China News Service, London, March 12 (Ouyang Kaiyu and Peng Xinyi) On March 12, local time, the 2024 London Book Fair opened at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London.
The China exhibition area has attracted widespread attention. Under the theme of "Reading China", more than 3,200 books open a window to understand China for overseas readers.
The London Book Fair started in 1971 and is one of the most important events in the global publishing industry.
The London Book Fair lasts for three days.
Gareth Rapley, director of the London Book Fair, said that the book fair aims to become a platform with books as the core and discussion topics expanded to various creative content fields.
The book fair focuses on the transition of books from print media to digital media, including audiobooks, film and television scripts, and podcasts.
He specifically mentioned that he was very happy to see China's participation in the London Book Fair increasing significantly.
On March 12, the 2024 London Book Fair opened at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London.
The China exhibition area with the theme of "Reading China" selects more than 3,200 books for exhibition.
Photo by China News Service reporter Ouyang Kaiyu
During the London Book Fair, the State Press and Publication Administration guided China Foreign Languages Development Bureau, China Publishing Group, People's Publishing House, Wuzhou Communication Publishing House and other units to participate in the exhibition. China Book Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd. organized 46 domestic small and medium-sized publishing units to participate in the exhibition. .
The total area of the China exhibition area is 454 square meters.
The Chinese exhibition area selects more than 3,200 books, with complete categories and rich content. Among them, foreign language editions account for one-third, and Chinese books have English introductions.
These books mainly include representative works that explain China's governing concepts and values and reflect the latest achievements in China's contemporary economy, social development, academic research and literary creation.
On March 12, the 2024 London Book Fair opened at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London.
The picture shows the series of books released in the China exhibition area.
Photo by China News Service reporter Ouyang Kaiyu
At the same time, the China exhibition area also held relevant seminars on hot issues of concern to the international community.
China Science and Technology Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. and the French EDP Technology Company jointly organized a dialogue with international science and technology publishing experts to jointly discuss the global significance of China's carbon emission reduction around topics such as carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
On the same day, the launch ceremony of the English versions of "China Development Report 2023" and "Global Development Report 2023" was held at the London Book Fair.
Foreign Languages Publishing House and China Development Publishing House jointly launched these two English versions of development reports.
The report adopts a macro perspective and scientific framework to record in detail the extraordinary process of promoting Chinese modernization, conduct in-depth research on the deep-seated problems faced by China's development, and interpret the basic characteristics, main trends, opportunities, challenges, and forward-looking thinking of global development.
On March 12, the 2024 London Book Fair opened at the Olympia Exhibition Center in London.
During the book fair, Beijing Publishing Group and the British Beijing Association jointly held a book donation ceremony.
Pictured is the ceremony scene.
Photo by China News Service reporter Ouyang Kaiyu
During the book fair, Beijing Publishing Group and the British Beijing Association jointly held a book donation ceremony and donated the Mao Dun Literature Award-winning work "Bao Shui".
Li Hai, president of the British Federation in Beijing, told a reporter from China News Service that the donated books will be shared and read in the British overseas Chinese community, and a post-reading review essay competition will be launched. The books will also be entered into local libraries in the UK to make friends through books.
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