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chinese books debut at baku international book fair and are popular

2024-10-03

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xinhua news agency, baku, october 2 (reporter zhong zhong) the 10th baku international book fair opened on the 2nd at the baku expo center in the capital of azerbaijan. chinese book debut was welcomed.

a chinese delegation composed of nearly ten units including jiangsu phoenix publishing and media group co., ltd., east china normal university press, yilin press, beijing language and culture university press, and foreign languages ​​press participated in the exhibition for the first time, bringing topics related to chinese culture, history, etc. nearly 600 kinds of books.

many azerbaijani readers are very interested in chinese books. in addition to stopping to watch carefully, they also asked chinese staff to sign the transliterated chinese characters of their names on the books they received during the interactive session.

in the afternoon, a special event for china - "scholarly baku·china-arab cultural exchange" was also held. teachers and students from the confucius institute at the azerbaijan linguistic university performed traditional cultural programs such as peking opera, calligraphy, tea art, cucurbit flute playing, and azerbaijani guqin playing and singing for the audience, attracting a large number of audiences.

zhou jianjun, deputy general manager of jiangsu phoenix publishing and media group co., ltd., delivered a speech at the special event and said that the appearance of chinese books at the baku international book fair is a starting point. with the implementation of the asian classics translation plan, more chinese books will appear in the future. azerbaijan.

this baku international book fair is hosted by the ministry of culture of azerbaijan and will close on the 8th. 56 foreign publishing organizations from 18 countries, as well as 110 afghan publishing houses and related enterprises participated in the exhibition. (over)