A mechanism to develop cultural products among libraries in China was launched in Beijing on Tuesday.

Led by the National Library of China, the initiative will aim to combine efforts of different institutions in training people to make and market cultural souvenirs.

Compared with museums in China, the development of such products in libraries started relatively late.

Earlier this year, 37 libraries from a list of 154 public institutions were selected by the Ministry of Culture for a pilot project on cultural products.