STORY: Publishers at Beijing Int'l Book Fair seek cultural exchanges, cooperation
DATELINE: June 18, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:38
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the 29th Beijing International Book Fair
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CATHERINE ANNE WILSON, CEO of Nosy Crow Group
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GIANPAOLO BRUNO, Director of the Beijing Office of the Italian Trade Agency
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI BING, Director of Foreign Cooperation Department, People's Publishing House

STORYLINE:

Publishers attending the 29th Beijing International Book Fair said the fair enhances cultural exchanges and learning between civilizations.

The four-day event wraps up in Beijing on Sunday, gathering exhibitors from 56 countries and regions.

A total of 2,500 exhibitors showcase more than 200,000 Chinese and foreign titles at this year's book fair, which is held both online and offline.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CATHERINE ANNE WILSON, CEO of Nosy Crow Group
"When we come to a book fair like Beijing, we want to introduce the new titles that we'll be publishing this year, but also next year and the year after. We have strong cooperation with a number of publishers in China, who buy the copyrights from us and translate our books into Chinese."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GIANPAOLO BRUNO, Director of the Beijing Office of the Italian Trade Agency
"We would like to deploy all the Italian, different faces of culture, because we think it is very important for our two countries to keep on understanding each other, learning from each other. So we think culture promotion through books is a very powerful way of consolidating our friendship, wonderful friendship and developing (friendship) even further for the long term."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI BING, Director of Foreign Cooperation Department, People's Publishing House
"I have not only met some old friends but also some new potential business partners. It's quite fruitful for us to be here. We are optimistic and looking forward to future international cooperation."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)