Knowing and doing of residents’ reading in rural areas in China: A survey of the current situation in the ethnic minority regions along the Nenjiang River

Concerning the problem of the lack of reading for the residents in Chinese rural areas,the existing studies mainly focus on developing rural reading facilities and improving the service models in use.Nevertheless,the problems,which arise from the fundamental characteristics of the rural residents(predominately farmers),have not been sufficiently studied.This paper reports on a research study,which aims to address these problems through a survey of 51