In Beijing, you will soon be able to order books with your lunch on Chinese food delivery app Meituan

A first batch of 72 bookstores are launching on food delivery platform Meituan 'as soon as next week'. Booksellers in China’s capital city have been struggling to stay afloat due to reduced footfall during the epidemic. — SCMP

Bookstores in Beijing, struggling to survive amid the coronavirus epidemic, are teaming up with a popular food delivery app to help get books into the hands of readers.

The initiative, co-launched by food delivery company Meituan Dianping and the municipal government of Beijing, will feature a first batch of 72 bookstores.