At the 18th Beijing International Book Fair, the Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press launched new digital products [see post "Roads of China’s digital publishing export"] : a digital reading pen for foreign languages “Wai Yantong” [probably Viaton], Internet teaching materials and a collaborative translation platform. The digital reading pen will be promoted in primary [...]
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Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press: on digital road to educational service provider (China)
08/09/201118th Beijing International Book Fair wrapped up, copyright trade with China increasing
07/09/2011The 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Survey of China’s city newspapers: market shares and trends in 2011
29/08/2011According to a study of over sixty newspapers in China which included city newspapers and party newspapers, sales of many city newspapers in the first half of 2011 rose and people tended to prefer traditional media to online and digital media. The follow overview of five regions provides brief details for major cities. East China: [...]
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 [...]
E-readers in China encountering bottlenecks
24/08/2011With the reduction of revenue, China’s domestic e-reader market has been experiencing a tough period in the recent months. Some of the reasons are: E-reader industry enters the “platform development stage” Compared with the good situationin overseas markets, industry experts think that the development of e-readers in China is still in an initial stage, and [...]
“Urgent Notice” on publishing and distribution of teaching materials issued by China’s GAPP
22/08/2011Focusing on the excessive number and low quality of primary and secondary school supplementary teaching materials, GAPP released the “Notice on Further Enhancing the Management of Primary and Secondary School Supplementary Teaching Publications” on August 17th. One day later, an “Urgent Notice” on supervision and implementation was given to localities and departments concerned, setting a [...]
Guangzhou Book Festival opening today (China)
19/08/2011With the slogan “Happy reading, happy Guangdong”, this year’s Book Festival in Guangzhou will be held August 19-25. Major highlights: Larger scale: A record 27 topic areas and more than 300,000 book titles will be displayed in the exhibition. Emphasize current subjects: The book fair will highlight the CPC’s 90th anniversary and commemorate the 100th [...]
Educational book publishing in China to be better regulated
18/08/2011Focusing on the disorderly market for supplementary teaching material in education, Liu Binjie indicated during the recent 2011 National Press and Publication Bureau Secretary Forum that GAPP will make efforts to solve the problem this year with the upcoming “Notice on Further Enhancing the Management of Primary and Secondary School Supplementary Teaching Publications”. Furthermore, GAPP [...]
How can provincial party newspapers in China improve reporting?
17/08/2011Currently, some problems with reporting on current events & politics exist in provincial party newspapers, therefore, how to find effective solutions should be discussed. [Note: ... in order to guarantee mass appeal and maintain an effective channel for public opinion guidance, while at the same time be commercially viable.] “Closer”: The reports of provincial party [...]
Liu Binjie (GAPP) on the system reform of non-political newspapers and periodicals in China
16/08/2011Liu Binjie, Director of GAPP, recently gave Guangming Daily reporters an interview to express his viewpoints on the system reform of non-political newspapers and periodicals. The preconditions for the system reform of non-political newspapers and periodicals exist Non-political newspapers and periodicals play an important role in cultural propaganda, thus, carrying out the reform to speed [...]
Online bookstores in China: An effective supplement to traditional sales of publishing houses?
03/08/2011More and more publishing houses in China have opened online bookstores, with two major models apparent: Big Mart Model As an example, China Machine Press established its online bookstore “Golden Book Net” five years ago. Like a mart, the online bookstore has all kinds of books, however, it can’t provide discounts as low as offered [...]
Chinese and British copyright management departments held video conference
03/08/2011On July 27, China’s National Copyright Adminstration and Britain’s Intellectual Property Office held their second video meeting in 2011 as agreed on in last year’s MoU. National Copyright Adminstration personnel introduced the special campaigns against IPR infringement and the production and sales of counterfeit goods. The third revision of the “Copyright Law” was also addressed. [...]
Reform of China’s news and publishing industry: more hard work and central guidance needed
02/08/2011China’s system reform of its news and publishing industry was at the center of attention at the recently held 2011 National Press and Publication Bureau Secretary Forum [Note: a conference of heads of province and city Administrations of Press and Publication]. Three “key phrases” illustrate the current situation: Key Phrase One: Deepening the system reform [...]
East Europe: a new market opportunity for the “going out” of Chinese publishing houses?
28/07/2011Last month, Time Publishing and Media Co. – belonging to Anhui Publishing Group – signed an agreement with Marszalek Publishing, becoming the first Chinese publishing house to enter the Polish market. The group intends to establish a network which covers the whole East European market in the future. As a non-mainstream market, Eastern Europe offers differentiation [...]
Digital publishing standards to be issued in China before the end of 2011
26/07/2011A standards system for the digital publishing industry will be released officially before the end of this year, with thirteen enterprises such as China Online, Baidu, China Mobile, Hanvon and Founder taking part in the formulation of the detailed classification standards for e-books, mobile publishing, audio publications etc. There is no doubt that these enterprises [...]
China already global new media superpower, says “China New Media Development Report (2011)”
18/07/2011The “China New Media Development Report (2011)” was released on July 12th as the first blue book on new media. With 450 million Internet users and 900 million mobile phone users, China has already become the country with the largest number of new media users in the world. The report pays great attention to hot [...]
China sets up 20 bln RMB Cultural Industry Investment Fund
07/07/2011China’s first state-level Cultural Industry Investment Fund was established in Beijing yesterday with a goal volume of 20 billion RMB. News and publishing is a major investment sector targeted within the cultural industry, which is to be developed into a pillar industry of the national economy according to the 12th Five-year plan. Source: First state-level [...]
Four Chongqing newspapers increase price by 50% (China)
07/07/2011On July 4th, Chongqing Morning Paper, Chongqing Business Paper, Chongqing Evening Paper and Chongqing Times announced that their issue price will rise from 1 RMB to 1.5 RMB. This price increase is due to the rising price of newsprint. [Also see previous post "Newsprint usage decreases by 10% in China".] Wu Haimin, the President and [...]
A look at China’s 2011 National Publishing Fund projects
06/07/2011In 2007, the State Council approved the National Publishing Fund for for major publishing projects. This is the third special development fund after the National Social Science Fund and the National Natural Science Foundation. [Also see previous post "“Soft” criteria for publishing projects supported by China’s National Publishing Fund".] A statistical look at supported projects [...]
China’s GAPP responds to International Federation of Journalists criticism on blacklists
04/07/2011As mentioned in the previous post “China’s “Economic Observer” stresses importance of investigative journalism“, the Ministry of Health planned “to blacklist journalists who intentionally mislead the public about health concerns”. The International Federation of Journalists recently accused government departments of China of keeping blacklists of journalists. In its response to the issue, GAPP reaffirmed that [...]
Restructuring: Four key media groups established in Guizhou Province (China)
30/06/2011On June 26th, four key media groups were officially established in Guizhou province, meaning the cultural system reform of Guizhou Province has reached a new stage: Guizhou Daily Group Media Co., Guizhou Radio, Film & Television Media Group Co., Contemporary Guizhou Periodical Media Group Co., Guizhou Culture & Performance Group Co. Source: Four key cultural [...]
Digital (dictionary) publishing cooperation models in China
30/06/2011In order to realize the upgrade and transformation of dictionary publishing, traditional publishers need to cooperate with technology operators. These cooperation models can be classified into five categories listed below. [Note: Although the article also mentions pros and cons of each model, I initially had hoped for more China-related aspects which it doesn't deliver.] Self-reliant [...]
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. [...]
First digital copyright case decided in China
28/06/2011In October, 2009, Zhonghua Book Company accused Hanvon Technology of infringing its copyright. Last week, the verdict on China’s “first digital copyright case” came down: Zhonghua Book Company lost the lawsuit. The case reflects the disorder in the digital copyright trading market, therefore, establishing a fair digital copyright sharing platform becomes very necessary and urgent. [...]
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 . [...]
Beijing Youth Daily Group launches Beiqing Pad (China)
27/06/2011The new media Beiqing Pad, developed by Beijing Youth Daily Group, was featured at the Party Newspaper and Magazine Career Development Achievement Exhibition for the 90th Anniversary of the CPC. With the self-developed Beiqing OS the tablet computer allows newspaper reading, videos, games, online interaction and a large number of apps. Source:Beiqing Pad launched in [...]
China Publishing Blue Book: six development trends in 2011
21/06/2011The “2010-2011 Development Report on China’s Publishing Industry (China Publishing Blue Book)” has been released. According to the report’s analysis, the development of China’s publishing industry will show six trends in 2011: Consumer publications will emerge. More ventures between central and local publishing groups. Capital operation of publishing enterprises will focus on new media. Digital [...]
China Publishing Blue Book: 5 kinds of publications in center of market attention
21/06/2011As already mentioned in China Publishing Blue Book: six development trends in 2011, the “2010-2011 Development Report on China’s Publishing Industry (China Publishing Blue Book)” has been released. According to the report, five kinds of publications will be paid great attention to by the market in 2011: Publications that reflect the core values of socialism and [...]
Li Dongdong: Speeding up China’s reform and development of newspapers and periodicals
20/06/2011The 2011 China Press Executive Symposium was held at the end of last week in Hangzhou under the title “The way to transform & upgrade China’s newspaper groups” [see: "First day of the 2011 China Press Executive Symposium"]. In a policy speech, GAPP Vice-Director Li Dongdong stressed the importance of speeding up the complete tranformation [...]
Chinese Classics top program for “going out” of China’s publishing industry
20/06/2011During the final review meeting for the 2011 Classic China International Publishing Program, GAPP Director Liu Binjie emphasized the importance of the Chinese Classics in promoting the “going out” of the country’s press and publication industry during the 12th Five-Year Plan period [see post "2011 Classic China – International Publishing Project aims at copyright export"]. [...]
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 [...]
People’s Education Press signs distribution agreement
16/06/2011Hebei Distribution Group, Heilongjiang Publishing Group and Hunan Tianzhou Book Distribution Corporation signed a cooperation agreement on “Sure to Win” with People’s Education Press. As a set of teaching reference books, “Sure to Win” focuses on the different review phases for the college entrance examination, covering nine subjects. Source: Three publishing units sign the distribution [...]
China and Vietnam signed MoU on press and publication cooperation
16/06/2011On June 10th, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Information and Media Department to cooperate in several ways, such as the exchange of latest information on policies, regulations and industrial development, consulting support on policy creation, technical help, personnel training, etc. Source: China and Vietnam signed [...]
Newsprint usage decreases by 10% in China
16/06/2011According to Cao Zhenlei, General Secretary of China Paper Association, both the production and consumption of newsprint are decreasing in China at present, sounding an alarm for the newspaper industry. China is the world’s largest newspaper market, but in 2008, the total print run experienced negative growth for the first time since 1993, and it [...]
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 [...]
List of China’s 2011 National Publishing Fund Projects released
14/06/2011The 2011 National Publishing Funded Projects list was released by China National Publishing Fund Management Committee: 187 projects from 153 publishing units are funded this year, accounting for 30.4% of all applications. A complete list in Chinese is provided on http://www.chinaxwcb.com/2011-06/10/content_222694.htm. Source: List of 2011 National Publishing Funded Projects published (in Chinese) Also see these [...]
Merger: Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing Group (China)
13/06/2011A conference on restructuring Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing Group was held in Shanghai Library on June 3. The restructuring of the two large publishing groups is an important step for Shanghai to deepen the cultural system reform and to integrate publishing resources in order to create an “aircraft carrier” [...]
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 [...]
Digital popularization project for China’s public libraries
10/06/2011In order to promote the establishment of digital libraries further, the related departments intend to carry out a popularization project during the 12th Five-year Plan period. The core of the project is to establish interconnected digital library platforms and distributed resource databases, so as to provide services via mobile phone, digital TV and mobile TV. [...]
Digital Copyright Identifier: Pilot project of China’s Copyright Protection Center
07/06/2011Recently, China’s Copyright Protection Center signed an agreement with China Mobile Zhejiang Reading Base for a mobile reading Comic Project. It is the first demonstration application for the Digital Copyright Identifier (DCI) – a new public service model of digital copyright established by the center. The DCI system can replace the content providers’ internal audit [...]
The necessity of collective copyright management in China
07/06/2011[Note: The article treats the music industry, but the situation concerning collective copyright management is similar in publishing, see previous posts "Digital copyright chaos in China – collective management around the corner?" and "Collective management: a useful way to solve digital copyright problems".] In the spring of 2011, there were several hot cases on copyright [...]
5% of Beijing’s periodicals and newspapers did not pass inspection
07/06/2011According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press and Publication, this year 3,005 news and periodicals will have to pass the Annual Inspection of Newspaper and Periodical Publishing Houses. With roughly 200 publications not yet inspected, 2732 passed while 20 newspapers and 118 periodicals are still “in suspension” because of exceeding their scope of business, [...]
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 [...]
Legal and copyright issues of China’s publishing industry’s globalization
06/06/2011How copyright trade can “go out” during the 12th Five-Year Plan period is a topic of common concern to copyright industry insiders. From a legal perspective, “go out” means copyright foreign trade. This process mainly involves three legal problems: The effectiveness of work and its copyright. Having a legal, effective work and its copyright is [...]
