BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China has published more than 140 types of reading materials related to epidemic prevention and control in an effort to fight the outbreak of COVID-19.

Over 50 publishers across the country have offered various epidemic prevention reading materials, including guidebooks, brochures and picture books, with ethnic minority language versions also provided.

These reading materials have been distributed to regions across China for free and are available online.

Meanwhile, more than 20 publishers have opened their databases and over 50 digital reading platforms have set up free reading sections to offer epidemic-related reading materials to the public and meet people's cultural needs.