On June 19, the launching ceremony and a series of literary activities of "October Writer's Residence · Lijiang Old Town", jointly organized by the group's October Literature Institute and the World Cultural Heritage Lijiang Old Town Protection and Management Bureau, was held in Lijiang, Yunnan. Qu Zhong, general manager of the group and dean of the October Literature Institute, Lü Yalan, executive dean of the October Literature Institute, He Yulan, deputy secretary of the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and director of the Publicity Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and Mu Chonggen, member of the Standing Committee of the Lijiang Municipal Party Committee and executive mayor, attended the event. Alai, Ye Guangqin, Ma Yuan, Zhang Ning, Ning Ken, Fan Wen, Liu Qiong, Liang Hong, Shi Yifeng and other famous writers and literary critics were invited to the event.

At the launching ceremony, He Yulan welcomed the arrival of all the writers. She said that Lijiang Old Town will work hard to create a good living and writing environment for the writers, hoping to further present Lijiang’s natural scenery and humanistic history through the creation of October writers, and hoping to further promote cultural exchanges and industrial development in Lijiang through the brand influence of “October”.