The 18th Beijing International Book Fair lowered its curtain on September 4th. A total of 2,953 copyright trade agreements were signed between China and foreign countries (+574 y-o-y) [see post "Copyright export breakthrough on 17th Beijing International Book Fair"]. Among them, 1,412 copyrights were sold or sought cooperation with foreign publishers, a 17 percent rise [...]
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Roads of China’s digital publishing export
06/09/2011During the Beijing International Book Fair, journalists of China Press and Publishing Journal interviewed participants about their viewpoints and experiences concerning “go out”. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP): new content channels and technology for overseas markets. To make its products more suitable for overseas markets, FLTRP has adapted content to different media formats [...]
China’s publishing industry: “going out” success factors
05/09/2011According to the 2011 Press and Publication Industry Report released recently, China’s “deficit” in copyright trade is narrowing [see post "China’s copyright trade improving"], and the “go out” strategy of Chinese publications has made excellent progress. Major reasons are: Focus on both domestic and foreign markets At present, China’s publishing companies participate in book fairs [...]
Beijing International Book Fair: Opinions on China’s book market potential
02/09/2011Attendees give their opinion on what’s selling in China’s book market in Publishers Weekly ‘s article “Beijing 2011: The Potential of China’s Book Market“. Also see this previous post: 18th Beijing International Book Fair opened
The winners of the 5th “Special Book Award of China”
01/09/2011The award ceremony for the 5th “Special Book Award of China” was held in Beijing’s National Grand Theater on August 30. Liu Yandong, member of the state council, gave prize to five persons who made outstanding contributions to introducing China’s culture abroard and by translating & publishing Chinese works. They are Kristofer Schipper (Professor at [...]
18th Beijing International Book Fair opened (China)
31/08/2011The 18th Beijing International Book Fair opened at the China International Exhibition Center with a total exhibition area of 53,600 m2. As the guest of honor, Netherland has an exhibition area of 1,500 m2. The digital publishing section covering 10,000 m2 is a highlight of this fair, and digital reading terminal products as well as [...]
English guide to literary events at 2011 Beijing International Book Fair
29/08/2011Once again, Bruce Humes has gone through the trouble of creating an English-language list of literary events at a major publishing exhibition in China, in this case the Beijing International Book Fair.
Hot issues in China on copyright on the Internet
29/08/2011The 2011 Media Seminar on Hot Copyright Issues was held in Beijing on August 19-20, hosted by the National Copyright Administration. Some of the hot topics discussed are listed below. [Note: I'm no legal expert, so as always: use at your own risk.] Can network media reproduce the reports of paper media arbitrarily? Network media [...]
First Educational Journal Reform & Development Summit Forum held (China)
19/08/2011The First Educational Journal Reform & Development Summit Forum was held in Beijing on August 18th. In the center of discussion were issues of quality improvement and digital operation of educational journals as well as the problems with quality and page fees of academic journals. Experts suggest that for an increase in revenue, educational journals [...]
Events during the “Shanghai International Literary Week”
18/08/2011In response to my brief post “Shanghai Book Fair opened today”, Bruce Humes pointed out his list of events which he culled from online Chinese media and translated into English. Take a look at the posting Shanghai Aug 17-23 Event: “Shanghai International Literary Week” on his Ethnic ChinaLit blog. Thanks, Bruce, for your comment and your [...]
Shanghai Book Fair opened today
17/08/2011In its article “Books, glorious book“, Shanghai Daily provides information on the week-long Shanghai Book Fair, e.g. Ursula Scheffel’s “Kommissar Kugelblitz” (Detective Ball Lightning) for children, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio and Colm Toibin. The event is organized by the Shanghai Press and Publications Bureau. Also see previous post “What mainland China book fairs can learn [...]
Shanghai Book Fair moved to the third week of August (China)
10/08/2011Beginning this year, the annual Shanghai Book Fair will cooperate with Chinese All and the exhibition time is moved to the third week of August each year. In 2011, the Shanghai Book Fair cum “Chinese All” Shanghai Week will be held on the theme of “I love reading, I love life” and promote national reading [...]
Hong Kong Book Fair (Jul 21-25): Daily Updates from Ethnic ChinaLit
21/07/2011Bruce Humes provides daily updates on the Hong Kong Book Fair in his Ethnic ChinaLit blog. Read more on last year’s event: Hong Kong Book Fair attracted 920,000 visitors; new sales record New at Hong Kong Book Fair: special sections for ebooks and digital publishing
China’s 8th Press Seminar for African Government Officials held in Beijing
18/07/2011Last week, the 8th Press Seminar Seminar for African Government Officials was held in Beijing, with 42 officials from 17 African countries attending the seminar. Wang Chen, Director of the State Council, delivered an address. The seminar was established by the State Council Information Office and Ministry of Commerce. Since its start in 2004, about [...]
China’s Copyright Law to be revised – adjust to digital age
18/07/2011On July 13th, GAPP and China’s National Copyright Administration held the kick-off meeting for the 3rd revision of the Copyright Law, which was initially enacted 20 years ago and since then has been revised twice in 2001 and 2010. Liu Binjie, the Director of GAPP, said that it is important to revise the law in [...]
Shanghai Publishers Association was renamed Shanghai Publication Association (China)
30/06/2011At its recent meeting, Shanghai Publishers Association was officially renamed Shanghai Publication Association. Zhao Changping, Editor-in-Chief of Shanghai Ancient Books Press, was elected as chairman of the 6th Shanghai Publication Association Council at the meeting. Source: Shanghai Publishers Association was renamed Shanghai Publication Association (in Chinese) Comment: Shanghai follows the example of the national association [...]
7th Cross-Strait Book Trade Fair to be held October 28-31 (China)
28/06/2011The 7th Cross-Strait Book Trade Fair will be held October 28th – 31st in Xiamen. Wu Shulin, Deputy Director of GAPP, asked the organizer and the mainland exhibitors to grab the opportunity to deepen the cultural communication and cooperation between both sides of the Taiwan Strait, organizing a batch of good cooperation projects and books. [...]
Sino-Kazakhstan International Book Fair
27/06/2011Kazakhstan’s National Convention Vice President recently met with the Director of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Press and Publication Bureau in Urumchi. For the purpose of promoting communication between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan and cooperation on Silk Road culture, both sides discussed the Chinese bookstore opening in Kazakhstan and co-hosting the Sino-Kazakhstan International Book Fair and . [...]
First day of the 2011 China Press Executive Symposium
17/06/2011Under the background of the “Development Plan for the News and Publishing Industry during 12th Five-year Plan Period”, the 2011 China Newspaper Industry (Group) Executive Symposium is being held in Hangzhou June 16-17. This is a brief topical summary of the first day of the meeting, which was hosted by Jiang Jun, Board Chairman of [...]
China’s Young Children Publishing Houses Association: digital publishing focus, but competition worries
14/06/2011The East-China Six-Provinces Young Children Publishing Houses Association has been co-sponsored by Chinese World Publishing Media, 21st Century Publishing House, Zhejiang Children’s Press, Tomorrow Publishing House, Jiangsu Children’s Publishing House and Fujian Children’s Publishing House for 24 years. According to this year’s Annual Conference, the six publishing houses will start in-depth cooperation on new media [...]
Heilongjiang Publishing Group: Popularizing the brand through book fair (China)
13/06/2011The 21st Book Fair lowered the curtain in Harbin two weeks ago, and its main organizer Heilongjiang Publishing Group attracted people’s attention due to its careful planning and accurate implementation to successfully make its brand more reknown. Li Jiujun, Board Chairman of the group, stated that the group will deepen the system reform and establish [...]
Spotlight on: Tianjin Publishing Foreign Trade Company
10/06/2011Beginning in September, Tianjin Publishing Foreign Trade Company plans to participate in several overseas Chinese book fairs, such as the Malaysia International Chinese Book Fair, Confucius Publishing Cultural American Exhibition, etc. It was awarded the “national cultural export key enterprise” by four departments including GAPP for its significant performance on promoting the “going out” of [...]
China’s 21st National Book Expo – Sino-Russian agreement
06/06/2011China’s 21st National Book Expo lowered its curtain on May 30th. During the three-day exhibition, the main venue displayed 370,000 publications and contracts worth 5.35 billion RMB were signed. As the main co-organizer, Heilongjiang Publishing Group signed an agreement with Russia Far-East Federal University on building the Russia-China and China-Russia culture centers, and signed an [...]
First High-Quality Periodical Expo held in Changchun (China)
31/05/2011The first High-Quality Periodical Expo will be held during the 2011 China Changchun Book Fair 01-09 June. 65 selected periodicals of Jilin province will be exhibited at the fair. As market competition intensifies, the selected journals make great effort to improve their quality, resulting in continuously increasing circulation. Some newly-founded periodical have grown into new [...]
A brief summary of the China Publishing (Copyright) Development Forum
31/05/2011With the subject of “Integration and improvement: Realizing win-win in traditional & digital publishing”, the China Publishing (Copyright) Development Forum was held on May 28 in Heilongjiang, consisting of two parts. Yan Xiaohong, Vice-Director of GAPP, hosted the first part, in which policy speeches were given: Liu Binjie, GAPP’s Director, gave a speech on “Speeding [...]
China’s 21st National Books Expo opened
30/05/2011On May 27th, the four-day 21st National Book Expo opened in Harbin International Conference Center, with Liu Binjie, General Director of GAPP, attending the opening ceremony. The fair offers 4100 booths, including 1500 official booths, 1400 private industry booths, 300 special topic area booths and 900 retail booths. Detailed information in Chinese can be found [...]
China’s first wordless comic
24/05/2011At the 7th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, “Fall in Love With the Most Beautiful Imagination”, China’s first wordless comic book published by Lingnan Art Press, was highly sought-after. China’s first wordless comic book highly sought-after (in Chinese) Comment: Just a piece of news that reminded me of “Fahrenheit 451″.
21st China Book Trade Fair to be held May 27th – 30th
19/05/2011The 21st China Book Trade Fair will be held May 27th to 30th in Heilongjiang Province, 36 delegations and 100,000 people are expected to attend the fair. The organizer provides 4,000 booths for displaying 300,000 publications, 60% of them will be newly published or key books. A series of thematic activities such as China Copyright [...]
China’s 4th Digital Publishing Exposition to be held in July
16/05/2011The 4th Chinese Digital Publishing Exposition will be held at the Beijing International Convention Center from July 6th to 9th, with the theme “Building a Pillar Industry, Establishing a Modern Structure”. Details for this exposition can be found at http://www.chuban.cc/ggl/201103/t20110309_84837.html Source: 4th Chinese Digital Publishing Exposition to be held in July (in Chinese)
2nd Cross-Straits Copyright Trade Fair: volume to reach 1 bln RMB (China)
16/05/2011The 2nd Cross Straits Copyright Industry High-quality Products Trade Fair will be held at the Fuzhou Straits International Exhibition Center May 18th – 22nd. Four hundred enterprises including seventy comic & game enterprises will attend the fair and exhibit more than 1,500 high-quality products. The trade volume is expected to reach one billion RMB. Source: [...]
GAPP’s Director Liu Binjie elected as Chairman of the China Publication Association
10/05/2011At the 6th Member Representative Assembly of China Publication Association, General Administration of Press and Publication Director (GAPP) Liu Binjie was elected as Chairman of the 6th China Publication Association. GAPP’s deputy director Wu Shulin was elected as Executive Vice Chairman and GAPP’s Office Director Liu Jianguo as Executive Vice Chairman and General Secretary. The [...]
China Publishers Association was renamed China Publication Association
09/05/2011In order to reflect the changes due to cultural system reform and the transition to an industry association, since May 6th, 2011, China Publishers Association was officially renamed China Publication Association. The change was approved by China Civil Affairs Ministry and made effective at the Association’s 6th Member Assembly. Source: China Publishers Association was renamed [...]
Experts discussed new strategies of newspaper marketing (China)
29/04/2011The National Newspaper Distribution and Marketing Strategy Seminar was held by Beijing Daily Newspaper Group recently. Topics included newspaper distribution markets and marketing, alliances, innovations, mistakes, etc. Consensus was reached by the participants: To focus on major works of newspaper distribution To upgrade the newspaper distribution network. To use the information value of customer databases. [...]
China’s media cooperation with Africa to break Western news monopoly
24/04/2011During the China-Africa Media Conference, a seminar with Chinese and African journalists based in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the CPC’s Publicity Department Li Changchun called out for direct links between the Chinese and African media communities, so that social and economic developments are covered in a truthful way by breaking the Western information monopoly, [...]
Fuzhou Strait Creative Industry Copyright Fair held (China)
12/04/2011The 2nd Fuzhou Strait Copyright Creative Industry Fair will be held May 18-22 with three sections: Show area for excellent copyright works, including animation, woodcarving arts, original music etc. Sales area of copyright products, selling the creative works from theMainland and Taiwan Negotiation area appraisal, copyright registration etc. Compared with the first fair, more enterprises [...]
China International Publishing Group: using international book fairs to increase Chinese publications’ influence in the world
30/03/2011With the advantages of information, channels, interpersonal relations and experience accumulated in international communication, China International Publishing Group formed its own international publishing and export-oriented characteristic, promoting cultural exchange as well as Chinese publications’ influence in the world. Every year, the group publishes 3,000 books in nearly 20 languages, its exports constitute more than 50% [...]
2011 National Newspapers and Periodicals Management Work Conference held (China)
28/03/2011The 2011 National Newspapers and Periodicals Management Work Conference was held in Haikou March 23-25. Li Dongdong, GAPP’s Deputy Director, attended the conference and gave a policy speech. When addressing the management of newspapers and periodicals in 2011, Li emphasized the following four aspects: Guiding public opinion: Departments at all levels should take positive measures [...]
International Women’s Day: 42.3% of China’s journalists are women
08/03/2011On the occasion of today’s International Women’s Day, GAPP Deputy Director Li Dongdong stated yesterday that 42.3% of China’s 219,000 journalists in 2009 were women, as were 49.3% of the 4.5 million press and publishing professionals. Source: March 8th “International Women’s Day”: Discussion by Li Dongdong and other female committee members concerning women journalists’ existence [...]
National People’s Congress proposal: Develop and export Chinese culture
04/03/2011During the “two sessions” of NPC and CPPCC now taking place in Beijing, the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy will give a speech on “establishing a cultural ‘strong nation’ strategy and enhancing national cultural soft power” and submit a proposal on cultural development strategies and the “go out” strategy. Cultural development [...]
More translations of Chinese literature to enter European and American markets
01/03/2011During the Chinese-British Literature Translation Forum held in Beijing on February 22nd, questions on how to promote more translated Chinese works to enter the European and American markets were discussed. Translated literature is needed in the whole world, but the share of Chinese works in the European and American markets is less than three percent. [...]
4th Cross-strait Cultural Industry Fair to be held in Xiamen in October (China)
17/02/2011The 4th Cross-strait (Xiamen) Cultural Industry Fair will be held from October 29th to November 1st with the theme “Cultural Innovation – Digital Life”. This fair will focus on creative design, digital content, film & animation, new media and promoting transactions of digital culture products & services. Source: 4th Cross-strait Cultural Industry Fair to be [...]
Cairo Book Fair cancelled: China was there – or not?
14/02/2011As Bruce Humes pointed out in his blog post “China Reports on 2011 Cairo Book Fair: What Revolution?“, an article in Chinese media stated “The 43rd Cairo Book was held during Jan 29 to Feb 8. As the Guest of Honor, China exhibited 10,000 volumes in 5,000 different categories.” Strange, since as The Bookseller reports: [...]
Graphic novels in China: third in consumer purchasing preference
08/02/2011[Note: The lack of news during the Spring Festival is a good chance to take a brief look at some niches, in this case "Graphic novels: unignorable main force" (in Chinese), published three weeks ago although the statistics referred to are a bit older.] Graphic novels come along with the “light reading era”, focusing on [...]
China Press and Publication Academy: tasks ahead
01/02/2011The Annual Working Summary Conference of China Press and Publication Academy was held on January 27th. At the meeting, GAPP’s Deputy Director Li Dongdong put forward five hopes: A medium and long-term development plan of the academy based on long-term strategy. Based on scientific research, to improve service levels and to convert scientific achievements into [...]
China Newspaper Association annual meeting: coming 5 years most complicated
25/01/2011The China Newspaper Association held its 2010 annual meeting on January 21st. In his speech Wu Hengquan, Director of the China Newspaper Association, gave some suggestions on the development and reform of the newspaper industry. Seizing the opportunities and realizing the sustainable development Promoting the reform and improving the competitiveness continuously Speeding up the function [...]
China Media Congress: development trends and opportunities for China’s media
20/01/2011During the China Media Congress the Director of News and Communication College of Jinan University, Fan Yijin, made a speech on the development trends and opportunities for China’s media at the beginning of the 12th Five-year Plan. The advertising income of newspapers and periodicals will keep increasing, however, analyzing the real reasons behind the increase [...]
Trends appearing in the 2011 Beijing Book Ordering Fair (China)
19/01/2011During the 2011 Beijing Book Ordering Fair several new trends became obvious: M&A News publishing resources will be optimized through cross-regional and cross-department integration, mergers and restructuring. Reducing product types Many publishing institutions are trying to reduce their product types. They pay more attention to the quality of products to create excellent and classic works. [...]
After the Beijing Book Fair: China’s publishing industry looking for new opportunities in 2011
18/01/2011The 2011 Beijing Book Ordering Fair lowered its curtain, major highlights were: The total sales exceeded 3 billion RMB, and the fair set up a special area for digital publishing for the first time. The e-book industry has established an industrial alliance to fight piracy. Mobile reading is gradually gaining market share, and China Mobile [...]
2011 “Farmer Book House Project” Establishment Conference held in Beijing (China)
17/01/2011The 2011 “Farmer Book House Project” Establishment Conference was held in Beijing on January 12. In a speech Liu Binjie, GAPP’s Director, stated that the central government will bring forward higher requirements for the establishment of the “Farmer Book House Project” during the 12th Five-year Plan period. He also emphasized that news publishing departments at [...]
