This will be the first year since the pandemic began that China’s big book fairs have resumed fully, and in the meantime questions about the pandemic in China remain, and east-west relations are soured by the small matter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has soured political relations with China and may yet impact international participation in the China fairs.
After an initial announcement in February, the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) this week confirms it will go ahead in November.
Describing itself as the “Oriental Bologna Children’s Book Journey”, the CCBF assures us that “China has resumed all types of visa applications and major international airlines (and) the organising committee warmly welcomes the return of global publishers and professionals who will attend CCBF 2023.”
Per the press release, “OpenBook data reveals that in 2012, the children’s book retail market in China represented less than 20% of the total market. However, since 2016, children’s books had become the largest and fastest-growing segment of the book retail market in China, which have reached 28.62% by 2022.”
Asserting “children’s publishing is currently the most promising and dynamic segment of the publishing industry,”
The 10th-anniversary theme forum “will focus on the remarkable development and achievements of the children’s book market over the past decade, as well as the trends and directions that will shape the industry for the next ten years, to facilitate the “going global” and “bringing in” of children’s publishing. industry in China.”
Before that we have the 2023 Beijing International Book Fair, scheduled for 15-18 June this year.
This will be the first year since the pandemic began that China’s big book fairs have resumed fully, and in the meantime questions about the pandemic in China remain, and east-west relations are soured by the small matter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has soured political relations with China and may yet impact international participation in the China fairs.
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