On 18 February, the Staff Conference of the National Library of China (NLC), 2025 was held. Chen Ying, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the NLC and Deputy Director of the NLC, attended the conference and delivered a speech. Zhang Jun, Deputy Director of the NLC, presided over the conference. Huo Ruijuan, the NLC Deputy Director, Wei Chong, the NLC Deputy Director, Wang Xiaodong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC committee of the NLC and Director of the NLC Discipline Inspection Commission, leaders and representatives of each division and department, and the representatives of the retired were present.

Chen Ying, on behalf of the NLC leadership, expressed gratitude to all employees for their hard work and dedication over the past year, and paid tribute to the retired colleagues for their support for the NLC’s librarianship. She summarized the main work in 2024, and deployed key tasks for 2025. Additionally, she put forward several requirements for the staff, including “never forget our original aspiration and founding mission”, "excelling in our roles and strengthening our learning", "enhancing our sense of responsibility and ensuring safety", "maintaining firm confidence and working together in unity", and so on.

Chen Ying emphasized that 2025 was the year when the 14th Five-Year Plan came to an end and also the year of planning for the 15th Five-Year Plan. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the NLC would thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and carefully implemented the decision-making and deployment the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and the requirements of the CPC Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. With greater enthusiasm and higher morale, we would unite and collaborate, pioneer and forge ahead, demonstrate new vitality and new spirit, and contribute the wisdom and strength of the NLC to advancing the construction of a socialist cultural powerhouse.

In the conference, the NLC leaders read out the commendation decisions for the year 2024, including the "Director's Special Award", "Outstanding Collective", and so on, and the name list of employees who had worked in the NLC for 30 years, and issued honorary certificates to the award-winning collective and individual representatives, and certificates and commemorative medals to the employees who had worked in the NLC for 30 years.