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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — The upcoming 31st Beijing International Book Fair will feature more than 1,700 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions, displaying about 220,000 titles of books in Chinese and foreign languages, organizers of the event said at a press conference on Thursday.
This year, Malaysia will be the guest of honor at the fair, which will be held from June 18 to 22.
The exhibition area will be 60 thousand square meters. Nine countries, including Chile, Cyprus and Belarus, will take part in the event for the first time. The fair will also feature such renowned international publishers as Elsevier, Penguin Random House and Springer Nature.
The event will feature two new thematic sections: “Books in Honor of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World War II” and “Books on World Cultural Heritage”.
The Beijing International Book Fair will also host the Special Contribution to Chinese Literature Award Ceremony, the 2025 Beijing International Publishing Forum, the World Children’s Literature Forum, and copyright negotiations between Chinese and overseas representatives.
First held in 1986, the Beijing International Book Fair has become one of the world’s premier platforms for book exhibitions and copyright trade. –0–