Responding to the Changes of the Times: Opening Up Vast Horizons for Literary Development
On the date, the 30th Beijing International Book Fair opened in Beijing, and the "Chinese Writers Pavilion" was inaugurated at the fair. The "Chinese Writers Pavilion" is a brand exhibition established by the Chinese Writers Association specifically for the Beijing Book Fair since the year, showcasing the style of Chinese writers, promoting the achievements of Chinese literature, and serving as a significant platform for Chinese literature to go global. It has become a beautiful literary landscape at the Beijing Book Fair.
The form of literature evolves with time, but its essence remains timeless. Adaptations of excellent literary works such as "The Great River", "This World", "Blossoms", and "My Altay" have successfully "broken through" and garnered acclaim, demonstrating the vast potential for mutual empowerment between literature and various art forms. The robust rise of Chinese online literature and science fiction literature serves as evidence of the profound interaction between literary development and technological progress. The charm of literature often lies in its ability to awaken people's sensitivity to life, inspire boundless imagination, and give rise to a rich variety of artistic creations. The worldwide success of the online game "Black Myth: WuKong" once again proves the limitless potential for exploration in classic literary works.
Under new conditions, we must maintain composure and confidence, adhere to the essence of literature, while also expanding our horizons and embracing the new developments and applications of science and technology. We should engage in extensive dialogue with various art forms, continuously explore and accept new literary genres, making the realm of literature broader and truly establishing literature as the mother of all arts and the foundation of cultural creation.
"Poetry and prose follow the course of the times, never ceasing to innovate." The tremendous changes in social development demand that literature break free from established inertia, step out of its "comfort zone," and vigorously renew its concepts, update its themes, and innovate its techniques. The Chinese Writers Association actively embraces new changes, adapts to new environments, and establishes new concepts, proposing the proposition of "literature in the new era" to guide the vast number of writers to focus on social realities, grasp the development of the times, "encompassing the world within form, and expressing all things through the pen," continuously expanding the themes, styles, languages, and forms of literature, and powerfully expressing the new content and experiences of the era's development.
In recent years, the Chinese Writers Association has empowered rural revitalization through literature, contributing to the creation of the Qingxi literary village in Hunan, and passionately depicting the monumental changes in mountain villages in the new era. In this month, the Chinese Writers Association, in collaboration with the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, organized the "Post-Goldbach Conjecture: Science Fiction and Popular Science Writers Week," where science fiction and popular science writers engaged in in-depth discussions with astronauts and scientists on the integration of literature and new forms of productive forces, inspiring and benefiting each other, and effectively promoting the collaborative advancement of literature and science.
Responding to the increasingly diverse cultural needs of the people and meeting their continuously rising aesthetic expectations are important responsibilities of literature. In recent years, the Chinese Writers Association has successively established strategic partnerships with units such as the State Administration of Radio and Television, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the China Association for Science and Technology, as well as internet platforms such as Mango, Douyin, Kuaishou, Youku, and Toutiao. These collaborations aim to promote the transformation of outstanding literary works into forms such as films, TV dramas, micro-short dramas, online audio-visual content, and stage performances, thereby extending the literary dissemination chain and realizing the appreciation and amplification of literary value. The association supports and encourages literary journals, newspapers, and online platforms to adapt to digital trends, explore new business models, and continuously expand their readership coverage.
The renewal and transformation of literary creation, production, and dissemination methods, along with the continuous improvement of readers' quality, serve as the "booster" for the high-quality development of literature in the new era. The proactive response to the challenges of the times presents a favorable opportunity for the soaring development of literature in the new era. The Chinese Writers Association will continue to strengthen internet thinking, connect with new resources, build new platforms, and continuously create new growth points for literature, allowing the literature of the new era to burst with endless vitality and illuminate more people's lives with the light of literature.