conversation with their overseas counterparts.

To date, "Beijing Author Day" has facilitated the publication of 32 works by 30 Beijing authors, 34 multilingual translation projects, and two issues of English version of Beijing Literature magazine. These works have been distributed to 17 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Chile, the Czech Republic, and South Korea, involving 12 languages.