Nanning International Poetry Week opened in Nanning, Guangxi on the 13th. More than 40 famous poets, poetry critics and translators from China, Vietnam, Russia and other countries gathered to meet friends with poetry.

Vietnamese poet Nguyen Thi Mei Juan recited a poem in Vietnamese and Chinese called "Sunday Without Rain" Tang Xilan from Russia recited the poem "Heart Dragging the Sea and Waves" at the opening ceremony, which depicts China's Jiangnan region.