As an annual event for book lovers
024 Shanghai Book Fair and "Bookish China" Shanghai Week
will be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from now until August 20.
The number of books on sale in this exhibition is nearly 30,000.
Which Good books worth reading?
Reporters asked publishers at the book fair
to recommend their best books of the year
Let's listen to what their "private book lists" are
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The Shanghai Book Fair this year is expected to sell 400,000 tickets
major exhibitors" "Spoiler" Highlights
This book fair will further optimize the online ticketing system to facilitate readers to purchase tickets online. At the same time, convenience service points will be set up at the east and west entrances of Yan'an Middle Road and Nanjing West Road of the Shanghai Exhibition Center during the book fair to provide Access guidance, special passages for the disabled, and on-site ticket purchasing services will be provided for middle-aged and elderly readers in need.
Zeng Yuan, director of the Printing and Distribution Office of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee (Office of the Shanghai Book Fair Steering Committee), said that the book fair is in the scorching heat, and the organizers will further do a good job in heatstroke prevention and cooling. There are also many catering shops on site, such as Guangming Dairy Shed, FamilyMart, and Meros Fast Food, providing rest, dining and other services. There will be two free drinking water points opposite the rotunda on the first floor of West Building 1 and near the service point of FamilyMart on the first floor of East Building 1.
In addition, in order to prevent sudden thunderstorms, the organizer has also prepared emergency rain gear for public readers in case of emergency. In terms of transportation, the book fair cannot provide parking services due to limited space. The organizer recommends that visitors travel green. At the same time, the nearby Jing'an Kerry Center will provide some parking spaces. With the Shanghai Book Fair ticket binding information and any amount of Jing'an Kerry Center consumption receipt, you can get a 2-hour free parking coupon at the shopping mall customer service counter.
What are the highlights of the major participating publishing organizations this year?
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Xu Hai, deputy general manager of of Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing and Media Group, introduced the exhibition on behalf of the "Jiangsu Guest Province" and said that the group's 13 publishing and distribution units and 8 city and university presses will bring nearly 4,700 kinds of humanities and social sciences , literature and art, popular science life, children's picture books and other high-quality books, as well as 38 reading activities. For example, writers Qiu Huadong and Ma Boyong will appear at the new book launch event with their long historical novel "The Empty City". Writer Pan Xiangli and Fudan University professors Luo Yuming and Liang Yongan will hold a dialogue salon around the work "The Red Mansion in the World".
China Publishing Group has more than 4,000 kinds of books and nearly 50,000 volumes participating in the exhibition. For example, the Commercial Press' core product line "Chinese Translation of World Academic Classics Series" will launch its 1,000th variety, the latest variety of "Revised Edition of Twenty-Four Histories" of Zhonghua Book Company, "Book of Northern Qi", and Oriental Publishing Center's "Ten Thousand Years of China" series The second book - "Up the Mountain: The Ten-Thousand-Year Foundation of Chinese Civilization" will be premiered at the Shanghai Book Fair.
Chen Yiwang, director of the Shanghai Office of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd., revealed that Shanghai Zhongban Book Company will join hands with the Huashan 263 Time-honored Brand Museum to jointly plan the "Publishing National Team Joins Hands with Shanghai Time-honored Brands to Promote Reading for All to Build a Bookish Society" event, People's Literature Publishing "People's Brand", "Guozitou" and "time-honored brands" such as the Commercial Press, Zhonghua Book Company, Sanlian Bookstore, and Oriental Publishing Center, as well as time-honored brands such as Maxam, Fenghua and Guangming Group's Fuxin will carry out a series of joint activities. Support book fair sales. The exhibition area also has a dedicated live broadcast room for online and offline sales.
Publishing houses under Shanghai Century Publishing Group will invite more than 300 famous scholars, writers, and artists to attend the book fair to hold new book launches, reader meetings, book signings, and cultural lectures. All nine stores of Duoyun Academy will hold a series of interactions during the book fair. Among them, the Dishui Lake store will host the eye-catching Shanghai International Culture Week activities as a branch venue. Peng Weiguo, vice president of Shanghai Century Publishing Group, specifically mentioned that a batch of results using artificial intelligence technology to empower digital publishing products and editing and publishing processes will also surprise visitors this time.
The exhibition square on the first floor of Shanghai Mall, across the road from the main venue of the book fair, will also hold a "parallel exhibition" on art books simultaneously. Tan Yi, general manager of the Free Trade Zone International Culture Investment and Development Co., Ltd., shared that the exhibition area will have three sections:
The first is to display the Shanghai International Art Book Fair’s fine books, with a selection of 1,060 books in the field of art and design, including Fiden, Thames & Works from many well-known publishing houses such as Hudson, such as "Chinese Dress in Detail" published by the latter, include nearly a hundred Chinese costumes from the V&A Museum in London, exploring the historical and cultural significance behind the costumes, and are of high artistic value.
The second is to display and sell cultural and creative products from cultural and museum institutions such as the National Museum and the Forbidden City, such as the Huahaoyueyue series of tea sets inspired by the pattern on the "Daji" moon palace pattern diamond-shaped bronze mirror, a cultural relic of the National Museum.
三 is a series of carefully planned lectures by famous speakers, new book releases and other activities, such as Ji Xueping's keynote speech on "The Triple Identity of a Famous Host, Mother, and Educator", "'Returning' to the Crime Scene and Learning While Reading Comics" Law” lectures, etc.
List of activities at the main venue of Shanghai Exhibition Center
(including online live broadcast)
What is it like to "eat" at the book fair at the time-honored market
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During this year's Shanghai Book Fair,
a seven-day long time-honored market
opened under the sun tents of the East and West Squares
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Stroll through the 128-square-meter space
Enjoy culture, shopping, and delicious food...
"Go to the market" at once
Browse Shanghai's characteristic time-honored brands
Feel the beauty of intangible heritage!
This summer, let’s go into the fireworks of the world
and encounter the “time-honored brands on the tip of the tongue”
Dozens of well-known time-honored merchants gathered at the scene. The time-honored brands and classic craftsmanship are inherited, and Shanghai’s special delicacies are endlessly flavorful, making you feast and linger!
"Luxury" gifts are given away, and the good luck keeps going
Participate in a cultural feast with the master of intangible cultural heritage
A cultural feast not to be missed! National intangible cultural heritage masters Wu Qingchun and Xu Haiying came to the scene to perform ink rubbings and calligraphy brush making, allowing you to experience the profoundness of Chinese culture up close.
Wu Qingchun: Representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project of brush making skills (Zhou Huchen’s brush making skills)
Xu Haiying: Deputy director of Shanghai Ink Factory, Cao Sugong’s intangible cultural heritage inheritor, famous master of ink ingot and gold tracing skills of the Four Treasures of the Study Association , the famous master of ink rubbing skills of the Four Treasures Association of the Study
customized cultural and creative bags, the collision of tradition and modernity
"Bags" cure all diseases! This market specially launches customized cultural and creative bags from time-honored brands with Shanghai characteristics. Hold the "Light of Childhood" in your hands and carry it on your shoulders, and be the most beautiful!
Special cooperation areas
High-quality agricultural products from Lu'an, Anhui and Kashgar, Xinjiang made a surprise appearance, taking you through thousands of mountains and rivers to taste the most authentic local customs.
event information
time : from now until August 20.
Location : Shanghai Exhibition Center, East Square Sun Canopy ey-04, West Square Sun Canopy wy-05
A grand event for book lovers
Good shopping, good shopping, and delicious food!
Let’s meet up and let’s go~
Source: Oriental.com
