In the afternoon of March 19, 2021, Mrs. Alenka Suhadolnik, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to China, accompanied by Mrs. Mira Lesjak, Slovenian Head Consulate in Shanghai, paid a special visit to Mr. Chen Chao, Director of the Shanghai Library. Mr. Chen gave a detailed introduction of the construction of the Shanghai Library East Building, and reviewed the achievements of the two sides in book exchange and cultural exchange in the past decade. Mrs. Mira Lesjak said that Slovenia would take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in July this year. In addition, 2022 is the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Slovenia. It is a good opportunity to launch more exchange activities with China. Especially when the Shanghai Library East Building is open, Slovenia is willing to cooperate with the Shanghai Library in holding an EU children's picture book exhibition and plan more projects at the same time.
After the conversation, Mr. Chen accompanied Mrs. Ambassador to visit the genealogy reading room, the ancient books restoration room, the new technology demo room, the Innovation Space, and the reference book loan room, etc. Mr. Chen also showed the foreign guests some of the books in the library collection presented by the Consulate General of Slovenia over the years, all of which are available to the readers.