The London Book Fair 2023 opens at Olympia London on April 18.

A group photo of the HPI delegation at the London Book Fair.

HPI delegation pose for a group photo at the stand of CNS.

The three-day London Book Fair 2023 opened at Olympia London on April 18. The Hunan Publishing Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. (HPI) participated. At its stand, HPI showcased more than 70 editions of foreign language books, awarded books, and most-recommended books in recent years. Besides, the HPI delegation carried out business negotiations and held cultural activities, to better present China to the world and expand its circle of friendship in the world. 

The China South Publishing & Media Group (CNS) has been making the list of the "Global 50" Rankings for Publishers for many years, with its highest ranking at the 6th worldwide. It participated in the Londun Book Fair every year, and has imported and exported a large number of high-quality publications. At the book fair, the Hunan Juvenile & Children's Publishing House, a subsidiary of CNS, reached copyright cooperation with the Kezban Media and Publishing to export the copyright of the 6-volume Silly Wolf Series to the UK. The Hunan Science & Technology Press negotiated introduction of some influential book series such as Hawking series. The Tianwen Digital Media Technology Co., Ltd. was striving to develop its business in overseas markets.

The Tianwen Digital Media Technology has yielded fruitful outcomes in its overseas business in recent years. Its overseas orders of printing exceeded 200 million CNY, with the publications exported to more than 20 countries and regions in six continents worldwide, such as the US, the UK, India, and South Africa. It has been shortlisted for the supplier for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) as a representative of high-quality enterprise of Huxiang culture.

During the book fair, the participants from the Hunan Education Press, Hunan People's Publishing House, Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, Hunan Science & Technology Press, Hunan Juvenile & Children's Publishing House, and Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House met with representatives of the influential presses in the UK, including the Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, Dorling Kindersley, and New Classic Press. They negotiated about copyright introduction and export and related business.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: rednet