CIPG Takes Part in 2018 Shanghai Book Fair

At the showcase of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), readers can get a look at the first volume of the book Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in 24 languages and the second in nine languages.

Wang Wei-cheng, 21, a law student from Taiwan who is working as an intern in Shanghai, said when he walked out of the fair's central area, he immediately saw the showcase at the 300-square-meter booth of CIPG.

This year, the 15th anniversary of the founding of Shanghai Book Fair, is the first time CIPG has taken part.

Lu Cairong, deputy chief of the group, said that over the past 15 years, the fair has grown into one of the most influential in China. Readers attending the fair can purchase and take home books and other items.

"Since its publishing, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has received extensive attention from home and abroad. It's a must for any major international book fair. So here in Shanghai, by displaying all the translated versions of this important work, we hope it will become closer to readers," he said.

"With the important works about President Xi's thoughts displayed here, we want to help readers better understand how these thoughts have been developed," he said.

The first volume of Xi's book was first published in September 2014 and the second in November 2017.

Over 6.6 million copies of the first volume have been sold, including more than 500,000 copies in foreign languages, and about 13 million copies of the second volume have been sold, said Liu Yuhong, an editor from Foreign Languages Press, which is in charge of international publishing deals for the book.

Source: China Daily