On October 21, an "audio library" built by Chongqing Shapingba Library was put into use. The audio library offers both online and offline services. On the first floor of Shapingba Library, the physical one consists of a wall and a number of QR codes. Unlike traditional ones that display paper books, this library presents numerous contents through an "audio wall," where users can listen to a variety of excellent literary works by simply scanning the QR codes on the wall.

The audio library in Chongqing Shapingba district.

"Shapingba Library and Himalaya jointly built the online platform of this library," said the person in charge of the library. By following the WeChat official account of Shapingba Library, readers could get free access to over 26,000 chargeable resources of Himalaya, as well as a huge amount of free resources involving fiction, history, culture, education and training, commerce and finance, foreign languages, children, health, fashion, travel, entertainment, crosstalk, traditional Chinese opera, etc.