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The 6th Working Conference of the Working Party of "China Book International" Project concluded successfully in Hefei, Anhui province on Mar. 26. Reporter learnt from the conference that China will aim at achieving new growth this year while maintaining the record of more than 4,000 outbound licensed copyrights. On the basis of keeping the "quantity" of outbound licensed copyrights, GAPP is working on the International Bestseller Plan and will grant positive supports involving policy and funds to books which will possibly become international bestsellers with great influence, good-quality and receive highly attention from foreign readers, aiming to producing a number of international bestsellers.
Mar. 25-26, The 6th Working Conference of the Working Party of "China Book International" Project was held in Hefei, Anhui province. More than 100 people from the Working Party and member entities of "China Book International" Project attended the conference.
Handing over Conference Banner to Next Year's Conference Organizer -- Zhejiang Publishing Group
"China Book International" project achieved remarkable achievements in 2009. As a well-known project, CBI project shows demonstration effects on China's publishing industry to go abroad; A "fortified version" of the CBI project, "Translation and Publication of Chinese Cultural Works" project was initiated last year, evoked strong repercussions at home and abroad. Thanks to these two projects, member entities licensed overseas 2,101 items of copyrights (not including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, increased by 65% compared to 2008. China saw a rapid increase in terms of the number of outbound licensed copyrights, however inevitably, low in quality, some books can not meet the demands of the international market in terms of content, language and printing. Chiefs of the State Council Information Office and GAPP who presented at the conference revealed, focus will be given on "quality" instead of "quantity", and more supporting policies will be worked out to favor high-quality books and projects in the future.
Anhui Publishing Group, member entities of "China Book International" program ranks in the forefront in terms of the number of outbound copyright licensing in the country. Anhui Publishing Group ranks first in terms of the number of outbound copyright licensing for two consecutive years at the BIBF in 2008 and 2009. At present, the group's annual revenue exceeds US$300 million, with business spread over more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. At present, Anhui Publishing Group (Times Publishing & Media Co Ltd) has become a cultural enterprise that receives state key support to go abroad.
At the conference, the ISO9001 Quality Control System Certificate was issued to a publishing company -- Times Publishing & Media Co Ltd for the first time. This international "green passport" is putting Times Publishing & Media Co Ltd on orbit wheels to go abroad for overseas market expansion and for the promotion of the Chinese culture.
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