In order to help peasants in poor areas raise their scientific and cultural level,the Ministry of Culture in 1993 set up a cultural help-the-poor committee,which has initiated a Libraries for Villages Project.

• 为帮助贫困地区的农民提高科学文化素质，文化部于1993年设立了文化扶贫委员会，发起了一项乡村图书馆项目。