China News Service, Hong Kong, July 14 (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) The 3rd Hong Kong Publishing Biennale Award Presentation Ceremony was held on the 14th at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said in her speech that in the "14th Five-Year Plan", the state not only supports Hong Kong's continued development of industries such as finance, logistics, and innovation, but also for the first time expressed support for Hong Kong's development of a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries.

It is believed that the publishing industry can play an important role in this, and there will be more room for development in the future.

  Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that in the past two years, Hong Kong has had fewer new book publications due to the epidemic, but the market is still flourishing.

In this year's Biennial Awards, more than 380 Chinese books from 80 local publishers participated in the competition, covering a wide range of topics such as Chinese history and culture, Hong Kong history, social issues, life and science, character studies, and language learning.

This year’s conference also breaks through geographical boundaries. Through a video conference, 20 senior publishers, designers, experts and scholars from Hong Kong and overseas Chinese regions form a judging panel to select more than 80 high-level award-winning works. .

  She specifically mentioned that the "Hong Kong Bird Watching Guide", which won the "Publishing Award" this year, introduced more than 500 species of birds that can be viewed in Hong Kong. The pictures and texts are both practical and popular science readings, and at the same time let us realize In addition to being an international financial center, Hong Kong is also a bird watching destination.

  The work "Hong Kong Chronicles · General Events" that won the "Marketing Planning Award" is the first volume of Hong Kong's first local chronicles, with a total of 530,000 words, and comprehensively and systematically records more than 6,000 historical events in Hong Kong since ancient times.

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that there is a group of people in Hong Kong who have hoped to compile "Hong Kong Chronicles" for Hong Kong for many years. Now the wish has come true.

  She expressed the hope that "Hong Kong Chronicles" will help the public understand the inseparable relationship between Hong Kong and the country.

Since many young scholars have participated in the editing of this book, this work has also helped to enhance their national identity and pride.

  Carrie Lam said that through the "Creative Smarter Project", the SAR government has funded a total of 22 projects over the years to support the publishing and printing industries.

With the injection of another 1 billion Hong Kong dollars into the plan this year, the government will continue to make good use of resources to promote the further development of creative industries, including the publishing industry.

She also hopes that the publishing industry will continue to innovate to bring a new vision and make new contributions to the development of Hong Kong's creative industries, culture and art.

  Li Jiaju, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Hong Kong Publishing Biennale Project, said in a speech on the same occasion that Hong Kong publishing used to occupy a certain place in the publishing of the Chinese world because of its ability to capture topics, modern editing and expression techniques, and exquisite binding.

As a latecomer, the publishing industry should know how to cherish the foundation of the predecessors, maintain a relative advantage, and strive for progress.

He also specifically mentioned that in the "14th Five-Year Plan", the state has given Hong Kong a new position as a center for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries. "The sky is vast and publishing can do a lot. We in Hong Kong must know how to cherish it, and the Hong Kong publishing industry does the same."

  It is reported that a total of 80 publishers and nearly 400 works participated in the selection of this biennial award, and multiple awards such as the "Publishing Award" and the "Best Publishing Award" were strictly selected.

Among them, "Hong Kong Bird Watching Complete Guide (Set)", "Seeing the Spark of Life: A Journey to the Aged Society in Germany", "Hong Kong Chronicles · Chronicles of Events" and "Long Long Long Long Wind-Another mountain man has thought about writing and listening for 60 years I've said that" won the "Publishing Award", "Excellent Editor Award", "Marketing Award" and "Book Design Award" four biannual special awards respectively.

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