AvisitorselectsChinesebooksduringtheTurinInternationalBookFairinTurin,Italy,May11,2024.(Xinhua/RenYaoting)TheConfuciusInstituteandtheUniversityofTurinorganizedarangeofliteraryexchangeactivities,andinvitedfamousChinesewriterssuchasYuHuaandLuMinforface-to-faceexchangeswithlocalreaders.TURIN,Italy,May13(Xinhua)--ChinesepublishersseizedtheopportunitytoreachnewreadersatthebiggestbookfairinItalyrecently.TheTurinInternationalBookFair,heldfromMay9to13,attractedmorethan4,000publishingprofessionalsfrom43countriesandregionsaroundtheworld,underthethemeof"ImaginaryLife."TheChinaNationalPublicationsImportandExportCo(CNPIEC)hadaboothatthefair,promoting458booksfrom22Chinesepublishers."Theopportunitytobuythiskindofbookisrare,andIhopetoseemoresimilarChinesebooksatfuturebookfairs,"saidGiacomo,astudentfromTurinUniversitywhodidn'tgivehissurname.GiacomoboughtabookonancientChinesecharactersfor20euros(21U.S.dollars).VisitorslearnaboutChinesecalligraphyduringtheTurinInternationalBookFairinTurin,Italy,May11,2024.(Xinhua/RenYaoting)Meanwhile,themostpopulartitlessoldattheboothwereMandarinteachingtextbooks,followedbyillustratedbooksontraditionalChinesecalligraphyandpainting."ItalianconsumersareveryinterestedinChinesebooksandculture,andeventhoughthereisalanguagebarrier,itdoesnotaffecttheirenthusiasmtoreadandbuy,"saidaCNPIECemployee.ChinesewriterYuHua(L)speaksatasigningsessionduringtheTurinInternationalBookFairinTurin,Italy,May12,2024.(Xinhua/RenYaoting)TheConfuciusInstituteattheUniversityofTurinalsohadaboothatthebookfair,hostingtraditionalChineseculturalactivitiessuchaschess,paper-cutting,andcalligraphy.DaiLan,directoroftheConfuciusInstituteattheUniversityofTurin,saidthattheseactivitiesandthesaleofChinesetextbooksareaimedatcultivatingmoreinterestinChinesecultureamongforeigners.Duringthefair,theConfuciusInstituteandtheUniversityofTurincooperatedinorganizingarangeofliteraryexchangeactivities.TheyinvitedfamousChinesewriterssuchasYuHuaandLuMinforface-to-faceexchangeswithlocalreaders.OnSundayafternoon,LubroughttheItalianversionofhiswork"TheLostCity"toabooksigningevent,whichattractedmorethan500localfans.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.