Across the mountains and seas, meet with books. The 30th Beijing International Book Fair is being held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, and the signing ceremony of book copyright export and book copyright promotion activities are intensively presented, constituting a beautiful landscape of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
"The Forbidden City" and "The Great Wall" were unveiled in the Guest of Honor Pavilion area
On June 20, Beijing Publishing Group and Madariq Publishing House of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held a grand signing ceremony for the Arabic editions of "The Forbidden City: A History of China since the 15th Century" and "Tales of the Great Wall". This signing is one of the key activities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the guest of honor of this year's Expo.
Zhou Hao, member of the Party Committee and director of Beijing Publishing Group, said that the signing of this agreement is not only an exchange in the publishing industry, but also a vivid embodiment of the deep integration of Chinese and Saudi Arabian cultures. Sarah Zan, general manager of Madarik Publishing House, said that the Forbidden City and the Great Wall are world-renowned cultural heritages and Chinese cultural landmarks that are very popular among the Saudi people. It is hoped that the launch of the Arabic version of the two works signed this time will allow Saudi readers to further deepen their understanding of Chinese culture.
The event was full of seats and the atmosphere was warm, and the Chinese representatives and readers tasted Saudi food and experienced Saudi spice culture together. According to reports, Beijing Publishing Group and Saudi Arabia Publishing have cooperated for many years, and jointly launched a number of excellent works such as "Life" and "Tales in the Clouds" Arabic edition, which are deeply loved by local readers. The signing of the Arabic edition of The Forbidden City: A History of China since the 15th Century and Tales of the Great Wall will continue to lead Saudi readers to experience Beijing and understand China.
Convey the voice of Chinese scholars to the world
At the expo, a number of Chinese academic works were signed and promoted, which became the highlight of the exhibition activities.
At the launch of the English version of Reconstructing Chinese Sociology and the signing ceremony of the English version of Cultural Consciousness and the Sinicization of Social Sciences, Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, said that the English translation of Reconstructing Chinese Sociology and the upcoming English version of Cultural Consciousness and the Sinicization of Social Sciences are the result of close cooperation between the Commercial Press, the School of Sociology of Nanjing University, the Institute of Contemporary China and Professor Zhou Xiaohong, and both of them are included in the "Chinese Academic Foreign Translation Project". Among them, Reconstructing Chinese Sociology is an oral work by scholars in the field of sociology with Chinese characteristics, and the publication of its English translation will help foreign readers to have a deeper understanding of the process of reconstructing the discipline of Chinese sociology.
Gu Qing believes that the Commercial Press's "going out" work can achieve excellent results, which is inseparable from the mainland's policy support for publishing "going out" in the past ten years, and it is through the "Chinese Books Overseas Promotion Program", "Classic China International Publishing Project", "Chinese Academic Foreign Translation Project" and other platforms that the Commercial Press's excellent academic books can go abroad. Dr. Tang Enping, President of Springer Nature's Global Book Business, said that in the past ten years, the two sides have cooperated in various disciplines of academic publishing, and have produced a number of important results, hoping to continue to convey the practical experience and theoretical ideas of contemporary Chinese scholars to the world in the future, and grasp and record the rapidly changing Chinese society through academic publishing.
Chinese scholars hope to enhance mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world, and promote the prosperity and development of global social sciences. Professor Qian Yufang, the translator of the English edition of Reconstructing Chinese Sociology, believes that Chinese academic discourse should not only accurately convey China's social phenomena and theories, but also occupy a place in global academic exchanges.
China's annual prose works continue to "go to sea"
China's "50 Essays of the Year" has become a cultural brand of the Expo, and the annual books continue to "go overseas", which has attracted the attention of the industry.
At the "50 Essays of the Year (2023)" New Book Overseas Promotion Conference jointly organized by the China Character Copyright Association and Beijing Times Chinese Book Co., Ltd., Zhang Kun, deputy general manager and deputy editor-in-chief of Times Publishing and Media Co., Ltd., said that after the successful launch of "50 Essays of the Year (2022)" at the Expo, and the signing of a contract with Albania Fanoli Publishing House, the "50 Essays of the Year (2023)" will be launched here this year, with the aim of making "50 Essays of the Year" The book brand has grown to create a lasting social impact and more opportunities to reach overseas markets.
Liu Jianwei, chairman of the Chinese Character Copyright Association, introduced that the Literary and Authors Association will give full play to its own advantages and promote the "50 Essays of the Year" book achievements to the world through copyright trade, copyright marketing, and multiple copyright licensing, so that the "50 Essays of the Year" will become a well-known literary brand of the year.
At the scene, Beijing Times Chinese Book Co., Ltd. and Russia's Leningrad Publishing House held a signing ceremony for the Russian copyright export of "50 Essays of the Year (2023)", and a signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement with Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
New Chinese reportage works have attracted keen attention
At the expo, the new reportage works of Chinese writers attracted the keen attention of foreign publishers, which was rare in the past.
At the "'Maritime Silk Road' Colored Porcelain Cultural Exchange and "Colored Porcelain Sail" Copyright Promotion" event, Niranga palipan, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in China, Ji Hongjian, author of "Painted Porcelain Sail", Lv Chenglong, vice president of the Chinese Ancient Ceramics Society, and other guests said that Changsha colored porcelain belongs to Hunan, China, and the world, and it is the road to the world for win-win, friendship, and civilization.
In 1998, in the waters of Belitung Island, Indonesia, a shipwreck called "Blackstone" was discovered by the world, and more than 67,000 pieces of ceramic products were salvaged on the ship, of which more than 57,500 pieces of porcelain were Changsha colored porcelain, which shocked the world. The story of Changsha colored porcelain on the "Maritime Silk Road" was quietly opened by a piece of porcelain that had been sealed by history for thousands of years. The famous writer Ji Hongjian has created a unique way, with the perspective of running through China and the West, relying on walking, exploration, archaeology, historical narration and historical records, to explore the cultural and economic factors of Chinese manufacturing and overseas sales, and depict a historical picture of the exchanges between Chinese and Western civilizations through the "Maritime Silk Road" more than 1,000 years ago. Since its publication, the copyright of "Painted Porcelain Sail Shadow" has been exported to Sri Lanka, Russia, Malaysia and other countries.
Ji Hongjian introduced that his hometown is not far from the site of the Tongguan kiln in the Tang Dynasty. Since 2017, Ji Hongjian has accumulated materials for "Colored Porcelain Sail Shadow" with a kind of "mother's family" seriousness, and he visited how Changsha Tongguan Kiln integrates north and south, innovates and breaks through, and becomes the birthplace of the world's underglaze colorful ceramics and the arduous and glorious history of the porcelain world factory; Starting from the Xiangjiang River, along the Yangtze River, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, etc., trace the magnificent history of Changsha colored porcelain to the world. In Ji Hongjian's view, although the creative process is difficult, it is also a process of continuous self-enrichment.